-The Hindu Contrary to prevailing scientific opinion, a Climate Change conference organised by the UniverSITy of Mumbai and the Liberty Institute, New Delhi, and INSTUCEN India study centre on Friday claimed that the sea levels were not rising and carbon dioxide did not pose a special threat to the climate. Sea levels in the Indian Ocean were not rising and cities like Mumbai, islands like Maldives or Tuvalu would not be...
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Striking Maruti workers vacate Manesar plant
-The Business Standard The striking workers at Maruti Suzuki India Limited’s (MSIL) Manesar plant agreed to vacate the factory premise, barely 24 hours after the Punjab and Haryana High Court passed an order asking the workers to move out. In a separate development, the Haryana government referred the strike at MSIL to the labour court for adjudication. The government’s move follows a letter by the MSIL management explaining how the labour unrest...
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-PTI As Anna Hazare’s comments on team member Prashant Bhushan triggered a fresh controversy, activist Arvind Kejriwal on Friday addressed a press conference in New Delhi in which he sought to say that Mr. Hazare did not mean to say that the lawyer was removed from the team. “He is an integral part of the team. He is a very respected citizen who has worked in several areas including environment and human...
More »Labour, supply issues halt production at Maruti Suzuki
-IANS Production at automobile giant Maruti Suzuki's Gurgaon plant came to a halt Friday due to lack of components supply following labour unrest at the company's other plants, including the Manesar facility. 'Production has been stopped at the Gurgaon plant due to lack of component supply. Production at Manesar plant and component supply units remained closed due to the strike,' a senior company official told IANS. According to the official, the company on...
More »The Inconvenient Truth Of Soni Sori by Shoma Chaudhury
Why were two tribals and the Essar group framed by the Chhattisgarh police? Why are Soni Sori and Linga Kodopi being systematically silenced? This chilling story of one family reveals more about India's Naxal crisis than any official document can. AS I SIT to write this, at 12.20 pm on 4 October 2011, an SMS pops up on my phone: “Soni Sori has been arrested by the Delhi Crime Branch.” The...
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