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At a time when efforts are being made to weaken regulations that have kept away GM foods from India, this article recalls the democratic process during the days of the UPA govt. which had led to a decision being taken to safeguard the food safety of India by placing a moratorium on Bt. brinjal.
Iklakh Rahim Shaikh, a prisoner who spent time with the Jesuit priest in Taloja jail, says while “VIP prisoners” get access to all kinds of facilities, the jail authorities ignored Swamy’s deteriorating health conditions and denied him treatment even when he was rapidly slipping.
The slogan did not evolve in one day and from one particular social group; it was the result of a continuous process which was achieved over days.
Apart from misgivings about the financial viability of the project, we are also convinced about the adverse environmental, social and cultural impacts of the project. A report by The Centre for Financial Accountability asked whether Kerala really needs such a bullet train.
The urban employment guarantee scheme is not without its problems, but it offers a template to help the poor earn and build greener, sustainable cities.
The opposition to the New Education Policy appears to be growing as more educationists sound their concerns about the Centre’s plan to introduce centralised entrance tests and turn single stream colleges into multi-disciplinary institutions.
Among the many lies the assassin had told in court, the one that endured the most was his claim that he had left the RSS and joined the Hindu Mahasabha.
The Prime Minister thanks Maharani Ahilya Bai Holkar and Maharaja Ranjit Singh for being the inspiration behind the Kashi Vishwanath Corridor Project. However, both of these did not construct the corridor. It was built by Nawab Ali Ibrahim Khan, whom the PM has chosen to ignore.
Even as human vultures of a wide amalgam train their guns on Nehru’s years as Prime Minister, and his role in India’s freedom struggle, what stands out today are many of Nehru’s thoughtful writings, his regular press conferences, and of course his thoughts on freedom of the press and journalists’ rights and freedom.
The geniuses at IIT Kharagpur have come up with a new hoax. They have declared the unicorn that appears on Indus valley seals to be a representation of “sage Risya Sringa” of the Ramayana, thus “proving” that those ancient carvers of the Indus valley seals were one and the same as the Vedic people.
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Ever since its founding in 1946, Janata has voiced its principled dissent against all conduct and practice that is detrimental to the cherished values of nationalism, democracy, secularism and socialism, while upholding the integrity and the ethical norms of healthy journalism. For more than seventy years now, week after week, it has continued to analyse the changes taking place in the country and the world from a socialist standpoint, and thus promote the spread of socialist ideology in the country.
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