Former employees say United Nations is failing to protect those who report corruption, malpractice or sexual abuse Former investigator Caroline Hunt-Matthes, who took nine years to get redress after being ousted from the UN . Photograph: John Heilprin/AP t Roger… Continue Reading →
All India | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Updated: September 03, 2015 16:33 IST The 77-year-old Professor Kalburgi was shot dead at his home in Karnataka‘s Dharwad on Sunday morning by gunmen who came on a bike. MANGALORE, KARNATAKA: A former Sri Ram Sene activist… Continue Reading →
Wants the draft National Health Policy revised yet again to include its ideas Nitin Sethi | New Delhi August 25, 2015 Last Updated at 00:28 IST The NITI Aayog has objected to increasing… Continue Reading →
During the worst of the violence between Israel and Palestine last summer, Gaza student Hoda Elrayes shared her experiences of living on the frontline with GuardianWitness. One year on she tells us about three women in her community whose lives are… Continue Reading →
RELATED NEWS During Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s first year in office, the health ministry has relaunched existing programmes and claimed credit for programmes not launched by the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government.Fact Checker took a look at the claims and realities:1. MISSION INDRADHANUSH, A NEW IMMUNISATION PROGRAMME: ONLY THE NAME IS NEWClaim: A… Continue Reading →
Lee Hall My situation is not unique. 76% of instructional staff appointments in US higher education are now not even full-time jobs Most academic staff in US universities have low job security and income. Photograph: Clerkenwell/Getty Images Like most university… Continue Reading →
Misty Copeland’s mentor: The courageous black ballerina who defied racism By Lindsey Bever When Raven Wilkinson made it into the illustrious Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1955, she was told to blend in. The Civil Rights Movement was barely underway,… Continue Reading →
TRIUMPHALISM OVER MYANMAR RAID PUBLIC | THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 2015 PERILS OF COVERT OPERATIONS Praful Bidwai, 1949-2015, RIP By Praful Bidwai The debate over the June 9 raids by the Indian Army’s Special Forces unit against two Northeastern insurgent groups on… Continue Reading →
Nitin Sethi & Ishan Bakshi | New Delhi April 21, 2015 Last Updated at 00:38 IST The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has made much of its claim that state governments stand to make windfall gains, upwards of Rs 2 lakh crore,… Continue Reading →
Surveillance rises, privacy retreats Considered to be a low-surveillance nation, India needs to act fast to prevent it from encroaching on privacy Namrata Acharya April 12, 2015 Last Updated at 22:36 IST WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange and former US National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden have, at considerable… Continue Reading →
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