An HIV drug, declared unsafe and unfit for use by WHO in 2009, continues to be the first-line treatment drug for a majority of Indian HIV+ people on Anti Retroviral Therapy (ART).

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday said there would be no compromise on safety in the pursuit of the nuclear programme and decided to set up a group of experts to satisfy the legitimate concer

The Supreme Court on Tuesday extended its stay on the Madras High Court judgment ordering closure of the copper smelter plant of Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd in Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu.

As protestors stepped up anti-Kudankulam nuclear power plant agitation, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has cautioned Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa that the state’s development plans would b

Hundreds of anti-Kudankulam nuclear power project agitators on Wednesday took out a rally from near the site to Idinthakarai village, where about 160 people are on an indefinite fast since the last four days, demanding closure of the plant.

They depend on neighbouring areas for water or buy water sold in cans

New Delhi In a major relief to Sterlite Industries, the Supreme Court on Tuesday stuck to its earlier stay order against the immediate closure of the company’s copper smelting plant at Tuticorin in

Protesters vow to do what it takes to stop Kudankulam power plant

Breaking the brief truce, more than 7,000 people on Sunday observed a token fast against the Koodankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP), and vowed to intensify the struggle if the government did not sc

The one-day token fast observed by the anti-Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project protesters at Idinthakarai on Sunday has been converted into a 72-hour-long hunger strike “to condemn the Central Government's adamant attitude” in rejecting the Tamil Nadu Cabinet's recent resolution pertaining to the halting of construction activities at KKNPP.

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