-The Indian Express Chhattisgarh government is unable to accept the right to protest and unwilling to hear the people's voice. By going to town as the Chhattisgarh police and media have recently done on my alleged Maoist links, the real questions have been sidelined. As citizens of this country, do we have the right to protest democratically and constitutionally, and as journalists, researchers or human rights activists, are we free to pursue...
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Video-recording of consent for clinical trials driving away subjects, SC told -Dhananjay Mahapatra
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: The new draft protocol for clinical trials of drugs, on the lines suggested by the Supreme Court, is making it difficult for global drug manufacturers to find subjects for testing new chemical compositions. The protocol has made it mandatory for Companies intending to conduct human trials of drugs to video-record the free consent of patients to be part of the trial. It also mandates them to...
More »Panel recommends hike in fixed cost paid for urea
-PTI Government has provided Rs 70,585 crore as fertiliser subsidy in this year's budget A ministerial panel today recommended increase in fixed cost paid to urea by Rs 350 per tone but there will be no increase in the rate of crop nutrient for farmers as government will subsidise the additional cost, pegged at Rs 900 crore. Fertiliser Ministry had moved the proposal for modified New Pricing Scheme (NPS) III, according to which...
More »Defending people's milk in India
-Grain.org "We take care of the cow and the cow takes care of us," says Marayal, a farmer in Thalavady, Tamil Nadu. Her two cows produce 6 to 10 litres of milk a day, which she sells for 30-40 cents per litre. Across India, there are millions of backyard dairy farmers like Marayal. Each owning just one or two cows, these farmers supply millions more families and hundreds of thousands of informal...
More »Kanna inaugurates ‘Millet Festival’
-The Hindu Experts say people can keep diseases away if they consume millets Guntur (Andhra Pradesh): The two-day Millet Festival - 2014, aimed at popularising consuming low fat and high fibre millet began at Gunta Grounds here on Saturday. The festival is being held for the first time in districts outside Hyderabad in a bid to promote consumption of millet. Minister for Agriculture Kanna Lakshminarayana, Commissioner of Agriculture K. Madhusudhan Rao and College...
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