-The Times of India Diversion of foreign contribution by NGOs is not limited to the 12 organizations whose cases were referred for probe recently. The muck, in fact, runs much deeper with official figures showing that the government has taken action against at least 160 voluntary bodies, including referring 24 cases to CBI and seven to different state police for investigation in the past three years. Besides, 70 NGOs have been prohibited...
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Kudankulam stalemate over, what next for the protestors? by G Pramod Kumar
Almost a month ago, when the Jayalalithaa-appointed state expert panel gave a clean chit to the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), Firstpost had stated that the agitation was practically over. It was only a matter of time before the protesters were either asked to vacate the plant site or were forcibly removed. Since then, the PMANE (People’s Movement Against Nuclear Energy) and the local struggle committee were essentially waging a losing...
More »Polio blow in Bengal with vaccine lesson-GS Mudur
India has recorded its first case of polio caused by a vaccine-derived poliovirus (VDPV) this year in a five-month-old child in Murshidabad district of Bengal but the country remains free of the wild poliovirus. A polio surveillance laboratory in Calcutta has found that the child from Lalbag block in Murshidabad was infected by VDPV, which occurs when the weakened virus in the oral polio vaccine (OPV) mutates over time, and regains...
More »Congress MP B S Gnanadesikan demands surveillance of NGOs receiving foreign funds
-PTI A demand was raised in Rajya Sabha today that the Government should put in place a strong surveillance network to monitor inflow of foreign funds to NGOs besides creating a data base in the interest of national security. "Government should establish a data base of NGOs to whom foreign contribution is increasing day by day. There are reports that funds are being utilised to fuel unrest in government projects," B S...
More »UN welcomes new evidence of antiretroviral therapy helping to prevent HIV infections
-The United Nations The United Nations agency at the forefront of the global AIDS response today welcomed new evidence which shows that antiretroviral therapy can help prevent HIV infections. Researchers from the Africa Centre for Health and Population Studies presented the results, which show that in areas where antiretroviral therapy uptake is high, people who do not have HIV are 38 per cent less likely to acquire the virus than in areas...
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