Climate change problem and its ground reality in Nepal
Climate change has been a topic of discussion since past few years, its relevancy and awareness has spread with the confusion among the different stake holders regarding its work methodology and its practices. With high priority and concern, large amount of international funds has been poured-in in regards to the climate change activities and campaigns [...]
Hit and run tragedy sparks national outcry on Chinese microblogging site
What should we make of the video of a 2 year old Chinese girl being hi tand run over by two van drivers and then repeatedly ignored by pedestrians and cyclists passing by? Does it speak to a growing sense of social decay and increasing self-centered individualism that seems to have accompanied the country’s embrace [...]
The Yatra no one talked about
Much hullabaloo was made of Anna Hazare’s fast against anti corruption, so was about Narender Modi’s fast for communal harmony. LK Advani yatra too has attracted a great deal of attention, has anyone heard about the communal harmony Yatra (travel) that concluded in New Delhi on October 16, 2011. I guess very few. It’s unfortunate [...]
Telenor refuses to pay $400M in fines to Bangladesh authority
Norwegian Telecom giant Telenor has refused to pay the Bangladesh telecommunications authority $400 million in penalties for tax evasion and revenue sharing costs. Telenor chief executive officer Jon Fredrik Baksaas dashed to Dhaka to meet Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina over the weekend to apprise her of the standoff between Telenor’s venture partner GrameenPhone (GP) [...]
Imprisoned PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat hospitalized after 20 days of hunger strike
The Israeli government and the Palestinian movement Hamas today began implementing their agreement to release 1,027 Palestinian prisoners in exchange for one captured Israeli soldier. Meanwhile, PFLP leader Ahmad Saadat has been taken to Al Ramla Prison hospital due to health complications following 20 days of hunger strike. This news came as the Israeli Prison Service [...]
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