Commit The Crime And Be Rewarded: Ayodhya Dispute Verdict

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Ram Puniyani

Nation heaved a sigh of relief following the three judges delivering the verdict on Ayodhya case (30thSptember 2010). There was no violence anywhere, something which was feared very much. The day passed off peacefully and the fear that violence will engulf parts of the country proved to be wrong, thanks to the maturity shown by large sections of population. As such the judgment was an exercise of sorts trying to do a balancing act, between all the parties involved, Ram Lalla Virajman, Nirmohi Akhada and Sunni wakf board. Read more »

Ayodhya Verdict 2010: Whither Indian Constitution

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Ram Puniyani

The verdict given by Lucknow bench of Allahabad high court (Sept 2010) has been a landmark of sorts. On one hand it is culmination of the process of demolition of Babri Masjid, now that illegal act of demolition has got a legal sanction. On the other this judgment is the one based on every other consideration than the legal one. It has no rooting in the values of Indian Constitution, no guidance from the directive principles of the Constitution and no grounding in the law of the land. Read more »

Majority Report Of MOEF Committe A Vindication Of Peoples Just Struggle Against POSCO Project

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Ashok Chowdhury, Dr. Manoranjan Mohanty & Leo F. Saldanha

The Majority Report of the 4 member Committee appointed by Indian Minister of State for Environment and Forests, Mr. Jairam Ramesh to go into all issues relating to the environmental and forest clearances granted to the POSCO project in Orissa, has unequivocally recommended the revocation of the environmental, coastal regulation and forest clearances granted to the project. Read more »

Networks For A Changed World

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

Global government is unlikely in the twenty-first century, but various degrees of global governance already exist. The world has hundreds of treaties, institutions, and regimes for governing interstate behaviour involving telecommunications, civil aviation, ocean dumping, trade, and even the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Read more »

Violations Of The Forest Rights Act In The POSCO Project Area Referred To The Tribal Ministry

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

The Forest Advisory Committee , demonstrated yet again that it is more interested in corporate interests than in upholding the law. It decided to refer question of violations of the Forest Rights Act in the POSCO project area to the Tribal Ministry. One should note the following: Read more »

Orissa Trips Over Stringent Norms While Clearing Posco Project

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

The FRA, coupled with a August 2009 order ensuring compliance of the Act by the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF), disallows the ministry from giving forest clearance to a project before the rights of forest-dwellers have been settled and the gram sabha has given a go-ahead to the acquisition of forestland. In the Posco case, two separate committees of the Centre have found that the Orissa government has been worse than lax at fulfilling the requirements of the FRA and the ministry is yet to get the village council resolutions approving the acquisition of forests which the villagers have laid claim to as traditional forest users. Read more »

On Climate Models, The Case For Living With Uncertainty

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Fred Pearce

As climate science advances, predictions about the extent of future warming and its effects are likely to become less — not more — precise. That may make it more difficult to convince the public of the reality of climate change, but it hardly diminishes the urgency of taking action. Read more »

Growing Conflict Over Arctic Resources And The Threat Of A Climate Catastrophe

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Dr. Peter Custers

The Moscow Forum on the Arctic seemed a rather surrealistic event. For the Arctic circle is the very region where the drama of the world’s climate catastrophe threatens being enacted. Two of the natural phenomena which scientists describe when speaking of ‘tipping points‘, of natural changes that in the future will speed up the pace of climate change, occur in the Arctic circle and its surroundings Read more »

Growing Calls For Moratorium On Climate Geoengineering

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

By Stephen Leahy

NAGOYA, Japan — Delegates to the world summit on biodiversity here are calling for a moratorium on climate engineering research, like the idea of putting huge mirrors in outer space to reflect some of the sun’s heating rays away from the planet. Read more »

Mine Is The Power

November 1, 2010 | Author: csjpgoa

The mining business, legal and illegal, is dictating politics across the country. In Haryana, the mining racket in the Aravallis is believed to have resulted in the powerful section of the Congress camp upstaging its rivals in the in-house power stakes. In Madhya Pradesh, quarrying has helped people across party lines make fortunes to finance themselves and their parties.

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Commit The Crime And Be Rewarded: Ayodhya Dispute Verdict

Ayodhya Verdict 2010: Whither Indian Constitution

By Ram Puniyani

Majority Report Of MOEF Committe A Vindication Of Peoples Just Struggle Against POSCO Project

Networks For A Changed World

Violations Of The Forest Rights Act In The POSCO Project Area Referred To The Tribal Ministry

Orissa Trips Over Stringent Norms While Clearing Posco Project

On Climate Models, The Case For Living With Uncertainty

Growing Conflict Over Arctic Resources And The Threat Of A Climate Catastrophe

Growing Calls For Moratorium On Climate Geoengineering

Mine Is The Power

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