Judges at The Hague called on international lawmakers to hold corporations like Monsanto accountable KATHERINE PAUL, ALTERNETSKIP TO COMMENTS (Credit: AP/Francois Mori) This article originally appeared on AlterNet. “Most opinion tribunals have had a considerable impact, and it is… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Aruna P Sharma Date:Aug 2, 2014 Last year, when commerce minister of UPA government had agreed to the trade facilitation pact pushed by developed countries, it was perceived as compromising the interests of poor nations that need to stockpile foodgrains… Continue Reading →
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joints its affiliate Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) in urging the Afghanistan government to pardon the Pakistani journalist jailed for crossing the border into Afghanistan without complete documentation. Faizullah Khan, a reporter with ARY… Continue Reading →
By Indo-Asian News Service @indiacom | July 24, 2014 t Tags: New Delhi, July 24: A 22-year-old woman was raped by a gang of four men at gunpoint, police said Thursday. The woman, who hails from Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, was returning from Gurgaon Tuesday when a group of… Continue Reading →
Alarming increase in global use of antibiotics Author(s): Aprajita Singh Date:Jul 14, 2014 A research published in a medical journal has sounded an alarm on overuse and misuse of antibiotic drugs. About 76 per cent of this increase has come from… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Jitendra Date:Jul 7, 2014 Union ministry issues orders to all states to meet target of constructing 5.2 million toilets by end of August Some 50 families in Motuka Nangala… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Aparna Pallavi Date:Jul 1, 2014 Newspaper and TV reports, in last few months, have made allegations that quality of construction is poor A check dam in India (Photo: Sandeep Das)The Maharashtra government has ordered an investigation to probe the allegations… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Jitendra Date:Jun 12, 2014 Most severely and consistently excluded groups are women, Adivasis, Muslims and the disabled, confirms India exclusion report by NGO The report notes government schools provide poor quality education and that the poor who look to private… Continue Reading →
Author(s): M Suchitra Date:Jun 5, 2014 This is the third attack on mediapersons in the past one month Senior news editor V M Deepa and camera person Prashant Albert, both of prominent Malayalam television channel Asianet News, were attacked by the… Continue Reading →
Author(s): Anupam Chakravartty Date:May 23, 2014 Journalists were shooting visuals showing illegal mining in Cauvery river bed in Tamil Nadu Photo: Sayantoni Palchoudhuri M Suchitra, the Down To Earth (DTE) correspondent in-charge of southern India, and news persons from a Malayalam new channel… Continue Reading →
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