Full Coverage: India

27.02.2008 Leading Indian politicians have outrightly rejected the idea of a U.S.-imposed deadline after a team of U.S. senators warned that a new inhabitant of the White House might quash a potential deal on the transfer of nuclear technology.

27.02.2008 SatuDunia, Jakarta. Dikalahkannya rasa keadilan masyarakat oleh para Majelis Hakim PN Jakarta Selatan dalam kasus semburan lumpur Lapindo, Senin (25/2), Walhi menyerahkan memori banding. Sebuah jalan panjang dan berliku untuk memperoleh kembali keadilan yang terampas.

25.02.2008 Struggles against Special Economic Zones are labeled as ‘anti-development’ by middle class India. Yet Goa’s recent anti-SEZ campaign was led by educated professionals, activists, the church and media, forcing the state government to backtrack. The SEZ is an independent foreign territory with no local or government control, say Goa’s champion campaigners.

22.02.2008 One million Indians will die every year in the 2010s as a result of tobacco consumption, a study predicts.

22.02.2008 To boost its corporate social responsibility work, GAIL India Ltd has launched an e-Shiksha programme for rural children at some of its plants in north and central India. Started with an investment of INR 6.3 million, the mobile centres will have buses equipped with laptops to teach children computer basics in local languages.

22.02.2008 It is high time for India and China to move beyond conflicts and start cooperating politically, economically, and technologically for mutual benefits, says Dr. Aqueil Ahmad.

21.02.2008 Six years after the genocidal violence against Muslims in Gujarat in western India, victim survivors want to set up a ‘Gulberg Museum of resistance’ that will preserve memories, documents and films on the state-sponsored carnage. On February 28, 2002, the Gulberg Society in the heart of Ahmedabad city witnessed the massacre of 70 persons.

21.02.2008 Yhteiskunnan ja usein perheenkin hylkimät Intian transsukupuoliset elävät köyhyyden ja HIVin varjossa. Tamil Nadun osavaltio aikoo puuttua transsukupuolisten ongelmiin sosiaaliturvan ja lakimuutosten avulla.

20.02.2008 The budding IT industry in Pakistan, currently worth $3 billion, is now looking east towards India to set up its data centres. It is expected that more of its new technology firms would soon seek to leverage Indian expertise and talent.

19.02.2008 In a step taken to protect rights of sexual minorities, the state of Tamil Nadu in southern India has announced the establishment of a welfare board for transgenders. The move followed a public hearing by NGOs on the plight of the community and recommendations by a citizens’ jury.

18.02.2008 The ILO and Ministry of Labour and Employment will hold a national consultation on the development of training policy in India during February 20-21 at the capital. This meeting is expected to lay out a roadmap towards developing an employment policy that adresses India's skills challenges.

18.02.2008 A young tribal has helped the women in his village become successful entrepreneurs by realising the true potential of traditional medicines. Haribol is an all-women self-help group in Chhattisgarh in central India that profits from the state’s abundance of herbs and medicinal plants.

15.02.2008 An unusual corporate environmental programme by a global bank draws over a hundred bird enthusiasts each year in India. The annual bird races promote awareness of natural habitats and help collect data. The last race at Bangalore spotted 277 bird species – a quarter of all birds found on the Indian subcontinent.

15.02.2008 Intialaisten kansalaisjärjestöjen mukaan suunnanmuutosta tarvitaan erityisesti rikkaissa maissa, jotka ovat vastuussa suurimmista päästöistä ja myös ekologisesti kestämättömästä maailmantalouden järjestyksestä.

15.02.2008 An international seminar by UNCTAD will focus on gender concerns in trade in India and other developing countries from 25-27 February at New Delhi. The forum aims to sensitise trade experts, policy makers and stakeholders, and seek ways to integrate women into the international trade system.

14.02.2008 Smoking kills nearly a million people a year in India. A new study reveals that tuberculosis rather than cancer is the common cause of death among Indians who smoke. The study also says that only 2% of smokers quit – and that too because they are too sick to continue.

14.02.2008 Intian tiikerikanta on laskenut puoleen viimeisen viiden vuoden aikana. Salametsästys ja kaupungistuminen ovat kutistaneet kissapetojen määrän noin puoleentoista tuhanteen.

14.02.2008 The India’s north-east is a picture of diversity with multiple religions, cultures and tribes. But beneath its charming veneer lies a region simmering with discord and anarchy, says Economics professor Kaushik Basu. The government needs to address law and order issues to control extortions by the insurgents, adds Basu.

11.02.2008 Young women need to be part of an organisation to understand the 'collective consciousness', says Ruth Manorama, whose efforts have helped make a space for Dalit women in the mainstream feminist movement in India. In a close conversation, she looks back at her three decades of struggles and many victories.

07.02.2008 Lapsityövoiman käyttö on Intiassa laitonta mutta yleistä. Intialainen kansalaisjärjestö jahtaa Delhissä lapsityövoiman hyväksikäyttäjiä.