‘Accessible India’ Campaign Is A Good Step In Creating Barrier-Free Access New Delhi (PIB-GR-TYP-BIN): The President of India, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee presented the National Awards for the Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) on the occasion of International Day of Disabled Persons in New Delhi on Dec 3. Speaking on the occasion, the President said […]
Amarnath Yatra-2010,Free Accident Insurance Cover of Rs. 1 lakh to all registered pilgrims,labourers
Srinagar June, 15 (Scoop News) – The Chairman-cum-Managing Director of the New India Assurance Company, Mumbai, M. Ramadoss, called on the Governor, N. N. Vohra, at the Raj Bhavan here today, and presented to him the Insurance Policy which extends the insurance cover of Rs. one lakh to all the registered Yatris, labourers and pony […]
Mr. Obama, Set Vietnam Free
For anyone watching Barack Obama’s inaugural address last week from an unfree country, surely one of the most stirring lines came when he said, "And so, to all the other peoples and governments who are watching today . . . know that America is a friend of each nation, and every man, woman and child […]
Free Concert Causes Riots in Costa Rica
Posted by Juliana Rincón Parra to Global Voices Online Composite image by Cristian Cambronero of Fusil de Chispas from citizen videos. Journalist Cristian Cambronero from popular Costa Rican blog Fusil de Chispas posts a recount of Sunday’s Concert where youth rioted and destroyed the campus of the Universidad Latina in the capital city of San […]
The Fed’s Free Market Illusion
The very recent Treasury Department and Federal Reserve lender bailouts, interest rate manipulation actions, economic “stimulation” (in the form of giving taxpayers a small rebate of their own money), and now the orchestration of the Bear Sterns buyout deal (Treasury Secretary Paulson is a former Bear Sterns CEO—a very disturbing fact in light of the […]
Tarek Obaid’s foundation – EDOF & CNN working together towards ending Human Trafficking
When the CNN Freedom Project was first created in 2011 by Tarek Obaid, the idea was to shine a bright light on the problems related to human trafficking. This notorious trade has been connected to sordid issues such as prostitution and indentured servitude, where those who have little say in their own life are exploited […]
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