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‘India needs a fresh approach to health sector’

18 February 2013 statesman news service KOLKATA, 18 FEB: The country needs a “completely fresh approach” to health care Nobel laureate Amartya Sen said today, as an over-reliance on the private sector and lack of commitment from the state means it… Continue Reading →

#India -Tribals oppose alternate mine to Vedanta #indigenous

BS Reporter | Kolkata/ Bhubaneswar February 19, 2013 Niyamgiri Suraksha Samiti (NSS), an outfit of tribals agitating against the alumina refinery of Vedanta Aluminium (VAL) at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district, on Tuesday sought Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi’s… Continue Reading →

February 20, 2013 4

Migrant students face UID nightmare WTFnews

DC | Sohini Guharoy |12feb, 2012 Bengaluru: Several migrant students and professionals are in a dilemma about enrolling for Aadhar. Since many often need to relocate for higher studies or jobs, it becomes difficult for them to go back… Continue Reading →

February 16, 2013 6

Soni Sori acquitted in 4th case; lawyers to move HC for bail #Vaw

Feb 15, 2013, 03.47AM IST TNN RAIPUR: It feels like a ray of light in a darkened past and the pessimistic-looking future of Soni Sori, the 36-year-old frail adivasi teacher in Chhattisgarh, after her brutal custodial torture that shows the rotten… Continue Reading →

February 16, 2013 8

Dr Rina Mukherji wins case of sexual harassment against ‘The Statesman’ after 10 years #Vaw #Justice

The Cost of Justice February 13, 2013 News, feministindia.com In 2002, Dr Rina Mukherji, then a senior reporter working for The Statesman complained of sexual harassment against Ishan Joshi, the news coordinator for the paper. On October 12, 2002, she was… Continue Reading →

February 15, 2013 20

#India-NHRC questions sterlising women unhygenically #vaw #womenrights #reproductive rights

Kolkata, Feb 11 : Days after over 100 women were sterilised in a single day at a health camp under unhygienic conditions, the NHRC Monday issued a notice to the West Bengal government. On the basis of a media report… Continue Reading →

February 13, 2013 1

After Mass Sterilization In India, 100 Women Apparently Left In Field To Recuperate #Vaw #WTFnews

More than 100 women in India were apparently left out in a field after a mass sterilization at a hospital in the Malda district of West Bengal, according to multiple reports. “Helpers” were said to have moved the women —… Continue Reading →

February 8, 2013 1

CDRO tribute on the untimely death of three civil and democratic rights activists

February 1, 2013, Sanhati The member organisations of CDRO are saddened by the death of three democratic and civil liberty activists in the last one week – Professor Dipankar Chakroborty, Vice President of Association for Protection of Democratic (APDR), West… Continue Reading →

February 2, 2013 4

ATTN #delhi- Public Hearing on Women in the Unorganised (Unprotected) Sector in the Era of Globalization #Vaw #Justice

All Are Welcome ! Shahari Mahila Kaamgaar Union (affiliated to National Alliance of People’s Movements) Invites you to Public Hearing on Women in the Unorganised (Unprotected) Sector in the Era of Globalization Date: 11th February, 2013, Monday Time: 11 AM… Continue Reading →

February 1, 2013 1

#RIP -Dipankar Chakraborty (1941-2013)

January 29, 2013, Sanhati Dipankar Chakraborty, leftist author and activist, and editor of the Bengali political magazine ‘Aneek’, passed away at 10.05 PM on 27th January, at his Teghoria residence in Kolkata following a cardiac arrest. He was one of… Continue Reading →

January 30, 2013 1

-Bridge the Gap Bring the Change

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