The Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) is a pioneer of the Right to Information campaign. The following is a link to an interesting discussion it has developed on the role of Information Commissioners. C-NES Managing Trustee Sanjoy Hazarika is a member of CHRI's Executive Board. Email alert: Are Information Commissioners in India barred from sitting on…
Below is an analysis by Mr. Vinu Sampath, Programme Coordinator Access to Information Programme at the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (C-NES' Managing Trustee is a member of its Executive Board) of a double-bench ruling of India's Central Information Commission (CIC). The Commission has remanded the disputed matter back to the Central Public Information Officer (CPIO).…
Empty streets, shuttered shops, children playing street cricket and alonely motorbike whizzing past Guwahati’s normally busy GopinathBordoloi road on a Monday morning. A familiar “extended” weekend,thanks to a 12 hour Bharat bandh called on July 5th by the Oppositionagainst the hike in fuel prices. For some privileged groups, it was merely an additional break and…
On 21st June 2010, an event was organized by Intel to discuss the role of ICT in the development of NER, release the position paper and announcement of the MoU between North Eastern Council and Intel. it was a multifaceted event that elicited great response from the stakeholders in NER and the media. Mr. Handique,…
The past one month I have been working with C-NES, although I have never thought very highly of NGOs having worked with two before I have found most of them on the whole quite unnecessary, unorganized and in one case lacking substantial motive. You see the initial gusto which characterizes a pertinent issue usually fades,…
With every day, news of fresh confrontations roils the Northeastern region. One day it is the Naga-Manipur face-off; another day it is a farmers’ agitation, a third is on demands to stop major dams. There are times when, because of media hype, these appear to be the only issues which are of concern to the…
A vigorous Power Panel discussion on 'Leveraging ICT for sustained development in the North Eastern region', organized by the North Eastern Council, Government of India, and Intel Corporation, involving Members of Parliament, education ministers from Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura and Mizoram and education commissioners and officials from Meghalaya, Assam and other states as well as scholars…
A two day capacity building training for ASHAs and ANMs on family planning and reproductive health was organized at Dibrugarh’s St Xavier’s School on June 15 and 16, 2010. The training was part of the Population Foundation of India (PFI) supported C-NES project to popularize the concept of family planning among the Brahmaputra river…
SPEAKERS: Michael Specter, Author on Science & TechnologySuman Sahai, Convenor, Gene Campaign speaks on Science and Genetic EngineeringSESSION CHAIRPERSON: Raj Chengappa, Managing Editor, India Today SUMAN SAHAI (SPEECH) Ladies and Gentleman it’s a pleasure to be here and it is not very often that you get an opportunity to discuss science and technology and it’s…
The editor of supplements at Mail Today, a unit of the India Today Group of Publications, is probably ruing the day he accepted an invitation from the Directorate of Assam Tourism and Assam Tour Operator Association on a junket “to visit and promote a few places of tourist interest”. Nishiraj Baruah, who wrote the piece,…