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URGENT: Villagers Protest Against vedanta Red Mud Pond

Activist Satyabadi Naik’s shocking video of police crackdown on a peaceful protest by women of Rengopalli and other villages against Vedanta’s toxic Red Mud Pond in Lanjigarh. This video was recorded on 23 Jan 2012. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgIBmN7HCeA&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3FZX5DrccU&feature=player_embedded] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jq-dbJYTrdM&feature=player_embedded]

‘Make silicosis a notifiable disease’

  Special Report- The  Hindu Health facilities, adequate compensation must be provided Taking a serious note of the increasing silicosis-related deaths in the country, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has recommended that silicosis be made a notifiable disease. Once… Continue Reading →

Despair can lead people to disastrous path: Dr Binayak Sen

BANGALORE – Speaking at the 6th Henry Volken Memorial lecture at Indian Social Institute in Bangalore Dr.Binayak Sen said that the weak has to develop internal strength to do politics otherwise the wide spread despair can lead people to disastrous… Continue Reading →

Calling all doctors to research into vaccine safety

Dear Dr ___, Namaskar. Yes I do write against vaccines in general and do not support any vaccination program. This is because of my 27 years of study on the subject, something which I doubt any pediatrician and/or other doctors… Continue Reading →

Munija says No to Child Marriage

Sixteen year old Munija Khatun reads in Class X and lives with her parents Samsul Momin & Rumela Bibi in Mahisasthali village of Samshergunj Block of Murshidbad district. As Munija is a beautiful looking girl, on the way to school… Continue Reading →

Manipur and its search for elusive justice

  Manipuris want impunity to end.Not only has it shattered any existing faith in the justice system, many feel it has emboldened the security forces to commit further abuses. Manipuris will soon stand in line to vote for a new… Continue Reading →

The Regulation of Surrogacy in India

Questions and Concerns: SAMA– a resource group for women and health. As the clamor dies down, of news reports celebrating the ‘miracle of science’ that made the arrival of Aamir Khan and Kiran Rao’s baby boy possible, it would serve… Continue Reading →

No sadbhavana for Godhra lovebirds

Mohsin put in jail; wife, Hansa, sent to Nari Kendra for communal peace DNA Roxy Gagdekar l Godhra , Jan 19 The Muslims of Godhra may be preparing to welcome chief minister Narendra Modi for his Sadbhavna fast on January… Continue Reading →

Pipili rape: Odisha minister resigns on moral grounds

Odisha’s agriculture minister Pradip Maharathy on Thursday resigned on “moral grounds” as he was under attack for allegedly shielding the accused in the Pipili rape case, to safeguard the image of the ruling BJD and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik image… Continue Reading →

Abortion rate decline stalls, unsafe abortions rise

By Kate Kelland LONDON, Jan 19 (Reuters) – A long-term decline in the rates of abortion worldwide has stalled and the proportion of terminations that are unsafe and put women’s lives at risk is rising, an international group of scientists… Continue Reading →

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