-The Hindu Posthumous honour for Abdul Jabbar who fought relentlessly for the victims of the Union Carbide gas leak Abdul Jabbar, a gas victim, waged a lonely and seemingly never-ending battle for the welfare of the survivors of 1984 Bhopal Gas Tragedy. His relentless struggle for over three decades brought medical and economic rehabilitation to the scores of victims. He will be awarded the Padma Shri posthumously on Monday at the Darbar...
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Tripura shows how to stand up against bigotry
-The Telegraph In most cases, the mosques were targeted in the dead of night by people who moved around in small groups, a joint fact-finding team said A joint fact-finding team of four Muslim organisations on Saturday said Hindus and Muslims in Tripura provided an example of how to stand up to bigotry by neither getting swayed by the narrative of the VHP and the Bajrang Dal nor being provoked into retaliation...
More »Explained: Where does India stand on methane emissions? -Jacob Koshy
-The Hindu * Why has it stayed away from both the methane pledge and the forest conservation declaration at Glasgow? The story so far: At the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference (the 26th Conference of Parties-COP26) in Glasgow, the United States and the European Union have jointly pledged to cut emissions of the greenhouse gas methane by 2030. They plan to cut down emissions by 30% compared with the 2020 levels. At...
More »Tripura Police Books 102 People Under UAPA for Social Media Posts Against Communal Violence -Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashasta
-TheWire.in Opposition leaders have lashed out at the police's 'highhanded' behaviour. New Delhi: The Tripura Police has booked 102 people under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for protesting, or even merely mentioning, the recent communal violence in the state’s northern districts on different social media platforms. This latest move reflects the trend of Bharatiya Janata Party-ruled states attempting to criminalise protests. According to sources in the Tripura Police, cases have been filed...
More »Charting a trade route after the MC12 -Biswajit Dhar
-The Hindu An upbeat global trade scenario provides an ideal setting for Trade Ministers to correct iniquitous rules and provisions The World Trade Organization (WTO)’s 12th Ministerial Conference (MC12) is being convened in Geneva, Switzerland at the end of this month, a year-and-a-half after it was scheduled to be held in Kazakhstan (June 2020, but postponed due to the novel coronavirus pandemic). The MC12 is being held at an important juncture when...
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