Popular mobilisation against DBT in Ranchi on 24th February by opposition parties and coalition of civil society organisations pic.twitter.com/yUu0BVyoDJ— Right to Food, India (@rozi_roti) February 24, 2018
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Overwhelming Popular Opposition to the DBT Experiment in Jharkhand
Glitches in the system have deprived people of nearly half of their food rations in the last four months. When they do get their rations, people spend 12 hours collecting them, on average. Most people are (…)
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India: Direct benefit transfer (DBT) Scheme for food subsidy despite huge opposition in Jharkhand - Mass protest planned on 26 Feb 2018
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SIPRI Data on 100 Companies Selling Most Arms in the World - A Chart by AFP
24 February 2018An AFP chart with Sipri data and other resources on Arms sales
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India: Neelabh Mishra (1960 - 2018) - the ethical and public spirited journalist passes on, he will be widely remembered
24 February 2018Senior journalist and editor-in-chief of National Herald, Neelabh Mishra, passed away on February 24 at a Chennai Hospital
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Who is responsible for India’s Partition and Kashmir Imbroglio ?
by , 23 February 2018Political tendencies not only distort and ‘present the past’ to suit their political agenda; they can go to any extent to even lie about the events and their interpretation. ‘Facts are sacred; opinions are free’ should have been the dictum for all those commenting on them, but as they say for the likes of Modi, ‘all is fair in love and war’. To promote his personal ambitions and to enhance the impact of his political agenda
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Asma Jahangir, my fearless friend - A tribute by Prof. Amartya Sen
22 February 2018Prof Amartya Sen made these remarks at the remembrance for Asma Jahangir organised by her friends and admirers on Feb 17, 2018 at the Harvard Kennedy School, Cambridge MA.
