If you would recall Anna Ji , we had last month appeared together on NDTV, for their popular Humlog programme related to corruption. Mr Prashant Bhushan, Swami Agnivesh and an ex IAS officer (who has resigned) were the other persons on the panel.
The ongoing Bru repatriation to Mizoram, thanks to the joint effort of the governments and rights group, brings a fresh ray of hope for the marginalised displaced people in India. Nearly hundred Bru (also known as Reang) tribal families, taking sh
At the time of every election, people get confused about which candidate to vote for. But the big question that every voter needs to deal with is: do any of the candidates actually deserve to be in politics? During an election, we al
There has recently been a spate of errors committed in the affairs of the nation. The three most notable cases are the CVC case, 2G case and Hasan Ali case. The cost to the nation is enormous both in terms of the loss in quality and quantity of na
Eminent economist and Nobel winning banker to the poor professor Muhammad Yunus has been virtually driven out from the Grameen Bank of Bangladesh, with which he shared the Nobel peace award in 2006. Recently the Bangladeshi apex court gave a verdi
Through this year’s union budget, Pranab Da has introduced a remodeling of vintage qualities that kept surfacing during his budget speech. Stark fetishism started with an unknown nexus among godly characters of Indra, Laxmi and that finally
No doubt that the seven directives given by the supreme court in the Prakash Singh vs. Union of India case form a strong basis for long-pending police reforms towards depoliticisation and restructuring of India`s internal security setup. H
On February 14, in the case of tapping of political leader Amar Singh, the Reliance Infocomm, India’s second-largest mobile telephony provider, informed the supreme court that various government agencies had asked it to intercept 1.51 lakh t
Greenpeace India on Thursday challenged union agriculture minister Sharad Pawar to come up with details of programmes implemented by the ministry of agriculture to arrest the soil degradation crisis created by chemical fertilizers and declining or
I am sure all of us have come across a beggar while waiting for the light to turn green at traffic signals, or women selling various kinds of stuff on the ring roads of Delhi. Ever wondered where all these people stay? In Delhi alone accor
I read a news report in Times of India on Monday, headlined “Congress responsible for 99 percent corruption in India: Baba Ramdev”. I am very happy that fellow-activist Arv
Green NGO Ban Asbestos Network of India (BANI) has voiced support for the introduction of the resolution for National Asbestos Awareness Week in the US senate. BANI hopes that the intiative will pave way for the implementation of the Ban Asebstos
While the myth about biodegradable and compostable plastics continues to be perpetuated by the plastics industry, it is germane to inquire whether biodegradable and compostable mean one and the same?. Section 2 (d) of Plastics (Manufacture, Usage
Truly, words play mischief. Equality, equity, equitable... all of them get accommodated, I believe, if human rights are our central concern. Despite such an expanding vocabulary, the concern still remains in the back burner. Somehow, the sense of
The people of the country of Egypt take to the streets en masse to demand democratic elections among other rights. The world’s largest English news daily, published from the world’s largest democracy, runs an article on how corporate s
At the recent World Economic Forum in Davos sustainable development was a much talked about topic. Indian delegates discussed about inclusive growth and sustainable development on media. But what does sustainable development mean? Can it become a
Mr. Jairam Ramesh Hon`ble Minister of Environment & Forests Paryavaran Bhavan CGO Complex Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110 003 Dear Shri Ramesh, We are writing to publicly challenge yo
To Shri Jairam Ramesh Union Minister of Environment & Forests Government of India Subject-Hazards of Killer Asbestos Fibers in Bihar Dear Sir, With reference to the news report "Govt move to s
Looking around what we see most of the time is chaos, commotion, hatred and destruction. We see nothing but moral degradation and perversity and contempt for sane value or ethical systems. However it might seem frightening, it should cause no surp
