Updates on Nuclear Issues - 7 April 2022
On1. Church leaders justifies the antinuclear movement at Kudankulam. Archbishop M Soosai Packiam of Thiruvananthapuram Archdiocese (Latin Hierarchy) today justified the agitation against Koodankulam nuclear power plant. Link: http://www.newkerala.com/news/newsplus/worldnews-3080.html 2. While many sections of the media have been consistently opposing the peaceful protests against the…
Nuclear issues - updates on 6 April 2022
On1. Don’t lose the plot now. Efforts by the state, police departs and other government agencies and mechanisms to portray those opposing on nuclear issues as anti-nations must be stopped and condemned outright. Link: http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/editorial/article3284757.ece 2. Detention of Activists Undemocratic: Greenpeace: International NGO Greenpeace today…
‘bamboo bonds’ - the ‘next big thing’
On‘bamboo bonds’ - the ‘next big thing’ in forest-related market mechanisms as ‘solutions’ to climate change? Dear friends For those of you tracking REDD and other market mechanisms proposed as ‘solutions’ to climate change, you might be interested to listen to this…
New World Bank president: what’s on the agenda?
Onhttp://www.brettonwoodsproject.org/art-569964 An unprecedented competition for the Bank presidency, with two experienced developing country candidates nominated in addition to the US candidate, has raised demands for reform of the Bank’s approach to middle-income countries, human rights, environmental issues and the private sector, among…
Corruption in Fisheries Deptartment
On*Corruption alleged in fisheries dept * *TIMES NEWS NETWORK * http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Default/Scripting/ArticleWin.asp?From=Archive&Source=Page&Skin=TOINEW&BaseHref=TOIKRKO/2012/04/03&PageLabel=5&EntityId=Ar00505&ViewMode=HTML Thiruvananthapuram: Several institutions under the State Fisheries Department were derailing the objectives of the department and plunging the fisher folks across the state into abject poverty, alleges Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilali Federation….
Nuclear issues updates - 5 April 2022
On1. Charge sheets being prepared against those who instigated anti-nuclear stir. Highly placed police sources said that they had classified the protesters into two categories – masterminds and those who participated in the agitation without any plan in mind. link: http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/tamil-nadu/article3281898.ece 2. Tamil Nadu: Cop thrashes…
SEZ Updates on 5 April 2022
On1. Reserve Bank of India (RBI) tightens banks’ reporting norms to monitor gold import. This directive from RBI comes amid concerns of huge outflow of foreign exchange on import of gold which is putting pressure on the India’s current account deficit (CAD). Link: http://moneylife.in/article/8/24717.html 2. Clearance…
Nuclear Issues - Updates
On1. Post-agitation, villages vie for a lion’s share of package: Surroundings of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP), the hotbed of anti-nuclear plant struggle till recently, is witnessing an intense race between village panchayat presidents to get their ‘due share’ from the Tamil Nadu…
SEZ - Updates
On1. Farmers Protest Land Acquisition: Led by Shetkari Sangharsha Samiti and Kisan Sabha, the villagers of Jogaltembhi, Naygaon, Jakhori and others in Sinnar tehsil - to be affected by the proposed railway track from Eklahara to Indiabulls in Sinnar - staged a sit-in…