The Ministry of Environment and Climate Change refuses to take policy decision to protect and improve the environment; it should drop the pretense of its existence and merge itself with the Ministry of Industry. The State Pollution Control Boards and Central Pollution Control Board should also now be merged with the Industries Commissionerate
South Asia Citizens Web
-
India - Gujarat: Lifting of the Moratorium from Vapi, Ankleshwar & Vatva is a set back to environment protection and for those affected by industrial pollution in the area
by , 28 November 2016 -
Demonetisation Blues in India - Youtube song in Hindi
28 November 2016Ye line me khada hai tu jo aajkal
-
Full Audio: The Three Waves of Indian Environmentalism - Ramachandra Guha
25 November 2016The 3rd Sunil Memorial Lecture held on 25 November 2016 in JNU, New Delhi. [audio recording via: sacw.net audio archive]
-
India: Dangerous order by district magistrate of Indore banning any criticism on social media of de-monetisation by Govt. of India - Press statement by Free Software Movement of India
23 November 2016The District Magistrate of Indore has issued an order – Order/2956/RADM/2016, Indore/Date 14/11/2016 under Section 144 – banning any criticism on social media such as Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp, etc., on exchange of old currency that is "objectionable" or can "cause incitement" his, in effect, is a blanket ban on any criticism of the Government on its failure to provide sufficient new notes for the old Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 notes that it has demonetised.
-
Attacks on minorities in Bangladesh: No longer a "communal issue" | Taj Hashmi
22 November 2016In the backdrop of the growing intolerance towards Hindus and other minorities in Bangladesh, politicians, intellectuals, and people from every walk of life should resist the manifestation of intolerance and racism in any form. They eventually lead to totalitarian governance or fascism.
