Watching his father toiling as a labourer, Jaiprakash Singh decided that he must aspire for something much higher. Jaiprakash, who belongs to a tribal community in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, is on his way to achieving his dream; with the 750th rank in the reserved category of IIT-JEE examinations, he is all set to enter the … Read more
Pharmaceutical companies in the West have seized on developing countries like India over the past five years as a testing ground for drugs, where the research costs for lucrative products to be sold in the Western nations are very low. According to the ‘Independent’, after the relaxation of restrictions on drug trials in 2005, this … Read more
The India Committee of The Netherlands (ICN) is an independent non-governmental organization, based on solidarity with deprived groups in Indian society CORPORATE ACCOUNTABILITY Policy and practice of (ir)responsible corporate conduct CHILD LABOUR AND EDUCATION STOP Child Labour – School is the best place to work DALITS Caste discrimination and what can be done against it CLEAN … Read more
The Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples (NCIV) Our mission NCIV advocates the rights and interests of indigenous peoples Since 1969 NCIV is dedicated to the recognition and implementation of the rights of indigenous peoples. The adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2007 has been an important landmark for NCIV. … Read more
At a time when the outrage over the video showing Andaman’s Jarawa tribals being made to dance in front of tourists is yet to die down, the Orissa SC/ST department is parading people from aborigine tribes for visitors at a state-organised tribal fair that kicked off here on January 26. About 250 tribals, many of … Read more