-TheWire.in Thirteen people were killed while protesting the pollution and health hazard caused by the Vedanta group's copper plant. Thoothukudi: Tamil Nadu deputy chief minister O. Panneerselvam asserted on May 28 that the government will take resolute steps for the permanent closure of Vedanta group’s copper plant here. “Today, the main demand of the people is that the copper plant should be permanently closed. In keeping with their demand, it is shut now....
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One year and counting: anti-ONGC stir continues at Kadiramangalam -L Renganathan
-The Hindu Villagers resolve to continue fight against oil major; fringe groups criticise Centre KUMBAKONAM (Tamil Nadu): Residents of Kadiramangalam village in Thanjavur district, where a sit-in protest entered its 365th day on Saturday, have renewed their resolve to oust the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) from the village to protect the environment and their livelihood. A section of the villagers has been holding a relay sit-in protest at the Ayyanar temple...
More »Meet the Dalits who are using online platforms to tell stories of their community -Danish Raza
-Hindustan Times Rather than feeling ignored by the mainstream media or disgruntled by the ‘biased’ coverage, Dalits are using digital space to publish news and opinions. On December 31, when violence spread in Pune on the 200th anniversary of the Bhima- Koregaon battle, it was the first time many people in other parts of the country got to know about the encounter between the army of Peshwa Bajirao II, and a...
More »Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant accounts for 40 per cent of country's copper: Will hit 800 units and jobs -Deepak Patel
-The Indian Express Tuticorin Sterlite Copper plant shutdown is also likely to impact India’s copper exports as around 1.6 lakh tonnes of Tuticorin plant’s production is sold internationally. The Tamil Nadu government’s decision Monday to shut down Vedanta Limited’s copper plant at Tuticorin, which accounts for a 40 per cent share in India’s annual copper production of 10 lakh tonnes, could have a downstream impact on around 800 small and medium units...
More »At current rates, Bangladesh could top India's per capita INCome by 2020 -Krishna Kant
-Business Standard Also, over the past 3 years, GDP in dollar terms has grown 12.9%, more than twice our rate Mumbai: After trailing its big neighbour for four decades, Bangladesh has gone ahead of India in economic growth and on social development indicators. In the three years ending 2016, Bangladesh’s gross domestic product (at current prices) in dollar terms grew at a compounded annual rate (CAGR) of 12.9 per cent, more than twice...
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