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Tata Says Yes To Clean Chai! Adil Hussain To Me Sep 30 at 5:22  PM Hi Naresh, Yes, you heard that right.  Thanks to the constant support of over 40,000 people like you, Tata said yes to clean chai. That’s four of India’s leading tea companies,  Tata, Unilever, Girnar and Wagh Bakri, committing to removing pesticides from our tea cultivation, in less than two months after launching our report titled,  Trouble Brewing . How awesome is that! This wasn’t fate and it most definitely wasn’t an accident.  The collective voice of this nation’s people made this happen. Today is the clearest proof yet that change is inevitable. Let’s take a moment to revel in this victory and tell all our friends and family how we made a huge difference to our national drink. Thanks, Adil Hussain Actor Support Greenpeace India Greenpeace India is funded by individuals like you. We don’t take money from the gov...
Social Progress Index, India Rank 102 Below Nepal Ravinder Singh To presidentofindia@rb.nic.in   manmohan@sansad.nic.in   speakerloksabha@sansad.nic.in   supremecourt@nic.in   websitemhaweb@nic.in   and 33 more...   Today at 5:25  PM Social Progress Index, India Rank 102 Below Nepal September29, 2014 (C) Ravinder Singh  ravinderinvent@gmail.com At the Porter Prize event we were rushed through Social Progress Index that measures Social Progress based on Human Development cum GDP of nations and India was rated 102 among 130 nations. It was Shocking to discover Bangladesh & Nepal with just $1622 and $1276 PPP GDP rank ahead of India $3341 at 99 & 101 rank in Social Progress. Bangladesh with just half, and Nepal almost a third of GDP in PPP of India, rank above India in SOCIAL INDEX. http://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Publication%20Files/SPI_Deloitte%20breakfast%20FINAL-FINAL_4188ebe7-84c3-497b-ab7b-7957d8066cbf.pdf R...
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Sharad Yadav on To integrated Janata Dal 29 09 2014 PRESS RELEASE              In an effort to unite the disintegrated Janata Dal parivar, it has been decided by Janata Dal (U) and Indian National Lok Dal ( INLD) to go together in the ensuing Assembly elections in the State of Haryana.  JD (U) and INLD had good political relations since the time of late Chaudhary Devi Lal, and our endeavour is to re-unite in the same way as was in the past in view of the present political situation in the country.  We have understood that the political challenges which have emerged recently can be faced only when the old Janata parivar comes together immediately, otherwise it will be too late. Further, INLD has assured that JD(U) would be part and parcel of their Government if comes to power in order to face the emerging challenges in the country.  Since the State of Haryana is an immediate neighbour of Delhi,...