Eye opening facts on the health of the workers

2009-07-13 Thread Samit Carr
Eye opening facts on the health of the workers: A joint study report of Associated Chamber of Commerce Industries of India and Price Water House Coopers reveals that working situation is being filled up with increasing numbers of cases of pressure, tension, and deepration because of

Lalgarh Lesson for Intellectuals, Naxals and the State

2009-07-13 Thread Dr Ambrose Pinto
Intellectuals concerned with issues of people have been under attack in recent years in different states. The Karnataka Government had prepared a list of teachers of colleges, editors of newspapers and some NGOs alleging them to be close to the Naxals in the State because of their involvement

UNICEF - Forty per cent of the world�s child marriages takes place in India

2009-07-13 Thread Pardeep
In poverty-stricken Purulia district, West Bengal, young girls boldly reject underage marriage..Forty per cent of the world’s child marriages takes place in India. UNICEFWFS UNICEF    Right to childhood: Afsana Khatun are child workers studying in special schools run under the National Child

Widespread pollution by the Vedanta refinery in Orissa raises serious questions

2009-07-13 Thread Kundan Kumar
Business Standard Latha Jishnu / New Delhi July 11, 2009 Widespread pollution by the Vedanta refinery in Orissa raises serious questions about environmental monitoring. At first sight the images are picture perfect. There are gurgling streams, a rushing river, a tree-dotted landscape, all of

Invitation to program on International Youth Day - August 12th in Orissa

2009-07-13 Thread M . R . Mishra
International Youth Day - August 12th, 2009 and International Youth Week and EUROPEAN volunteers Job Shadowing with Orissa youth volunteers (2nd to 12th August, 2009) This year's theme is - SUSTAINABILITY: Our Challenge. Our Future. Background of International Youth Day In 1999, the United

Secret detention centres of India - Where, far away from the eyes of the law, enemies of the state are made to sing

2009-07-13 Thread Kamayani Bali Mahabal
They are our own Gitmos. Where, far away from the eyes of the law, 'enemies of the state' are made to 'sing'. THE WEEK investigates By Syed Nazakat Little Terrorist, as the intelligence sleuths came to call him, turned out to be a hard nut to crack. No amount of torture would work on

In our country, there is no punishment for a Collective Irresponsibility!

2009-07-13 Thread john horo
Even if the report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India has been made public and it has been placed before the Parliament, it will be interesting to wait and watch – What next? The issue of ‘Illegal Mining’ is not something ‘new’ which has been brought to the notice of