Eye on ore

The Supreme Court has instructed several mining enterprises based in Anantpur district of Andhra Pradesh — including one, the Obulapuram…

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India suggests RTI for climate change bodies by Priscilla Jebaraj

Reports should be sent to all ‘climate sceptics’ during the review process  Introduce the “Right to Information” to the U.N.’s…

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Powerlessness in actual lives is the hurdle justice must clear by Amartya Sen

The state must ensure that individual freedoms not only exist, but that everyone has the ability to experience them The…

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1,250 tonnes of ‘toxic’ wheat from Oz seized

Customs has detained over 1,250 tonnes of wheat imported from Australia in 50 containers at Chennai port. The consignment was…

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GM crop: Govt drops hot potato by Amitabh Sinha

Misleading the public on safety of genetically modified crops or organisms without scientific evidence would not be made a punishable…

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Radical reforms in PDS recommended by Sanjeev Kumar Patro

The PDS in Orissa does not stand for public distribution system, rather, a `perpetual dishonesty structure’ orchestrated by the Government…

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Women MNREGA workers denied their due in acKatihar by Shoumojit Banerjee

“We are angry, and upset, and do not want these wages,” says Parmila, an illiterate widow from Chittoriya panchayat in…

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Delhi water table falling by 2m/yr by Dipak Kumar Dash

The alarm bells are ringing right below our feet. Delhi and portions of Rajasthan falling in the National Capital Region…

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Dalit is a Dalit even in a ‘free’ market by Radhika Ramaseshan

Caste is feudal, the market free and equal. Correct? Ask Ratan Lal Sirswal or Deepak Jatav. Sirswal, 75, had started…

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Just seven states pay Rs100 under NREGA by Ruhi Tewari

Only seven states pay average wages of Rs100 or more per day to workers under the United Progressive Alliance (UPA)…

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For India’s Newly Rich Farmers, Limos Won’t Do by Jim Yardley

Bhisham Singh Yadav, father of the groom, is stressed. His rented Lexus got stuck behind a bullock cart. He has…

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Greater Noida land acquisition: farmers hold panchayat, to block work from today by Pragya Kaushika

Over 1,500 farmers from 16 villages took part in a panchayat held outside the Greater Noida Authority office on Sunday…

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Gathering Storm by Ajit Sahi and Rana Ayyub

UNLESS THE prices of vegetables skyrocket and become a scandal — as they have over several weeks now, or as…

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Abstract of Report and Recommendations of the High Power Committee on the extent of damages caused by the Coca-Cola plant

Though Palakkad district in Kerala, where the Coca Cola plant is situated is considered as the ‘rice bowl of Kerala’,…

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In Pathrad, resistance amid Maheshwar dam displacement by Mahim Pratap Singh

Maheshwar (Khargone district, M.P.): “ Hamaari ladaai vikas se nahi, visthaapan se hai [Our fight is against displacement, not development],”…

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