The Global Gender Gap Index annually benchmarks the current state and evolution of gender parity across four key dimensions (Economic Participation and Opportunity, Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, and Political Empowerment). It is the longest-standing index tracking the progress of numerous countries’ efforts towards closing these gaps over time since …
Mutton biryani for lunch, singing of folk songs, small talk and siestas on Tuesday marked the second day of the Congress and Janata Dal-Secular legislators sit-in in the Karnataka assembly Tuesday to demand a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into illegal mining in the state. Most of the 74 …
The Congress today said Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa would be unable to take action against Reddy brothers, who are facing allegations of illegal mining, given their linkages with the top BJP leadership. "Unfortunately, the pernicious writ of the Reddy brothers runs very deep into the vitals of the …
Sankar Ray Manufacture of MIC became risky as, being a little lighter than water but twice as heavy as air, once the compound escapes into the atmosphere it remains close to the ground to do its deadly work. Exactly that happened in December 1984 together with instant damage to eyes …
Aditya Reddy No request for extradition can succeed without sufficient investigation against the fugitive, backed up with astute diplomacy While one can question the basis and motives of the US government's decision to reject India's request for Anderson's extradition in 2004, international law does not offer a remedy to a …
They say a sure sign of ageing is when you notice how young the policemen are. But what about new holders of high political office? Chris Huhne, the man charged with steering Britain—and by extension Europe—into a low carbon future as energy and climate change secretary, is older than prime …
Anastasio Somoza, the Nicaraguan dictator deposed in 1979, once told a journalist: “I would like nothing better than to give Nicaraguans the same kind of freedom as the US. But it is like what you do with a baby. First you give it milk by drops, then more and more, …
The US is less concerned about who's jailed and more about a huge compensation from BP Michael Pinto / June 29, 2010, 0:01 IST Why is it that we are determined to learn all the wrong lessons from the Bhopal tragedy? It is not just hysterical talk shows with witch-hunting …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: The office of the Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister has no Public Information Officer (PIO) to receive applications filed under the Right to Information Act. An RTI application seeking details on who assisted (the then chief of Union Carbide) Warren Anderson, the main accused in the 1984 …
Aditya Sinha When GoM runs through its marathon meetings this weekend, it is not out of a sense of redressing delayed justice. It is because Manmohan Singh is running out of time Congress is in a dilemma: it wants the prime minister to continue till Rahul Gandhi is ready to …
The Madhya Pradesh government today said it would file a review petition in the sessions court against the recent verdict in the 1984 Bhopal gas disaster, as the sentence to all convicts was insufficient in view of the magnitude of the crime. The state government has also decided to constitute …
Milind Ghatwai Bhopal: Seven organisations representing gas tragedy victims came together on one platform on Thursday to say that they expected the group of ministers (GoM) to address issues of justice and opportunities for a life of dignity for survivors.
Mahim Pratap Singh BHOPAL: Survivors of the Bhopal gas tragedy have written to Union Law Minister M. Veerappa Moily requesting him to place some of their demands requiring urgent attention before the reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM). Among these are the setting up of the promised Empowered Commission on Bhopal …
Smita Gupta NEW DELHI: The reconstituted Group of Ministers (GoM) on Bhopal, which was asked by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to report back to the Cabinet by June 24, will meet on Friday and again on Saturday with the object of wrapping up its work as expeditiously as possible, government …
Smita Gupta NEW DELHI: The allegation that the Rajiv Gandhi government had succumbed to U.S. pressure and allowed the former Union Carbide chairman, Warren Anderson, to escape from the country was
Seema Mustafa It is a tragedy that instead of being concerned with gross injustice, the UPA government is only interested in somehow getting the nuclear liability Bill through There has not been a word from Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi who, by Congress accounts, is looking to give a new …
Priscilla Jebaraj NEW DELHI: Did the Emergency allow the Indira Gandhi government to ignore the concerns of Union Industry Ministry officials in allowing Union Carbide to produce methyl isocyanate-based pesticides in India? For five years, the company's application for an industrial licence lay pending, with officials in what was then …
There is renewed hope for the gas victims as people across the country have become one with their cause and are expressing outrage over denial of justice and the manoeuvres of those in authority in Bhopal who had allowed the then Union Carbide Corporation chief Warren Anderson to escape to …
