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Commit The Crime And Be Rewarded: Ayodhya Dispute Verdict
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 […]
Ayodhya Verdict 2010: Whither Indian Constitution
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 […]
Majority Report Of MOEF Committe A Vindication Of Peoples Just Struggle Against POSCO Project
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 […]
Networks For A Changed World
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.
Violations Of The Forest Rights Act In The POSCO Project Area Referred To The Tribal Ministry
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:
Orissa Trips Over Stringent Norms While Clearing Posco Project
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 […]
On Climate Models, The Case For Living With Uncertainty
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.
Growing Conflict Over Arctic Resources And The Threat Of A Climate Catastrophe
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 […]
Growing Calls For Moratorium On Climate Geoengineering
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.
Mine Is The Power
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 […]