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The average Lok Sabha MP is worth Rs 1.4 crore A higher percentage of less-educated MPs are richer and have more criminal cases against them than those with higher educational attainments. The Public Affairs Centre's analysis of the background and assets of 541 members of India's parliament suggests that money and muscle power continue to bring in the votes More... Increased social security will enhance economic growth, social stabilityA new survey by the International Labour Organisation (ILO) highlights the fact that individual economic security promotes well-being and tolerance, whilst also contributing to the growth and development of a nation More... World population will increase from 6.4 billion to 8.9 billion by 2050'The State of the World Population 2004' report examines population, reproductive health and the global effort to end poverty ten years after the International Conference on Population and Development in Cairo More... The voices of the millworkers of Mumbai'One Hundred Years One Hundred Voices' is a strong and sprawling history of Mumbai's textile mill district and its 1.3 million people, now displaced by the consumer civilisation More... The unheard scream: Reproductive health and women's livesA review of a new book on the neglect, deprivation and non-existent reproductive healthcare in India More... Children shunned, placed at high HIV riskHuman Rights Watch's report 'Future Forsaken: Abuses Against Children Affected by HIV/AIDS in India' tells a damning story about the number of children in India affected by HIV/AIDS and the discrimination they face in schools, at medical institutions and at home More... 15 million and counting: growing numbers orphaned by AIDSFifteen million children under the age of 15 have been orphaned by AIDS till date, reversing the effects of better health and nutrition standards worldwide, says a new Unicef report More... Global defence spending skyrockets, at the expense of developmentIn a disturbing trend, poorer countries in Asia and Africa are diverting funds from the health and education sectors to defence More... Press freedom in South AsiaOn May 3, World Press Freedom Day, the International Federation of Journalists released the second annual IFJ Press Freedom Report for South Asia, 'The Story Behind the News: Journalists and Press Freedom in South Asia' More... Mother goddesses and warriors: RSS women as ideologuesPaola Baccheta's new book explores the minds and ideological constructs of women who are part of the nationalist Hindu movement More... "Justice taken for a ride...abused, misused, mutilated.."Excerpts from the historic Supreme Court judgement on the Best Bakery Case, specifically, the case of Zahira Sheikh versus the Gujarat government. The judgement was passed by an apex court bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Doraiswamy Raju, April 12, 2004 More... 'One fly is deadlier than one hundred tigers'In a new report, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council records the experiences of community workers from Africa, Asia, and Latin America on the all-important issues of safe water, sanitation and hygiene More... Women, HIV/AIDS and the world of workA new document by the International Labour Organisation discusses the effects of the spread of AIDS on women, both at home and in the workplace, and the factors that render working women particularly vulnerable to HIV More... |
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