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Indian Nuclear Program –A global migraine
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Indian Nuclear Program –A global migraine Muhammad Umar. American experts have been incessantly warning their government of the dire consequences of exempting India from the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG) requirements. On December 8, while testifying in front of the United States House Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Executive Director of the Nonproliferation Policy Edu
Read Full ArticleThe Great Martyr Bhagat Singh Is A Persona Non Grata For RSS Haryana Rulers
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The Great Martyr Bhagat Singh Is A Persona Non Grata For RSS Haryana Rulers By Shamsul Islam The BJP/RSS rulers are once again out to insult and denigrate the heritage of the great anti-colonial freedom struggle of the people of India. Haryana government led by a die hard RSS pracharak, ML Khattar has rescinded Haryana state assembly's earlier unanimous resolution to name Chandi
Read Full Article0 comments | by Javed Naqvi
Buying Peace at the Grocery Javed Naqvi Fellow peace campaigners on both sides of the border would probably disagree with me, but I do believe firmly that neither reviving cricket ties nor boosting bilateral trade is the way to correct the sorry relations between Pakistan and India. If we can’t let people visit each other freely, don’t blame poor trade or cric
Read Full ArticleConflicts Between Business Interests And Human Rights In the State of Odisha, India
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Conflicts Between Business Interests And Human Rights In the State of Odisha, India By Prasant Paikray Presentation at UN Business & Human Rights Forum in Geneva, on 18th November,2015-Treaty Session-Challenges & opportunities of a treaty to address corporate abuse of Human Rights By Prasant Paikray The market oriented economic reforms initiated in the 1990s c
Read Full ArticleINDIA’s FOREST RIGHTS ACT AND PEOPLES RIGHTS
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INDIA’s FOREST RIGHTS ACT AND PEOPLES RIGHTS What is the Forest Rights Act about? Millions of people live in and near India's forest lands, but have no legal right to their homes, lands or livelihoods. A few government officials have all power over forests and forest dwellers. The result? Both forests and people die. This Act recognises fo
Read Full ArticleFinding Report Regarding Recent Arrests in the Bangalore Blasts Case
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Fact-Finding Report Regarding Recent Arrests in the Bangalore Blasts Case By People’s Human Rights Forum 07 December, 2015 Fact-Finding Report under the auspices of People’s Human Rights Forum regarding the Recent Arrest of K K Thasleem ( 34 years, Son of Abdul-Rahman, Azad Road, Kannur City ) – Brother of 27th Accused “Sharafudheen” Members : 1. Co
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Culture & state A.G. Noorani The writer is an author and a lawyer based in Mumbai. The writer is an author and a lawyer based in Mumbai. POLITICS is the art of the possible; economics is the science of the useful; culture is the essence of the worthwhile. The Spanish intellectual, Salvador de Madariaga’s summing is apt. There is a
Read Full ArticleShame on You, Mr. Culture Minister
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Shame on You, Mr. Culture Minister By Siddharth Varadaraja A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and other matters are not casual off-the-cuff remarks; they have to be seen in the context of the guidance provided by the RSS to the government Union Minister for Tourism & Culture Mahesh Sharma being offered sweets as he unveils a 365 kg jumbo laddoo to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s birthday at
Read Full ArticleShame on You, Mr. Culture Minister
0 comments | by Siddharth Varadarajan
Shame on You, Mr. Culture Minister By Siddharth Varadarajan A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and other matters are not casual off-the-cuff remarks; they have to be seen in the context of the guidance provided by the RSS to the government Union Minister for Tourism & Culture Mahesh Sharma being offered sweets as he unveils a 365 kg jumbo laddoo to celebrate Prime Minister Narendra Modi&rsq
Read Full ArticleMODI’S VISIT TO UK- AN EVALUATION
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MODI’S VISIT TO UK- AN EVALUATION Meena Varma It was easy to forget, as streams of early arrivals battled through driving hail and wind to reach the stadium, that the man they were flocking to see was barred from Britain for a decade until 2012, following riots in Gujarat in which 2,000 Muslims died. The Hindu nationalist Modi was chief m
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