Human rights violations: Delhi and UP top the list; police the major violator
The data on cases registered for violation of human rights, gathered by National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), shows that Uttar Pradesh and Delhi account for 67 per cent of the total violations registered across the country between December 1, 2009, and October 31,
SUV owners should not avail of subsidized diesel: Ramesh
After starting a heated debate earlier this month with his remark on use of sports utility vehicles (SUVs) being criminal, environment minister Jairam Ramesh renewed his attack on the use of diesel for luxury cars and shrugged off protests by some manufacturers of
Let women be, and see a wonderful change
‘We are lucky to have supportive families to have broken the glass ceiling, but the reality out there points out that we have a long way to go. I would say rural India is kinder to the girl child than the economically empowered
Smart chap! One line, and Ramesh ensured a battery of off-roaders for himself…
‘With a one-line statement, “driving SUVs in a country like India is criminal,” Jairam Ramesh ensured that he would soon own a battery of off-roaders for himself.’ “Ha, ha, ha… No wonder, he’s saving all those jungles and is after those infrastructure guys.
Avoid-shift-improve: The transport sector is in for a spin
The Climate Instruments for the Transport Sector (CITS) study, commissioned by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), gives an assessment of the current state of affairs with regard to the impact on the transport sector in developing countries
The Nike Foundation: Galvanizing the girl effect, many times over
‘It is the Nike way to pick some really big issue to work on,’ said Leslie Lane, vice president and managing director of The Nike Foundation, in Beaverton, Oregon, in a quote to The New York Times. Leslie spoke with regard to an
Green approval for Mumbai airport is ‘red’ signal for migratory birds
With Navi Mumbai airport getting the green signal from ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), what has been the annual home of migratory birds (over 150 species) is bound to get ruined. Bird species including Kenyan flamingo, Siberian ducks and ruddy turnstone, godwit,
IMAGINE: What all can happen
[dropcap size=big]T[/dropcap]he idea of Imagine is embodied in something called the Empowerment Workshop. It seeks to empower women in challenging life circumstances to envision and create new possibilities for their life, family and community through participation in the workshop. The training programme, developed
CSR in India: A report calls Tata and ITC laggards, another calls them the best
The recently released ‘BT Sustainable Development (SD) Index – an assessment of business performance in India – 2009-10’ found Tata to be the best performer on sustainable development indicators. Conversely, according to a report titled Ethical Asia, by global research firm CLSA, the
Child labour trend declining in Varanasi
The report by National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) on November 19 revealed that a declining trend has been witnessed in child labour in Varanasi district between 1991 and 2001 (census reports). According to the NCPCR report, there were 43,320 child