Jammu, January 16 (Scoop News) – Advisor to Chief Minister, Mubarak Gul on Monday said that the passengers stranded in Jammu due to National Highway closure would be accommodated in the Yatri Niwas at Bhagwati Nagar. Interacting with the stranded passengers at bus stand here this afternoon, Gul said that the elderly people besides […]
Should Koodankulam Nuclear plant be abandoned?
The Russian built Koodankulam nuclear plant in Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu is at the centre of controversy since October 2011. Thousands of villagers living around the site are blocking highways and staging protest, preventing further construction work at the nuclear plant citing safety as the reason for demanding the closure of this nuclear power […]
Forest reminiscence therapy may prove useful to Japan
Accepting in forests A doctor invented a new approach to mental diseases and dementia of the elderly. It may prove very useful to Japan Japan is greying. With ageing population rising faster than other advanced countries, dementia is increasing too. There were over 250 thousand people with dementia in 2010; it is expected to […]
UN Accused of Caving In to Khartoum Over Darfur
Agencies said to be reluctant to confront Sudanese government about obstructions to humanitarian aid effort. Amid growing levels of malnutrition, illness and instability in Darfur displacement camps, United Nations aid and peacekeeping agencies are being accused of capitulating to pressure and interference from the Sudanese government and failing in their duty to protect civilians. […]
Indian Sex Workers Tell Stories of Hardship and Poverty
Meet Kalaivani, a Tamil woman with short hair, plump figure and dusky looks, who was trafficked from Chennai to Singapore in 1997, when she was 24 years of age. She was promised a job, but ended up as a sex worker, soliciting customers on the streets to support herself in the island nation. However, she […]
Status of Vessels and Crews Seized by Pirates in Somali, Gulf of Aden and Indian Ocean
At least 25 foreign vessels plus one barge are kept in Somali hands against the will of their owners, while at least 448 hostages – including an elderly British yachting couple and the 5 new hostages from Somaliland – suffer to be released. Request the Somali Marine & Coastal Monitor from ECOTERRA Intl. for background […]
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