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Maintenance for wife and children: final and interim
What is the law’s position on maintenance for the wife and children, after a divorce? What happens if the courts take years to arrive at a final decision regarding maintenance? Can the wife and children avail of interim maintenance during pendency of the proceedings? More... Living sustainably, Asian-styleJapan has introduced the 3R approach to waste management, China has introduced the Circular Economy and Green Growth, and Thailand’s Magic Eye drive coaxes children not to waste. What exactly has India done to promote sustainable development? More... The other America?Barack Obama’s election victory could well be a defining moment for the earth, says Ashish Kothari. For if he works to rescue what he calls “a planet in peril”, we could see America responding to the biodiversity crisis, adopting clean technologies and embracing ecological economic models that put the environment and ordinary people -- rather than profits -- at the centre of planning More... How climate change will impact agricultureCoping with climate change and its impact on agriculture and rural livelihoods is going to be a long haul, says Suman Sahai. It’s an irony that those who have caused global warming -- the high-emission polluters in developed countries -- are going to be the beneficiaries of climate change and not its victims, as far as food production is concerned More... India has reneged on all its promises to adivasisAt 84 million, India has the largest number of indigenous people. Why are the adivasis still so marginalised, asks Mari Marcel Thekaekara. Why are they displaced from their lands and forests, and reduced to migrant labour? More... Whose security are we talking about?Security is not just about nation-states. It is about the Delhi journalist killed on the streets, the Christian suddenly prey in her home, the bewildered victim of a terror attack, says Swarna Rajagopalan in this new series on security More... Engaging with the mediaMedia advocacy is a way of getting an important issue adequate and accurate coverage. An initiative in Bangalore showed how media advocacy highlighted the issue of a dying river and resulted in questions being asked in the state assembly More... Indian industry’s wake-up call on environmental sustainabilityEnvironmentalists have always warned that India is living well beyond its means. Now Indian industry has released a report saying that India consumes twice as much natural resources as it possesses. Ashish Kothari analyses India’s Ecological Footprint: A Business Perspective, produced by the Confederation of Indian Industry and Global Footprint Network More... India's small towns – symbols of urban blight68% of India's urban population lives not in the metros but in towns with population of less than 100,000, many of which get water for a few minutes once a week or every alternate day. No one even talks about the appalling absence of infrastructure in these towns More... Corporates consult on climate changeGiven the projected rise in energy costs within the next 20-30 years, reducing the ecological footprint of companies has become a corporate necessity. And corporate India is finally getting its act together on the environment front More... The end of the ‘free market’ reign?With repeated government bailouts of profit-seeking, loss-avoiding financial companies in USA, the very heartland of global capitalism, we have arrived at the end of an era of unquestioned faith in the magic of free markets, says economist Aseem Shrivastava More... The ten commandments of news broadcastingThe big difference between the code of ethics drawn up by the News Broadcasters Association (NBA) and that of the I&B ministry is that the NBA has set up an independent disputes redressal authority, whereas the ministry’s code gives overarching powers to the central government More... Towards the Solidarity EconomyIt is important for the corporate sector to move beyond the PR rhetoric of ‘corporate social responsibility’ to ‘corporate accountability’, says John Samuel, laying out the principles of the solidarity economy -- an alternative to the free-market economy -- where ethics of production, markets, investment and consumption is central to promoting sustainability More... Action plan to ease disease burden of developing worldDespite the staggeringly disproportionate impact of disease on the developing world, pharmaceuticals develop drugs that have a potentially profitable market rather than drugs that are urgently required in poorer countries. Will this change with the World Health Assembly’s recent adoption of a global strategy to fill gaps in existing R&D and work towards drugs needed for diseases that affect developing countries? More... |
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