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Amitav Ghosh – Mumbai could be next Fukushima – WAKEUP CALL

Could Mumbai Be The Next Fukushima? Amitav Ghosh Thinks It’s Possible Prabha Chandran EMILIO MADRID-KUSER We know him as a master storyteller whose books have turned fiction into a reality that has entered the lexicon of our lives. The Hungry Tide, The… Continue Reading →

The mystery of India’s deadly exam scam

It began with a test-fixing scandal so massive that it led to 2,000 arrests, including top politicians, academics and doctors. Then suspects started turning up dead. What is the truth behind the Vyapam scam that has gripped India?  A sculpted… Continue Reading →

India – Stop Water for Coca-Cola: 18 Village Councils reject extracting groundwater for #KillerCoke

“Village Councils rejected the corporates from extracting the groundwater – Case of 18 Village Councils against the Coco-Cola groundwater extraction and expansion plans”   Stop Water for Coca-Cola: 18 Village Councils in India New Delhi:  Eighteen village councils (panchayats) in… Continue Reading →

CIC directs MoEF and Karnataka Govt to make public information on military-industrial-nuclear complex proposed at Challakere

 Bangalore : 28th October 2015  Central Information Commission directs MoEF& Karnataka Government to make public information on military-industrial-nuclear complex proposed at Challakere, Chitradurga Dt., Karnataka  Slams and fines Ministry for denying information and misleading public  Environment Support Group filed a Public… Continue Reading →

Ostracised, sacked … and even arrested: the fate of whistleblowers at the UN

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 →

Women in Gaza: ‘If we want to live here, we want to live in dignity’ #Vaw

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 →

212 Cases of sexual assault, rape, murder on Dalit Women in 2014 #Vaw

जन संस्करण JAN SANSKARAN Jan Sanskaran (An initiative of “Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre-PMARC”) Peoples Media Advocacy & Resource Centre- PMARC has been initiated with the support from group of senior journalists, social activists, academics and intellectuals from Dalit… Continue Reading →

USA – professor who teaches five classes,earns less than a pet-sitter

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 →

The courageous black ballerina who defied racism

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 →

Press Release Release of the report of the Central Fact Finding Team to Narmada – SSP affected areas

Press Release   Release of the report of the Central Fact Finding Team to Narmada – SSP affected areas   New Delhi, 13th June 2015  The ground level fact finding report from Sardar Sarovar Project Submergence Areas in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra… Continue Reading →

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