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B. Ramakant: Row Over Tobacco Use In Indian Cinema
Friday, 8 February 2008, 8:46 am | Bobby Ramakant
Indian film-star Shahrukh Khan's explanation of his right to 'creative liberties' to justify portrayal of tobacco use in Indian cinema has sparked a huge row with India's health minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss' appeal to film-stars to refrain. More >>
B. Ramakant: Dalits Arrested Under Gangsters Act
Wednesday, 6 February 2008, 6:35 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Three dalit people were charge-sheeted after being caught 'red-handed' making illicit liquor and police recovered three drums of it as well on site of arrest. There is more than what meets the eye. More >>
Bobby Ramakant: Philip Morris & Tobacco Pandemic
Wednesday, 30 January 2008, 4:09 pm | Bobby Ramakant
"An independent Philip Morris International, which is likely to be based in Switzerland, will no longer feel constrained by public opinion in its home country and most important market, the United States." More >>
March To Connect People's Struggles In India
Thursday, 24 January 2008, 8:26 am | Bobby Ramakant
A 'jattha' will begin on 26 January 2008 from Nandigram in West Bengal marching and connecting all people's struggles and movements across the states of India to end in Gorai, Mumbai, Maharashtra on 4 February 2008. A mid high-point will be when it ... More >>
Bobby Ramakant: Philip Morris Vs India Tobacco Act
Thursday, 17 January 2008, 11:07 am | Bobby Ramakant
The rules clearly mention that on point-of-sale of tobacco products, only type of tobacco product should be mentioned and no brand name, or any other promotional message or picture is permitted under the Indian law. More >>
Keep tobacco out of movies in Thailand
Tuesday, 23 October 2007, 11:00 am | Bobby Ramakant
One of the easiest ways to significantly bring down number of children and youth who get initiated to tobacco use in Thailand, without any budgetary allocation for this public health exercise, is to remove depiction of tobacco use in films and TV, ... More >>
Asia: Diabetes wake-up call after years of neglect
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 4:11 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Diabetes mellitus is emerging as a major health problem in Asian countries with world's highest number of people with diabetes living in the region. This warning came from International Awardee (2005) of World Health Organization (WHO) Prof (Dr) Rama Kant, ... More >>
Dow Chemical campus recruitment at IIT
Sunday, 21 October 2007, 3:40 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Dow Chemical, the owner of Union Carbide, and all of its subsidiaries should be barred from campus recruitment at all IITs, demanded hundreds of alumni of Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) . More >>
Christians join Burma vigil in London
Wednesday, 17 October 2007, 10:52 am | Bobby Ramakant
The Burmese exiled community in UK is holding an ongoing round-the-clock vigil in Parliament Square in solidarity with the intensified pro-democracy struggles in Burma. Christian Solidarity Worldwide has mobilized Christians to join the Burmese exiled ... More >>
Public pressure against dams in Uttarakhand
Monday, 15 October 2007, 11:23 am | Bobby Ramakant
People of Uttarakhand state, are fasting since 9 October 2007 against the state government's approval to building dams on Ganga and other rivers. More >>
Commission increasing judicial accountability?
Monday, 15 October 2007, 12:07 am | Bobby Ramakant
The recent case of Justice Sabharwal and the sentencing of four Mid Day journalists again brought to the fore the problem of the lack of accountability of the higher judiciary in the country. "We have today, a judiciary with enormous powers, ... More >>
India ranks 72 in Corruption Index
Sunday, 7 October 2007, 7:48 pm | Bobby Ramakant
The 2007 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) Report in 180 countries merits India at rank 72. CPI Report looks at perceptions of public sector corruption, scoring countries on a scale from zero to ten, with zero indicating high levels of perceived ... More >>
Burma unifies people's voices in North-East India
Thursday, 4 October 2007, 11:39 am | Bobby Ramakant
When monks took to streets in Burma last month, the world's spotlight came on the decades-long ongoing pro-democracy movement within the country. We are witnessing that despite and in-spite of all control-measures of Junta Government in Burma (State ... More >>
BSP MLA shielding murderers of a dalit youth
Tuesday, 2 October 2007, 8:50 pm | Bobby Ramakant
Mayawati led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has been trumpeting the welfare of dalits, but in UP state of India where they are in power, one of their own Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) is allegedly shielding the murderers of a dalit youth. More >>
Hashimpura case: Mayawati govt to expedite justice
Sunday, 30 September 2007, 7:27 pm | Bobby Ramakant
UP's Principal Secretary (Home) Dr JN Chambers met a delegation in state capital Lucknow and expressed his grave concern at the slow progress of the Hashimpura case, with justice being denied for more than 20 years now. More >>
Court reprimands MP Government for arresting 91
Friday, 28 September 2007, 1:50 pm | Bobby Ramakant
The Jabalpur High Court reprimanded the Madhya Pradesh State Government on 25 September 2007, for illegally arresting and detaining 91 people in jail, who were peacefully demonstrating for their land rights at Taloon on 25 July 2007. More >>
News of three deaths at IIT Kanpur confirmed
Monday, 24 September 2007, 10:59 am | Bobby Ramakant
Despite of all attempts by IIT Kanpur administration to stifle news related to three unfortunate deaths that happened on the campus recently, the news finally got confirmed on Saturday 22 September. More >>
Strengthen health systems to control Dengue: WHO
Thursday, 20 September 2007, 8:36 pm | Bobby Ramakant
"It is critical for countries to strengthen their health systems for prediction, early detection, preparedness and early response to dengue outbreaks," said Dr Samlee Plianbangchang, WHO South-East Asia Regional Director, at a WHO meeting ... More >>
Fate of 25,000 families hinge on Sept 20 NCA meet
Wednesday, 19 September 2007, 12:25 am | Bobby Ramakant
Narmada Control Authority (NCA) is likely to meet on Thursday 20 September in New Delhi to assess the current rehabilitation status of the 25,000 families affected by the Sardar Sarovar Dam (SSD) reservoir, and to decide on completing the dam height ... More >>
RTI Act gives hope to anti-AFSPA protestors
Monday, 17 September 2007, 7:08 pm | Bobby Ramakant
IMPHAL: Many people are fasting for five days (13-17 September) in Keishampat junction, Imphal, Manipur, to lobby more support to Irom Chanu Sharmila, who has been fasting since past 7 years, demanding to repeal the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA). More >>
