-The Times of India BALI: With a consensus at the World Trade Organization remaining elusive till early afternoon, India on Thursday said that it has no problems with a deal on eight of the 10 subjects on the table and would not be averse to the idea of further negotiations on the contentious food security and trade facilitation issues in Geneva if an agreement is not reached here. While there are few...
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Acid attacks: Activists slam govt delay -Kim Arora
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Lawyers and activists have condemned the Union Government for defaulting on the deadline to frame rules to regulate acid attacks. With the Supreme Court granting the government a fresh four month extension on Tuesday, activists called for an end to systemic "lethargy" and "insensitivity" on crimes against women. Alok Dixit, who runs a campaign called Stop Acid Attacks, isn't optimistic about the extended deadline. "This isn't...
More »Bhopal gas tragedy: the fight continues -Vidya Krishnan
-Live Mint The survivors are demanding that the 1989 verdict, in which India agreed to a $470 million settlement, be reopened New Delhi: On the intervening night of December 2-3 1984, a highly unstable chemical, methyl isocyanate (MiC), an intermediary substance used to manufacture Sevin, a pesticide, leaked from tank 610 in the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal. The leak was first detected by workers about 11.30pm as their eyes began to...
More »Centre launches awareness campaign for MGNREGA -Jitendra
-Down to Earth 'Kaam Mango Abhiyan' aims to popularise the ambitious flagship programme of the UPA government In the view of the declining demand of work under the ambitious Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Union Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) has launched a campaign "Kaam Mango Abhiyan", which literally means "ask for work". Rural development minister Jairam Ramesh launched the awareness campaign last week. To begin with, the focus will...
More »Alcohol brands now targeting women and youth, says report -Jyotsna Singh
-Down to Earth Expresses concern over alcohol brands being advertised in violation of rules India is emerging as the favourite destination for alcohol promotion of marketing companies. Their new targets are women and youth, who at present comprise a very small percentage of alcohol consumers in India. These are the observations made by a report-Alcohol Marketing and Regulatory Policy Environment in India-put out by the Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI). It...
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