Seven months into its second innings in power, UPA-2’s report card on key target schemes is just about average. Initiatives…

Insufficiency and prescribing medicines from outside continues  CRM draws attention to ‘irrational’ use and non-availability of essential medicines Supplies are…

Endorsing or participating in private studies on efficacy of drugs and accepting any kind of hospitality from pharma companies might…

The Centre is veering round to accepting the N C Saxena committee’s methodology for identifying below poverty line (BPL) families…

The Tendulkar Committee has pitched for a policy position that is stranded between the harsh realities of poverty and a…

As a fallout of the Ruchika molestation case, trials in all sexual offences including rape will now be completed within…

In a bid to curb the unprecedented loss of the world’s species due to human activity – at a rate…

There is a ray of hope for the revival of the much-delayed mega steel plant project of South Korean giant…

Human rights investigators in India have been harassed and intimidated by large gangs of men apparently paid to stop any…

The national biofuel policy announced by the government last week is well-intentioned but is not really practical. It aims for…

At the edge of Killai, a village on India’s southeast coast, there is a collection of 163 concrete houses, single-story…

It is apparent to everyone that the Copenhagen Accord is a travesty of what the world needs to avert climate…

The 13th Finance Commission (TFC) has recommended a return to fiscal consolidation and reform in expenditure management. It has also…

A medical degree in 3-1/2 years? This could soon be a reality with the health ministry and Medical Council of…

Copenhagen showed how fast and far India has traveled geo-politically. The same, alas, cannot be said about the health of…