Disproportionate assets case: IAS officer’s premises raided, FIR lodged

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday registered a disproportionate assets case against a senior IAS officer, presently posted…

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FIRs in firing line as cops strive to keep crime rate low by Mohit Sharma

To register a formal complaint with the police about snatched or stolen articles is often as tough as getting the…

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Bonus Excesses and Outrage by Jaimini Bhagwati

Government and regulators need to focus on the systemic risk engendered by excessive compensation. As calendar year 2009 draws to…

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How fair is ‘fair’ sugarcane price? by Bhupesh Bhandari

While the government may have got reprieve with the fair and remunerative price, the mills are expected to move the…

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Battling price rise

Curbing inflationary expectations is the priority Food price inflation has been in double digits for almost a year. Officially this…

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Fertilising change

Right time for policy reform The government is set to face disappointment on its expectation that the fertiliser subsidy will…

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Copenhagen’s non-deal by Sunita Narain

Cutting emissions drastically is neither easy nor cheap, so the developed world is looking for scapegoats. As you read this,…

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Reform markets to tame food prices by Ashok Gulati and Kavery Ganguly

The food price inflation in India, measured by the wholesale price index of food items, touched a 10-year high for…

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Food inflation soars to 20%

Food prices have hit a 10-year-high as supply shortages due to poor monsoon and floods in some parts finally bit…

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Confidential document reveals industrialized countries cheating the world on climate by Nitin Sethi

The industrialized countries are cheating the world. A confidential document of the UN Frame Convention on Climate Change secretariat prepared…

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Built on illusion by Jayati Ghosh

The collapse of the Dubai dream is not without any implications; it may be an indication that the travails of…

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Voluntary service by Bhaskar Ghose

Very little is known generally about operational NGOs that work closely with people on a daily basis. WHILE a good…

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India food prices hit 10-year high

Food prices in India have risen to a high of nearly 20% over last year, the highest rate in a…

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Consensus eludes climate talks by Priscilla Jebaraj

  On a day of long speeches in the plenary and loud protests outside, the Danish president of the UN…

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With better stoves, UN aims to cut risk of murder, rape for women seeking firewood

The United Nations today launched a pilot project to provide fuel-efficient stoves to some 150,000 women in Sudan and Uganda…

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