The S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has failed to make Dalits any safer. THE ascent of the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) to power in Uttar Pradesh on May 13, 2007, was seen as a defining moment in the politics of Dalit empowerment in the country. The Scheduled Caste (S.C.) leader of an avowedly “Dalit assertive” party had been Chief Minister earlier too, but the difference this time...
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India’s energy programme is anti-poor and carbon-intensive
Greenpeace today released a report &NDAsh; “Still Waiting” &NDAsh; which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation &NDAsh; and increasing carbon emissions &NDAsh; the rural poor continue to be deprived of electricity. The report challenges the government’s energy model and recommends a decentralised energy mix as a solution to overcome social injustice and mitigate climate change. The report compares the electricity supply scenarios among rural and urban areas in five...
More »Token gesture by V Venkatesan
TWENTY-ONE judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI), posted the details of their assets on the court’s website. The details of assets of one judge, Justice H.S. Bedi, have not yet been provided. Justice B.N. Agrawal, who retired recently, also provided the details of his assets on the website on special request. (The details are available at http:// www.supremecourtofindia.nic.in/assets.htm.) The court has claimed that the...
More »Where people talk of steps to check global warming by Aarti Dhar
Kyoto Protocol coming to an end in two years from now Younger generation benefits more from Kyoto Protocol Forest management is an important aspect of climate change KYOTO: It is business as usual in this beautiful city, where the people prefer to talk more about the leaves changing colour in the ongoing autumn season than the historic Kyoto Protocol that was signed by the world leaders here in 1997 and...
More »UN-backed media forum calls for concrete action on murders of journalists
Broadcasters attending the United Nations-backed fourth World Electronic Media Forum (WEMF 4) have called for sustained and concrete global action to address the murder of journalists in peacetime and in war. “Most journalists are killed not in war zones but in their own countries as they try to shine the light of the truth into the darkest recesses of their societies,” they said in a declaration adopted unanimously at the...
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