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Ban hazardous waste import: SC to govt

ToxicsWatch Alliance (TWA) welcomes Supreme Court’s judgment  delivered on July 6, 2012 directing the central government to ban import of…

13 years ago
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You call the rain. It will come

They are all straight out of the classics of Munshi Premchand and Phanishwar Nath Renu: the incredible characters of the…

13 years ago
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Radiation leak cover-up begins

After the radiation accident at the Rawatbhata Atomic Power Plant (RAPP) was brought into light by DiaNuke.org, the NPCIL’s media…

13 years ago
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Hem Pandey memorial lecture on July 2

The second Hem Chandra Pandey Memorial Lecture  will be delivered at 4.30 pm, July 2, 2012, at Jawahar Lal Nehru…

13 years ago
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Activist shot at for opposing JSPL project

A leading environmental activist Ramesh Agarwal was shot at and injured on Saturday by two gunmen, allegedly at the behest…

13 years ago
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Finally, some relief for Pinki Pramanik

In a big relief to athlete Pinki Pramanik, Calcutta high court on Friday ordered probe into the alleged violations of…

13 years ago
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Gujarat riots: Another setback for Modi

The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the Narendra Modi government’s plea for staying the Gujarat High Court’s February…

13 years ago
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Seema Azad case: Critique of verdict

PUCL and PUDR have jointly compiled a detailed report on the sentencing of Seema Azad and her husband Vishwa Vijay…

13 years ago
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A maternal death every 10 minutes in India

India is likely to miss the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) related to maternal health as one maternal death is being…

13 years ago
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Innocent villagers killed in Chhattisgarh

People of Bijapur, Chhattisgarh say that the 20 people, including women and children, killed in the biggest encounter involving CRPF…

13 years ago
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Reliving the horror of \’Emergency\’

The convention, “Withdraw the Undeclared Emergency: In Solidarity with Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay” was held at the Gandhi Peace…

13 years ago
  • The New Feudals

The truth about Satyamev Jayate’s donations

On 20th June, we wrote how Satyamev Jayate (SMJ), the do-gooding show that was to redefine prime time and claimed…

13 years ago
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A Fraud A Day… Keeps God Away

 It was the drawing room of a middle class family in arid Rae Bareli in eastern UP in the early…

13 years ago
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BBC reporters told to make money

A leaked email has revealed that BBC has asked its journalists to come up with the money generating ideas for…

13 years ago
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Arun Ferreira\’s account of prison life

(After spending about five years in jail, Mumbai-based activist Arun Ferreira was released on bail in January this year. In…

13 years ago
  • World View

Egypt: Mohamed Morsi, first freely elected Prez

Egypt has been launched on a path unthinkable to all. Once a political prisoner under Hosni Mubarak, Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohamed…

13 years ago
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Bhupathi has put self before country

The turn of events over the past week has been distasteful and certainly not the best prelude for a good…

13 years ago
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जेल में सितारों के बिना एक दुनिया

याद करें बचपन की. वे कौन सी यादें हैं जो हमें अभी भी रोमांचित करती हैं- गर्मी की उमस भरी…

13 years ago
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Egregious Injustice is a disease

 (No one individual critic has taken on the Indian State like Arundhati Roy has. In a fight that began with…

13 years ago
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No respite for helpless Soni Sori

Soni Sori continues to be ill-treated at the hands of Chhattisgarh government, after a brief breather during her treatment at…

13 years ago
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Are we guilty of Tarun Sehrawat\’s death?

When I first heard about two journalists battling for life after returning from a reporting assignment in the Abujmarh jungles…

13 years ago
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Activists demand equal distribution of water

The Right to Water Campaign organised a press conference in Delhi on Tuesday to discuss the drinking water crisis in…

13 years ago
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Anti-asbestos struggle in Bihar gain momentum

Medha Patkar of National Alliance of Peoples’ Movements (NAPM) and Dr Barry Castleman, a world renowned public health expert from…

13 years ago
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When will Nitish govt wake up to encephalitis?

Over 200 children have died in Bihar due to encephalitis since the outbreak of the disease in May this year.…

13 years ago
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Tarun had a long way to go

 22-year old Tarun Sehrawat, a photo journalist with Tehelka, passed away on Friday battling some deadly diseases which he contracted…

13 years ago

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