The following is a note by Venkatesh Nayak of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative which works extensively on RTI. It contains a detailed analysis of the Jan Lokpal Bill that is being debated around the country. This analysis is being circulated to encourage informed debate on the subject. This note has been shared with the…
A baby boy was delivered on 26th April, 2011 at Sarikholia sapori, Dibrugarh district in upper Assam, under the supervision of Dr Bhaben Borah and Dr Kumud Agarwala, Medical Officers of the Dibrugarh Boat Clinic while the boat clinic was anchored at Mesaki sapori for a scheduled camp. The new mother, Ramita Yadav was…
Sanjoy Hazarika's acclaimed first book on the North East, Strangers of the Mist, tales of war and peace from India's North-east, published by Penguin Books India is now out again in a revised Edition, with a stark and powerful new cover and a new introduction, availalble through penguinbooksindia.com, Rs.399/-. At the time of its launch, The Telegraph called it…
Emphasising that since its merger with the Indian union Sikkim has no representation at the centre, Chief Minister Pawan Chamling suggested that the word “Sindh” in the national anthem be replaced with “Sikkim” to further strengthen emotional integration of the people of the state with the country. Delivering a lecture ‘Regional parties and their efficacy…
Manik Boruah, Assistant Programme Manager, C-NES attended a press meet jointly organized by North East Social Trust(NEST) and Centre for Micro- Finance and Livelihoods (MFLs) at Guwahati Press Club on the implementation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA)- 2005 for the year 2010-11. Arif Hussain, Executive Director, NEST, Mr. Partha Patowary, Executive Director, MFLs, Ms. Keteki…
A Switzerland based company, RIB (rigid inflatable boats) Expeditions and Adventures, has extended a helping hand towards emergency medical care in the char saporis of Assam. The company has donated an inflatable speed boat that will operate in Tinsukia district and will support the Tinsukia Boat Clinic run by C-NES in partnership with NRHM. The…
Population Foundation of India (PFI) and C-NES have been working together from November 2009 for a project “Mobilizing the Unreached” towards Family Planning, Reproductive Child Health (RCH) and Awareness building . This three-year project has been supporting the ongoing partnership with NRHM focusing on propagating family planning methods. The family planning intervention includes developing a…
As Bangladesh celebrates the ICC World Cup and all of us rejoice in its newfound status as an international sporting venue, there remainissues of concern. One is the way Sheik Hasina Wajed’s Awami League government has gone after the Nobel Prize winner Mohammad Yunus, iconic leader of the vast micro-credit movement that has pulled millions…
A two-kilometer walk across the island took us past homesteads and through scrub and recently ploughed fields. Suddenly three children took off from nearby, running over the narrow path, emerging at a neat bamboo and thatch hut. A bamboo fence ran around it, hemming in a little patch of grass. A small group of men…