Women and Violence

Violence against the women and children is an evil of the society that everyone is trying to fight from a long time. The male-dominated world, as they call it has always seen the women being subjugated by the men or the patriarch. Be it any social structure, the women have also been lowered down. The west looks down […]

Preity- Ness: Celebs take a step back

Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]

Preity- Ness: Celebs take a step back

Recently, actress Preity Zinta raised allegations of molestation against her former beau and business partner Ness Wadia. The news spread in the country like fire, with every newspaper, news channels and blogs posting with the answers to the WHY and WHAT of the masses. The news has not got much reaction from the film fraternity, […]

Kudankulam units 3 and 4 agreement in July: Rosatom

By Biswajit The final techno-commercial agreement for Kudankulam 3 and 4 reactors will be signed by July, a top official of Rosatom said here Tuesday, adding that all differences resulting from India’s 2010 Civil Liability for Nuclear Damages Act have been resolved. “After working together with India, a solution has been arrived at regarding India’s […]

South Asian affected with the change in climate

Isha Sahni We have all known that the global warming at large has affected rainfall, cropping patterns,livelihoods of the people across the world. But are there any alternatives that people could take whose livelihoods are being challenged by the effects of climate change? In recent times, an initiative was taken by the counties Britain and […]

Rates may remain same after the RBI policy review

Isha Sahni The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is going to review its policy on the 3rd The Governor of RBI, Raghuram Rajan is likely to keep rates unchanged when it reviews its monetary policy, its first exercise after the new government came into power in the country. RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan who is well […]

A teenage girl’s campaign for a polythene-free India

The death of a cow after swallowing a polythene bag was the trigger that led Divya Jain, 15, to start a campaign against its use in Rajasthan and beyond. She also encourages people to fabricate water troughs to save birds from the searing desert summer. Divya Jain, a class 10 student in Chittorgarh, over 350 […]

Democratising journalism: Giving remote tribal areas a voice

The story is a bit topsy-turvy these days as far as journalism education goes, especially in the tribal areas in Central India. Instead of rural students coming to teachers in cities, teachers are going to ‘adivasihaats’ or weekly markets. This is happening in month long campaign of CGnetSwara(www.cgnetswara.org), a community radio experiment on the mobile […]

Narendra Modi: Once sold tea, now will govern India

There was a time when he sold tea at a railway station in Gujarat as his family battled poverty. After toying for a while with the life of a renunciate, he finally took to politics. A determined man who had slogged for years amid great odds, Narendra Damodardas Modi, 63, is now all set to […]

Telangana erupts in celebrations

Celebrations broke out across Telangana as it came into being as the 29th state of India. ‘Jai Telangana’ rent the air as the region comprising 10 districts erupted in celebrations to mark the fulfilment of nearly 60-year-old dream of the people. Bursting of firecrackers, unfurling of the national flag, distribution of sweets and greetings marked […]

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