-The Hindu Today marks seven years of protests against the Posco project June 22 marks the seventh year of the struggle against the Posco project in Odisha. It was on this day in 2005 that the Odisha government and the South Korean steel company signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for what was stated to be the single biggest case of foreign investment in the country. Though the government has acquired over...
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Another Dalit dies in Lakshmipet Attack incident
-The Hindu Arrest of former MPP Botcha Vasunaidu demanded One more person died on Wednesday in the Lakshmipet incident in which four Dalits were killed while fighting for their rights over leftover lands originally alienated for the construction of Madduvalasa reservoir. Papayya, 55, succumbed to injuries in King George Hospita, Visakhapatnam. With the death of Papayya, the toll went up to five in the Attack that occurred on June 12. Meanwhile, several Dalit associations...
More »India’s demand for equity finds place in Rio+20 draft-Nitin Sethi
-The Times of India The draft declaration for theRio+20 summit, with India's demands of reasserting equity and the principle of common but differentiated responsibilities (CBDR) finding place in the text was accepted by the negotiators from more than 180 countries a day ahead of the meeting of the heads of states on Wednesday. With the negotiators of influential countries and blocks not pushing for more changes, sources in the Indian delegation suggested,...
More »Maoists recruiting, indoctrinating children: UN
-PTI The Maoist are recruiting and indoctrinating children and had constituted children's squads and associations as part of mass mobilisation, a UN report said. The annual report of the UN secretary-general on children and armed conflict, submitted to the Security Council last week, said information has been received on recruitment and use of children by Naxalites, particularly in Chhattisgarh and some districts in adjoining states. "Maoist armed groups were recruiting and indoctrinating children,...
More »PDS activist Ambika Dubey shot dead, daughter points finger at police-Mahim Pratap Singh
-The Hindu He stopped truck to expose denial of full quota of grain A magisterial inquiry has been ordered into the death of an activist fighting corruption in the PDS who, his daughter alleged, was shot dead by the police on Saturday in a village in Narsinghpur district in Madhya Pradesh. When Ambika Prasad Dubey (55), who had been working to bring out corruption and leakages in the Public Distribution System, and some...
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