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Newsclick Production, March 7, 2013

Newsclick discusses with economist Surajit Mazumdar the Union Budget 2013-14 and other related aspects.

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Newsclick Production, March 5, 2013

In many parts of the country today, manual scavenging is as routine a thing as bathing is to us. Rashtriya Garima Abhiyan is one of the few nationwide campaigns aiming to eradicate this practice and abolish untouchability and other caste-based discrimination that stem from it.

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Newsclick Production, March 5, 2013

As the government is in the process of considering making rape a gender-neutral crime, several women's groups have objected to it stating that gender-neutral rape statutes may undermine reforms in rape law, and overlook gender-based victimization. Newsclick talks to Jagmati Sangwan, AIDWA Vice-President, on the repercussions of such amendment in the rape law.

Sana Amir, Salma Rehman and Zainab Sayeed (Students of AJK MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia University), February 27, 2013

Newsclick hosts selected news features of students from AJK MCRC, Jamia Milia Islamia University. Over 2000 people have died during clinical drug trials in the last four years in India but only 22 have been compensated. A report by Sana Amir, Salma Rehman and Zainab Sayeed.

Disclaimer: The views expressed here are the author's personal views, and do not necessarily represent the views of Newsclick

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Newsclick Production, February 27, 2013

In this Newsclick interview, Kalyani Menon, Co-ordinator of the Campaign for Affordable Trastuzumab (Herceptin) speaks to Ravish Mehra, husband of a breast cancer survivor who recounts his experiences in accessing Herceptin, and the travails faced therein.

Newsclick Production, February 27, 2013

Kalyani Menon Sen, activist and feminist researcher discusses with Newsclick the importance of access to drugs, specially in certain life-threatening diseases. Today, a lot of women are getting affected with breast cancer. According to the national cancer registry, over 1,00,000 women in India develop breast cancer every year. Herceptin is a drug which is useful in the most aggressive form of the cancer, which typically afflicts younger patients. But its cost is prohibitive for almost any Indian patient to afford. Given the drug’s important public health benefit, Kalyani Menon Sen feels that Indian government should issue compulsory license and make the drug accessible to a large number of women.

Newsclick Production, February 23, 2013

M V Ramana, a physicist by training, currently working with the Nuclear Futures Laboratory and the Program on Science and Global Security, Princeton University discusses with Newsclick the current nuclear scenario in India. He speaks on how, in terms of cost and in terms of safety, dependence on nuclear energy is not feasible. He cautions that imported light water reactors are problematic and India should not rely on them.

Newsclick Production, February 22, 2013

Syria has seen some changes recently. The Head of Syria’s main opposition coalition, Mouaz Alkhatib, says he is ready to talk with representatives of President Bashar al-Assad’s government and for the first time has not made the pre-condition that Assad has to go. Do the recent developments reflect a realisation that there could be no military resolution to the Syrian conflict?

Newsclick Production, February 20, 2013

A Gopalakrishnan, in the second part of the Newsclick interview, says there is a de-emphasis on the nuclear energy programme all over the world, mainly due to the rising costs and concerns over public safety. He says there is a growing interest in the renewable sources of energy, specially the wind and solar energy.

Newsclick Production, February 19, 2013

A Gopalakrishnan, former Chairman of the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) reveals that US Nuclear Experts & General Electric officials had advised the shutting down of the Tarapur 1 and 2 units, 17 years back in 1996, as they are unsafe. The Tarapur reactors are older than the Fukushima reactors. They are faced with many problems. Referring to Tarapur, Gopalakrishnan cautions that we are sitting on the brink of a disaster. In a discussion with Newsclick on the current Nuclear energy programme in India, Gopalakrishnan talks about the escalating costs and the feasibility of nuclear power.

Newsclick Production, February 13, 2013

Saba Hasan is a Delhi-based artist whose works were part of the recent art show RESIST - an engendered art protest. Using materials like nails, leaves, script and sand as essential elements in her art, Saba not only makes her works distinct, but elegantly gets the message across as well. Politics, literature and culture have been subtle and major themes around which her art works have taken shape over the years. Her love for music has led her to expand the dimensions of her art through sound installations. Watch Saba Hasan talk to Newsclick about all this and her upcoming projects.

Newsclick Production, February 11, 2013

Newsclick discusses with Githa Hariharan the rising intolerance across the country, which is manifested in the recent incidents where writers were not allowed into cities, where films and performances were banned, and where art exhibits were attacked. These have led to many questions on freedom of expression.