A spate of brutal killings in northern India has spurred a group of volunteers to set up a helpline to rescue couples whose lives are in danger because they want to marry across caste lines
A spate of brutal killings in northern India has spurred a group of volunteers to set up a helpline to rescue couples whose lives are in danger because they want to marry across caste lines
The National Identification Authority of India Bill approved by the Union Cabinet on Friday has sidestepped critical privacy aspects relating to profiling and function creep — a term used to describe the way in which information is collected for one limited purpose but gradually gets used for other purposes.
Here are some reasons why you should oppose this Bill
The Right to Food Campaign is shocked at the Prime Minister’s statement made to the editors’ conference on 6th September, 2010, stating (with reference to the Supreme Court’s direction of free distribution of grain to the poor) that the Supreme Court “should not go into the realm of policy formulation†. This statement confirms the anti-poor outlook of this Government. We believe that when people use their constitutional rights - the right to life, right to freedom of speech and expression as well as right to approach courts - the Head of the Indian Executive should not interfere with their right to seek justice. This comment is all the more objectionable as it is likely to have a cascading effect down the bureaucratic chain and may lead to questioning of judicial intervention.
The International CHT Commission (CHTC) conducted a mission to Bangladesh from 4 to 10 September 2010, including a visit to the Chittagong Hill Tracts. The purpose of the mission was to assess the overall political developments related to the CHT Accord and follow up on issues raised in the CHTC’s memo to the Prime Minister following its visit to the CHT in June 2010
The appalling psychiatric care in Nepal and other developing countries condemns thousands to a living hell
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