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Coalgate’ Stained #VEDANTA Faces Protest in Goa and London

      By Dr. Anjali Mohan Rao Panaji, Aug 29: More than 70 protesters from Foil Vedanta, South Asia Solidarity Group, Save Goa Campaign and other originations crowded the entrance to controversial FTSE 100 mining company Vedanta Resources’ London AGM… Continue Reading →

‘Virgin births’ to become a reality soon? #WTFnews

Aug 19,2012,PTI LONDON: An Indian-origin research geneticist who pioneered a celebratory work on eccentric creatures capable of reproducing without sexual contact has claimed that humans too are on the course for sexless reproduction in future. Aarathi Prasad from Imperial College London suggests… Continue Reading →

UK denies right-to-die legal challenge

      MARIA CHENG | August 16, 2012 06:30 PM EST |      LONDON — Britain‘s High Court on Thursday rejected an attempt by a man who has locked-in syndrome to overturn the country’s euthanasia law by refusing to legally allow… Continue Reading →

Street Sexual Harassment and power of Hard Evidence #VAW

August 7, 2012 by Holly Kearl One day, during a typical 15-minute walk from her office to her apartment in the center of Brussels, 25-year-old graduate film student Sofie Peeters was harassed 11 times. To channel her frustration with her inability to commute in… Continue Reading →

The Olympics’ Greatest Feat: An Unpaid, Highly Engaged Workforce

by Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones  |   August 8, 2012, Harvard Buisness Review They are all over the Games. They greet you at the airport. They direct you from the trains. They guide you through the Olympic Park. Danny Boyle acknowledged… Continue Reading →

Athletes don’t wear heels-Women at #Olympics are shaking off pressure to be feminine

  BY AMANDA MARCOTTE, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT  2012 SUMMER OLYMPICS, LONDON, LONDON OLYMPICS, SPORTS,SUMMER OLYMPICS 2012, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT, WOMEN A beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Monday in London. (AP) This article originally appeared on The American Prospect. Athleticism in women has generated social unease… Continue Reading →

Draconian ‘Wi-Fi police’ stalk #LondonOlympicGames

  August 3, 2012,Asher Moses,Technology Editor All unauthorised Wi-Fi networks including smartphone hotspots are banned from Olympic venues. Photo: Sadao Turner Esq Gaming the games: net tools dodge network TV coverage You’ve probably heard of the overzealous Olympic Games “brand police”… Continue Reading →

Smoke Hangs over Niyamgiri, Thanks to #Vedanta : A long Travelogue #sundayreading #mustread

August 3, 2012 By Siddhartha Mitra Part 1: In Lanjigarh, with Giridhari Patra “Yeh factory chalu hai?” (The factory is operational?) I asked, quite surprised. The sprawling complex of the plant was visible through the car window, as we drove… Continue Reading →

Acid violence: The faceless women you can’t forget #VAW

  Nita Bhalla and Sonali Mukherjee pictured at a sikh temple in New Delhi which has given Mukherjee shelter. | Photo Ahmad Masood Source: TrustLaw | Nita Bhalla Since I met her over a week ago, I have been unable… Continue Reading →

Nuclear ‘hard to justify’, says GE chief

    By Pilita Clark, Environment Correspondent , Financial times   Nuclear power is so expensive compared with other forms of energy that it has become “really hard” to justify, according to the chief executive of General Electric, one of the… Continue Reading →

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