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'BPO crew has no voice' |
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It is ironic that most call centre employees are engaged in voice-based work. Yet they have no voice of their own.
Call centres typify “totalisation” of labour control or end of employee voice, says a study on work situation in BPOs at Noida.
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Shining India’s swanky new sweatshops |
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Call centres housed in swanky glass towers may represent the new face of 21st-century India, but the labour practices they follow belong to the 19th century.
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Carbide Clean-up Another Toxic Waste |
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The cleaning up of toxic waste at the closed Union Carbide plant here, launched last week by state agencies, has thrown “polluter pays” principle to the wind and sent clear signals to multinational corporations – “pollute and escape, tax payer will pay up for your mess”. , () |
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US Sees Defence Lesson in Bhopal Tragedy |
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After 20 years of the Bhopal gas disaster, American scientists are preparing to re-create the accident under controlled conditions in a bid to unlock some unresolved questions relating to the gas leak and also to study threat posed by chemicals as weapons of terrorism., () |
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A balloon, a spy-sat, or a UFO? |
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A space scientist claims to have come across an unidentified flying object (UFO) during a scientific expedition in Himachal Pradesh, () |
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Himalayan glaciers head towards hot finish |
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Fears of global warming threatening the Himalayan glaciers have come true. For the first time, Indian space scientists have gathered concrete evidence that four glaciers in the Baspa basin in Himachal Pradesh are facing "terminal retreat." Put simply, they are disappearing. , () |
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Illegal tests done on 790 Indian women |
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Indian women have once again been used as guinea pigs. Between August 1999 and October 2002, as many as 790 healthy women in West Bengal were illegally administered the antibiotic erythromycin to test whether it would work as a contraceptive. The tests were backed by a US outfit. , () |
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Cancer – the silent epidemic |
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For the 40-year old housewife in Bangalore, Anusuya, life was going on smoothly till about a year ago. One fine day, she complained of lingering pain in the stomach. Visits to local physician and routine pathological tests did not yield any result. , () |
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An Indian spy in the sky |
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It was a strange coincidence in the high-stake world of space business last fortnight. At the height of the war in Afghanistan – when reports of civilian casualties began mounting – the US government effectively banned the use of space imageries from the only civilian spy-grade satellite called Ikonos., () |
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Resurgence of Anthrax in India a threat to public health |
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If you thought Anthrax is that elusive biological warfare agent about which only the US FBI and health experts need to worry, you are sadly mistaken. Not only is Anthrax a reality in India, there has been a resurgence of Anthrax in certain pockets in the Southern states recently. Officially, India has seen two outbreaks of human Anthrax since 1999, the last one as early as in May 2000. It is not just a couple of stray cases as seen in the US last week. Several people have died and yet there is no official policy for containment of the deadly disease. , () |
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