The number of asylum-seekers seeking to live in the industrialized world continues to fall and is now almost half the level it was a decade ago, the United Nations refugee agency reported today as it released its annual snapshot of asylum trends. The report from the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) finds that 358,800 applications for asylum were lodged last year in 44 developed countries – a drop of 5...
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Judicial check by V Venkatesan
The quashing of the appointment of P.J. Thomas as the CVC shows the judiciary can go beyond the express provisions of law to render justICE. THE Indian Constitution does not envisage strict separation of powers among the three branches of the government – the executive, the legislature and the judiciary. This flexibility permits marginal incursions though one branch cannot usurp the essential functions of the other. One of the essential functions...
More »Jaitapur: 14 protesters held after CM's visit by Yogita Limaye
Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan's visit to Jaitapur didn't cut any ICE with locals protesting the 9900 MW nuclear power project planned there. Soon after, several people were arrested in a case of rioting filed in December, the arrest of Dr Milind Desai, a local protester who was stopped by industries minister Narayana Rane while slamming the government on stage has further incensed the situation. Activists now allege that the arrests are...
More »Gender bias exists in Army: OffICEr to SC by Dhananjay Mahapatra
The Army suffers from acute gender bias to deny permanent commission to women offICErs who work shoulder to shoulder with male offICErs to assist and support troops in combat zones, Major Seema Singh has told the Supreme Court. "The policies for women in Army not only discriminate her against male offICErs but also lower her status to that of a jawan/junior commissioned offICEr, whom she has been leading for 14...
More »Rising Food PrICEs May Not Signal New Crisis by Aprille Muscara
As food prICEs rose for the seventh month in a row in January, contributing to recent popular unrest in the Middle East and a spike in commodities purchases by developing countries last week, some analysts are quick to make comparisons to the dry years of 2007-2008. But others warn against panic and oversimplified predictions of an impending food crisis, which contribute to prICE volatility. "It is important to underline – and we've...
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