-Newsclick.in Forty years back a young scholar with a fresh PhD in Physics from Delhi University took a train to Hoshangabad in Madhya Pradesh. It was to be a turning point in the life of Vinod Raina, for this short train journey was to transform him into a lifetime social activist, campaigner and educationist in the true sense. He left behind the glamour world of theoretical Physics to plunge into the...
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First decade of 21st century warmest on record: UN -Kounteya Sinha
-The Times of India LONDON: The first decade of the 21st century has been found to be the warmest ever with the global average surface temperature for that decade at 14.4°C. In the northern hemisphere which includes majority of Asia and all of Europe, the years 1983-2012 has been found to be the warmest 30-year period of the last 1,400 years. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's (IPCC) latest report has now confirmed...
More »Little reason to restrict the freedom of speech -CN Ramachandran
-The Hindu Governments have ritually abused the latitude granted by the Indian Penal Code and the Constitution to harass, intimidate and arrest scores of writers, journalists and artists It is common Knowledge that Article 19 (1) (a) of the Indian Constitution lays down that "all citizens shall have the right to freedom of speech and expression"; it is also common Knowledge that this fundamental right is not absolute, as the immediately following...
More »In the relief camps of Muzaffarnagar and Shamli
-Kafila.org A Preliminary Citizens' Report September 20, 2013 A. On September 17-18, 2013, an 11 member team consisting of both independent activists as well as activists affiliated with 5 organizations based in Lucknow, Chitrakoot, Muzaffarnagar and Delhi visited relief camps in two affected districts of Muzaffarnagar (3 Relief Camps - Madrasa camp at Bassi Kalan, Madrasa camp at Tawli and camp at Haji Aala's house, Shahpur) and Shamli (3 Relief Camps -...
More »UN climate experts stress solidity of new report
-AP STOCKHOLM: Seeking to dispel any doubts over the credibility of their work, UN climate experts called their latest report an unbiased and reliable assessment of global warming as they presented it Monday to officials from 110 governments for a final review. The landmark report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change is expected to state with more confidence than its previous four assessments that global warming is mostly man-made. It's also going...
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