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West Bengal Government retracts RTI reply on farmer suicides -Shiv Sahay Singh

-The Hindu Earlier it had said 122 farmers had committed suicide in a single district in the State In an unusual development, the West Bengal Government has retracted its response to a Right to Information (RTI) query where it had said 122 farmers had committed suicide in a single district in the State.  The State Government has told the RTI applicant that the report, which was sent earlier to him, was “erroneous and...

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No Transparency, Accountability or Public Participation when ISA Approves Exploratory Deep-Sea Mining

-Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) dated September 21, 2022  The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) declares that the area beyond the limits of national jurisdiction (comprising the seabed, ocean floor and subsoil, excluding the water above) (the “Area”) and its resources, are the Common Heritage of Humankind. All rights in the resources of the Area are vested in humankind as a whole. UNCLOS provides...

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Obesity in children: Paediatricians bat for nutrient-specific labels on packaged food -Payal Gwalani

-Hindustan Times The Non-Communicable Diseases Prevention Academy (NCDPA), a subspecialty of Indian Academy of Paediatrics (IAP), has written to Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Mumbai Paediatricians from around the country are batting for inclusion of nutrient-specific warning labels on packaged foods as a way to counter the obesity pandemic among Indian children. They recommend easy-to-interpret symbols (similar to a green dot for vegetarian food and red dot for non-vegetarian) to...

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What the Bangalore Floods tell us about our Democracy -Sushmita Pati

-The India Forum Urban floods as in Bangalore are not just a result of failed governance. They also reflect a failure of our democracy, where the citizen does not participate in decision-making and later sees spectacles like demolitions as signs of action. Neecha Nagar was the first film from India to go to the inaugural Cannes Film Festival in 1946 and win the Palme D’or. Neecha Nagar, or the “Lowly City”, was...

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Report calls for rethink as 29 per cent of Chennai city may be inundated in five years

-The New Indian Express Use Chennai Corporation’s draft city climate action plan as base to frame developmental projects, say activists. CHENNAI: While the Chennai Corporation’s draft city climate action plan has been welcomed by various quarters, experts say it may be used as a base document to create a more detailed plan for the future. The report says rising sea levels could submerge 100 metres of coastal area in the next five...

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