India decries grain diversion to bio-fuels

India on Wednesday decried attempts to divert food grains for bio-fuels. “Diversion of grain for fuel is a dangerous trend,”…

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NRHM paints a poor picture of health facilities by Kounteya Sinha

This is what a prescription confiscated recently in a Madhya Pradesh primary healthcare centre read — "Above prescribed medicines are…

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Insurgencies in Manipur: politics & ideology by MS Prabhakara

The people of Manipur had ‘histories’ and ‘memories’ that were longer and deeper than those of most other Indians when…

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Tragedy of errors by Darryl D’Monte

Like an avalanche, the groundswell of scepticism regarding the melting of Himalayan glaciers threatens to demolish conventional wisdom to the…

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Gender push in science

Government science institutions across India may be able to earn labels that certify them as gender-friendly places under new proposals…

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Centre nod for anti-corruption bill by Nalin Verma

The Nitish Kumar government has earned the power to confiscate the property of corrupt public servants with the Centre eventually…

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Posco caught between promise & protest by Subrat Das

The $12 billion mega steel plant project of South Korean behemoth Posco proposed to be set up near Paradip port…

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SC panel asks govt to feed the hungry to prevent hunger deaths

With 15 of Orissa’s 30 districts hit by drought amid allegations of more than 400 starvation deaths in nine years,…

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Ozone hole’s healing may worsen global warming by Sindya N. Bhanoo

That the hole in the Earth’s ozone layer is slowly mending is considered a big victory for environmental policymakers. But…

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ED launches probe in Rs 250cr pulses scam by Pradeep Thakur

In an attempt to crackdown on speculators and hoarders within the country, suspected to be in league with international operators…

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Fiddling With Food

To the price-hit common man, food inflation easing from nearly 20 per cent to a little above 16 per cent…

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India scores big with NREGA

The United Progressive Alliance’s flagship scheme, National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), could have saved the day for India when…

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Agenda for the Land Acquisition Bill by Ram Singh

During the last 10 days two land acquisition notifications have been set aside. The Punjab and Haryana High Court (HC)…

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Cold and homeless by Bharat Dogra

Recent directions of the Delhi High Court to improve conditions for homeless people housed in Delhi’s night shelters need to…

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Cold, unfeeling city by Harsh Mander

Each night, as temperatures continue to plunge and Delhi shivers through its coldest winter in the last decade, a few…

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