The Huge Problem With Genetically Modified Cotton That’s Ruining India’s Agriculture

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

In the last 20 years, nearly 300,000 farmers have ended their lives by ingesting pesticides or by hanging themselves. Although successive governments have tried to help farmers by implementation of various schemes, there is no change on the ground. What is the reason behind such an alarming rise in number of suicides?

India has now shifted from natural cotton seeds to BT Cotton. The firm Monsanto has claimed that crop yields will improve and the dependence on chemicals and high irrigation will decrease. It has now been found that the claims were not true and farmers have to resort to buying more pesticides to spray in the fields. Ironically, the chemicals used like pesticides and insecticides, are provided by the sister companies of Monsanto.

The Modi Government Is Developing The 'Baap' Of All Apps—For 200 Public Services

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

One app to do it all, one app to find them.From passport services to income tax, from railway ticket bookings to land records, the Narendra Modi government is working on a mobile application project that’ll eventually bring some 200 central, state and local government services onto a single platform.

In the pipeline for over eight months, the Unified Mobile Application for New-age Governance (UMANG) project was conceptualised to tap into India’s smartphone boom.

Why BJP's Nationalism Is Like An Autoimmune Disease?

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Patriotism confers upon nations a degree of protection against attack by indoctrinating citizens into defending their country even at a risk to themselves.

As such, it has its uses, since we crave the security afforded by a stable nation state. In certain circumstances, though, nationalism behaves like a hyperimmune condition, treating benign phenomena as hostileattacks. At that point, patriotism becomes a threat to the nation’s health rather than a guarantor of security.

The Hashtag Conundrum: How Should Journos Negotiate Public, Private On Social Media?

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

With social media blurring the line between public and private more than ever, do journalists need to think about how, and to what effect, they use advocacy hashtags in their messages?

Journalistic objectivity has come under the spotlight in Australia as debate rages over a recent High Court decision that ruled that offshore processing of asylum seekers is legal.

This is no doubt an emotionally charged debate, and the way Australia deals with asylum seekers has been under scrutiny for some time.

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Editorial: The Useless 'Madness' Of Bengaluru Crowds

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

Don't make excuses for racist mob violence in Bengaluru, was the site of shameful, racist mob violence, after a Sudanese man drove over and killed a local woman. Much later a young Tanzanian woman, who had nothing to do with the crime but happened to be from the continent of Africa, was dragged out of her car and assaulted by the crowd, her clothes torn, her friends beaten for trying to protect her.

Journo Records Special Song For Salman Khan's Wedding...

By RUHI JHA | INNLIVE

Bollywood superstar Salman Khan may not yet have decided to get married, but his fans can now enjoy a wedding song in anticipation of the eagerly-awaited event.

Bihar-based singer Nitish Chandra got a music video of his song, “Bhaiya ki shaadi hai, jhumenge naachenge (We will make merry at our brother’s wedding)” especially composed for Salman’s marriage, released by veteran actor and senior BJP leader Shatrughan Sinha in Patna.

Rohith Vemula And The Deadly Side Of 'Campus Politics'

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

OPEN EDITORIAL External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj recently tried to brush off the outrage around the suicide of student Rohith Vemula by remarking that he "was not a Dalit". This insensitive comment was a deliberate attempt not only to obfuscate the issue but also to besmirch the reputation of the bright scholar, whose promising life came to an end due to the culpability, partially at least, of both the HRD Ministry and the University of Hyderabad. The issue at hand is not whether Rohith was a Dalit or not, but the independence of our academic institutions, which unfortunately are remotely controlled by the government of the day.