-Kafila.org The village of Majure, in Chitradurga district, Karnataka, is once again in the news. It made the national headlines in 1998 when dalits in the village lodged a police complaint against members of the dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat castes for an attack on their hamlet. As a consequence, several people were put behind bars. This time round, however, no formal complaint was lodged. Not that things have improved (rather, one could...
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Zaheerabad to be recognised as biodiverSITy heritage SITe soon
-The Hindu SANGAREDDY: The crop fields of the women of Deccan Development Society (DDS), an NGO working for the last 25 years in Medak district, would be soon recognised as biodiverSITy heritage SITes by the Government of India. This was announced by Dr. P. Balakrishna, chairman, National BiodiverSITy Authority (NBD), after formally launching 14th mobile biodiverSITy festival at Ippapally village in Zaheerabad mandal of Medak district on Monday. This would be the...
More »New UN environment studies show rising mercury threat to people in developing countries
-The United Nations Communities in developing countries are facing increasing health and environmental risks linked to exposure to mercury, according to new studies by the United Nations environmental agency. Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the studies note how parts of Africa, Asia and South America could see increasing emissions of mercury into the environment, due mainly to the use of the toxic element in small-scale gold mining, and through the...
More »Khaps look to Twitter-Ananya Sengupta
-The Telegraph When survival is at stake, tweet. Khap panchayats, the extra-judicial village courts that face possible ban following allegations of encouraging “honour killings”, have decided to give themselves an image makeover. And the “best way” of doing that, they feel, is logging on to social networking SITes like Twitter and Facebook. “It is essential for us to spread information about what we do and who we are. The Internet is the best way...
More »Chhattisgarh district loses 6000 girls a year -Rashmi Drolia
-The Times of India JASHPUR (Chhattisgarh): It's a cold, windy morning in Thuthiamba village in the interiors of Jashpur district and Basanti, 20, is clutching her one-year-old son close to her chest for both warmth and comfort. She is ravaged by the thought that the child will grow up never knowing who the father was. Basanti was just 12 when she was taken to New Delhi for domestic work by a woman...
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