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Petition: We Demand the Immediate Release of Anand Teltumbde and the Dropping of All Charges Against Him
Dr Teltumbde has a stellar record of academic and professional achievement and selfless service to society. His life and work are testament to his commitment to the values of justice and non-violence.
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Letter to Minister of Enviroment, Forests, Science and Technolgy, Telangana: Stop Use of Plastic Strings for Packaging of Leafy Vegetables and Other Groceries
We urge you to ban all plastic strings, that are tied for leafy vegetables and in other groceries. etc. at various bazaars/ shops/ stalls, pushcarts in the state of Telangana.
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Let Not Education Suffer
Pannalal Surana | Serious efforts will have to be made to restart the schools at least by the last week of June. There are problems and difficulties. In urban areas, classrooms are generally overcrowded. If the time-table of last year is to be followed, social distancing will come to a nought. Some persons have suggested…
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How Can Privatisation and Foreign Direct Investment Possibly Make Us a Self-Reliant Nation?
Dr Sandeep Pandey, Surabhi Agarwal, Bobby Ramakant | Self-reliance can only be achieved through policy changes which deprioritise the interests of multinational corporations and adopt a people-centric, decentralised approach to industrialisation that improves local economies, drives job growth and supports public research and innovation.
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Letter to Chief Justice, Hyderbad: Lacs of Unregistered Migrants Leaving and Returning to Telangana not Registered Under Inter-State Migrant Workers’ Act
We carry in our heart the guilt of little 12 yr old Jamlo who died out of exhaustion even before she reached her parents in Chattisgarh. It took days for her group to cross Telangana. Why wasn’t she and her group stopped and honoured with redressal of their needs?
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Domestic Workers, not “Maids”: National Human Rights Commission Registers a Case in Response to Online Complaint
Today National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, registered case no. 680/36/2/2020 dated 28/5/2020 in response to our online complaint no. 6498/IN/2020 DT 22 MAY 2020: “Mr Principal Secretary, IAS, it is DOMESTIC WORKERS, NOT ‘MAIDS’ or ‘HELPS'”
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किसानों की समस्याओं को लेकर गंभीरता दिखाए सरकार: किसान संगठन ने प्रधानमंत्री के नाम दिया ज्ञापन
प्रधानमंत्री के नाम भेजे गए ज्ञापन में कहा गया है कि हम भारत के किसान, देश की किसान जनता के सामने उत्पन्न गम्भीर समस्याओं, जो कोविड-19 महामारी और लगातार चले लाॅकडाउन की स्थिति में और बढ़ गयी हैं, को सम्बोधित करने व उनका हल निकालने में आपकी सरकार की लगातार विफलता पर अपनी संवेदना व्यक्त…
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High Court Orders Removal of Encroachments in Narsingi-Nanakramguda Service Road Lake and Moosi Nadi, Hyderabad
We express our appreciation and salute our High Court at Hyderabad for the spot-on order to remove encroachments so that lifelines of Hyderabad, that give elixir of life, i.e., water, are saved, for now and posterity.
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Desperate Times Call for Radical Measures: COVID-19 and the Need for the Immediate Nationalisation of the Indian Healthcare Sector
Asmita Verma, Surabhi Agarwal and Bobby Ramakant | What could be a better way to scale up testing and increase hospitalization capacity and access in the country than to nationalise the private health sector? This would be far more effective than trying to negotiate pricing caps with the profit-seeking lobby of private healthcare.
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Notice to Deputy Executive Engineer Regarding Amphitheatre Inside FTL of Kapra Cheruvu
Kapra Cheruvu desecrated and devoured with badminton & tennis court, immersion pond, walking road etc. inside the FTL of the lake. Multiple FTL maps manufactured for Kapra Cheruvu to accommodate encroachers. Further desecration and devouring planned through amphitheatre inside the lake.
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निजी कम्पनियों पर तीन वर्षों के लिए मुनाफा कमाने पर रोक क्यों नहीं?
अरुंधती धुरू व संदीप पाण्डेय | यदि मजदूरों से बलिदान की अपेक्षा की जा सकती है तो अन्य लोगों, खासकर पूंजीपति वर्ग से क्यों नहीं जिसके पास अपनी जरूरत से ज्यादा जमा की हुई कमाई है। यदि मजदूरों से यह अपेक्षा की जा रही है कि वे न्यूनतम काम के घंटे अथवा न्यूनतम मजदूरी जैसे…
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Letter to Special Secretary, MoAWF: Farmers Registered for PM Kissan Samman Yojna
This is to bring in your kind notice that COVID relief organization functioning in Lucknow, identified a list of registered farmers under PM Kissan Samman Yojna eligible to receive 6000/- annually but have not received a single installment yet.