-PTI London: Sweden has been voted as the best country in the world when it comes to serving the interests of its people and contributing to the common good of humanity while India figured low at 70th position on a list of 163 nations. According to the 'Good Country' 2015 index which seeks to measure how countries contribute to the global good, Sweden, relative to the size of its economy, does more...
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Response on the Suspension of Registration under the FC (Regulation) Act, 2010 -Lawyers Collective
-Kafila.org The lawyers collective condemns the blatant attempt of the government of India to victimize the organization and its office bearers India Jaisng and Anand Grover .This is noting but a gross misuse of the FCRA Act which is being used to suppress any form of dissent . it is far too well know that both Anand Grover and Indira Jaising have represented several persons in their professional capacity as lawyers...
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Situation alarming: More than one-third population hit by drought The country is facing severe drought for the second consecutive year. Conservative estimates from official sources show that over a quarter of rural habitations are facing drinking water scarcity. Although both India Meteorological Department and Skymet have predicted a more than normal rainfall during June-September, 2016, the water storage available in 91 major reservoirs of the country has declined from 22 percent...
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-TheWire.in The new policy is clearly informed by conservative pro-IP ideology, which big capital promotes in order to gain from current developments in science and technology. The National Intellectual Property Rights policy was approved by the cabinet on May 12, 2016 and released to the press a day later by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. It is a “first of its kind” policy for India, covering all forms of intellectual property together in a...
More »CIC notice to 5 parties over 2013 RTI order -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The Central Information Commission on Wednesday issued show cause notices to five national parties - BJP, CPI, CPM, NCP and BSP - for non-compliance of its 2013 order, even as it gave Congress four weeks to respond. The full bench of the commission has given the six parties time till June 20. In its 2013 order, the CIC had recognised parties as public authorities and directed...
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