Plastic pollution hotspots: India ranks top due to high levels of ...
6 days ago · India has emerged as the place where most macroplastic emissions take place, emitting 9.3 million tonnes of plastic into the environment each year – one fifth of the total. That’s 2.7 times more than the next two largest polluters, Nigeria and Indonesia. Emissions in India are highest because only 81% of its waste is collected.
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Thursday, November 07, 2024. Counterview Desk Over 100 activists, environmentalists, academics from all across India as well as Telangana issued an urgent open Statement today, on the eve of the launch of Musi Riverfront Development Project by the Chief Minister of Telangana. Initiated by the National Forum of Urban Struggles (SHRAM) of the ...
75 years of revolution: How China moved away from ideals of …
Sep 29, 2024 · On October 1st, we celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Chinese Revolution, a pivotal moment in the struggle for human liberation. From 1949 to 1976, China achieved remarkable social equality and revolutionary democracy, outpacing other developing nations in literacy, health care, agricultural output, and industrial production.
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Counterview Desk In a complaint to the chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), West Bengal-based civil rights leader Kirity Roy, secretary, Banglar Manabadhikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM), and national convenor, Programme Against Custodial Torture & Impunity (PACTI), has taken strong exception to the detention of Bangladeshi women in West Bengal and accusing and treating them as ...
How Hindu festivals are being 'misused' to incite violence and hatred
4 days ago · Festivals that once symbolized unity and celebration are now sources of fear and violence. The book stresses the urgent need for the state to intervene by curbing the use of arms and stopping abusive loud music at these events. Existing laws against hate speech and the misuse of DJs could help, if enforced. To prevent further communal violence ...
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Thursday, June 27, 2024. Counterview Desk Counterview regrets publishing the news story "NEET scam: Probe sought into private co's role in manipulating medical entrance exam" on June 27, 2024. The story has been removed from our website. It was published on the basis of a press note issued at a press conference.
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Counterview Desk Over 100 environmental and human rights organisations and 400 plus individuals have in a letter to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change demanded roll back of the Green Credit Rules 2023 and the methodology introduced under the Notification dated 22nd February 2024, which they say in effect provides incentive for forest diversion activities through green ...
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May 1, 2024 · Counterview Desk The civil rights network* Forum Against Corporatization and Militarization (FACAM) has demanded judicial probe in the "killing of an Adivasi peasant Sono Juri during an anti-Maoist operation", and simultaneous "suppression of anti-militarization protest by Indravati Jan Andolan at Tadopot village ."
Will India-China resolve to end border dispute bring an end of …
Nov 2, 2024 · The simmering border conflict between India and China in the Himalayan region has come to an end, with both nations committing to cooperate in resolving their border disputes. Both countries recognise that such conflicts hinder the progress of peace and prosperity in the region, posing obstacles to establishing a multipolar world and the ...
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Sunday, December 31, 2023. Counterview Desk As the year draws to a close, senior minority rights leaders Apoorvanand, John Dayal, ASR Mary Scaria SCJM, AC Michael, Minakshi Singh and Shabnam Hashmi have noted with agony the Prime Minister couldn't find to visit Manipur, the "site of the greatest communal crimes and human tragedy since Gujarat ...