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the brain is not a
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It is something to be
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Why Indian sports' is in such a pathetic
condition? Despite being one fifth of the global population why we
can't even get five medals in Olympics? To investigate all this and find
answer, an independent report and documentary
prepared by a citizens' group under the initiative of "Mission Zero
Tolerance" was released by Hemant Goswami
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A day long
hunger fast and sit-in in front of the White
House, Washington D.C.
On May 31st 2007, Hemant Goswami, chairperson
of the Burning Brain Society sat on a day long hunger fast and
sit-in protest in front of the White House,
Washington D.C. to protest the United State's failure to ratify the
Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Read the details.......
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"Public
Services Bill." An eye-wash or some
hope?
The proposed bill contains many good initiatives but its not
without the usual trade-mark of deliberate bureaucratic loop-holes and the
age-old (colonial) weapon of discretion . The Public Services Act will also
add one more "Public Service Authority" to the already too long list of
"Official toothless bodies." As usual the functioning of this body shall
also be recommendatory.
Read
the draft public service bill yourself and react. Raise your voice for a
strong legislation. |
Call for Action |
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"We can't leave our farmers at the
mercy of the tobacco industry"
was the point which
BBS made at the public hearing on agricultural diversification and crop
alternatives to tobacco in the WHO office in Brasilia, Brazil. Read the details and watch the
video submission too.
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“Annual Tobacco Control
Warrior Awards” by BBS
Awards for persons working in tobacco control
in eight different categories has been announced by BBS. The awards shall be
given to Police, State Government, District Administration, Journalists,
NGO’s, Social Workers, Schools and Business Houses who are doing exception
work in tobacco control. Read the
Complete details... |
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Watch "The Last Song"
of Babu Lal.
Click here to watch the movie.
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Graphic warnings on tobacco packages likely
to be delayed under mysterious circumstances
It has
become a routine with the "Ministry of Health & family Welfare." First;
announce an initiative amid a lot of noise and fanfare and then; forget
about it; if possible keep it delaying for time immemorial. This happened
with the "Tobacco in movies law" (One of the basis on which the Government
of India won the Luther Terry award) and now it's happening with the uniform
"Graphic Display Warnings" on all tobacco packages. Read
the details... |
Right to Information
as a weapon against corruption
It has been
proved globally that transparency enables better functioning of the
government and is a positive tool for development and change. RTI is an
enabling instrument... Call for action from RTI workshop.
Read the complete report
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CIVIL RIGHTS
Meeting with the President of India
BBS members met the President of
India, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam to discuss concerns regarding the "Right to
Information Act." Learn more about the meeting
and the issues raised. |
It is possible to finish tobacco
as a consumer product
While speaking at the
International Conference for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Diseases, Mr. Hemant Goswami mentioned
that a number of possibilities exist to finally phase out tobacco
completely.
Watch the complete presentation online
or
download a pdf copy of the presentation. |
BBS In NEWS
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