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,”…
Read MoreNRHM 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…
Read MoreInsurgencies 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…
Read MoreTragedy 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…
Read MoreGender push in science
Government science institutions across India may be able to earn labels that certify them as gender-friendly places under new proposals…
Read MoreCentre 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…
Read MorePosco 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…
Read MoreSC 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,…
Read MoreOzone 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…
Read MoreED 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…
Read MoreFiddling With Food
To the price-hit common man, food inflation easing from nearly 20 per cent to a little above 16 per cent…
Read MoreIndia 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…
Read MoreAgenda 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)…
Read MoreCold 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…
Read MoreCold, 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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