Second Part of the  interview with Professor Vinay Lal by Newsclick discussing the new movements developing in different parts of the world -- from West Asia, North Africa to Europe and the US. He sees the possibility of new politics emerging from this and how it can reconfigure the nation state.

Does flushing out ageing cells from the body help in fighting old age? Dr. Satyajit Rath discusses with Newsclick the significance of the recent results of a team of gerontologists from Mayo Clinic and reported in the Nov. 2 issue of Nature.

Noam Chomsky Speaks to Occupy Boston. If we want a chance at a decent future, the movement here and around the world must grow.

Newsclick presents its lecture series. The inaugural programme was on "20 Years after Fall of USSR". The panelists were Eminent Political Scientist Aijaz Ahmad, Eminent Economist Prabhat patnaik and CPI(M) General Secretary Prakash Karat. This is Part-II of the three part series.

D. Raghunandan of the All India Peoples' Science Network argues for an independent review of nuclear safety measures and audit said to be concluded by the Atomic Energy establishment of the Indian government. Protestors in Kudankulam and elsewhere are unwilling to trust the government's claims of safety of the nuclear reactors, because there is a large credibility gap. This can only be breached if an effort is made to bestow autonomy to the Atomic Energy Regulatory Board and safety concerns after the Fukushima incident over nuclear energy are sufficiently allayed through independent review of the existing programme.