Hundreds of school bus drivers have served strike notice on Bus Eireann in a row over pay and working conditions. Siptu has told Bus Éireann management, the drivers will begin industrial action with a one-day work stoppage next Friday, November 30th, in its bid to gain parity for school bus drivers with their full-time colleagues. […]
A Roof Above their Heads
The Press Release of the ministry of rural development states about Indira Awaas Yojana, “Housing constitutes a very basic requirement for human survival. It assumes great significance for the rural poor in that it lays the foundation for a life of dignity for them by dispelling the gloom of shelterlessness and conferring a distinct, secure […]
Violence and the State
What are the normal responses to violence and discontent in India, patterns that we have come to expect in almost machine like blueprint. They tend to follow a standard operating procedure. First there are patchy protests and demands and agitations which are generally disregarded. The mighty state has no time to pay attention to the […]
Govornment Should More Focus on ICT for disabled.
The information or knowledge-based society is no longer a matter of the future, rather a very contemporary urge of the time. In almost all aspects of our life, we need information and knowledge to get our basic needs met, make decision, move around, participate in social, economic and cultural activities. Many countries have laid down […]
Soldiers of Misfortune?
The court martial hearing of marines and scout rangers put on trial for mutiny in the Philippines a couple of months back is nothing but a simple gesture of the government’s recognition of the established due process accorded to any soldier found to have disobeyed or violated lawful military orders. The mutiny is a testament […]
Bloody September: The Simulated War
Bloody September (The Simulated War) <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Patrick Henry said: " We are apt to shut our eyes against the painful truth…Is this the part of wise men, engaged in a great and arduous struggle for liberty? Are we disposed to be the number of those, who having eyes, […]