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…
Read MoreFIRs 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…
Read MoreBonus 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…
Read MoreHow 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…
Read MoreBattling price rise
Curbing inflationary expectations is the priority Food price inflation has been in double digits for almost a year. Officially this…
Read MoreFertilising change
Right time for policy reform The government is set to face disappointment on its expectation that the fertiliser subsidy will…
Read MoreCopenhagen’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,…
Read MoreReform 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…
Read MoreFood 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…
Read MoreConfidential 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…
Read MoreBuilt 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…
Read MoreVoluntary service by Bhaskar Ghose
Very little is known generally about operational NGOs that work closely with people on a daily basis. WHILE a good…
Read MoreIndia 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…
Read MoreConsensus 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…
Read MoreWith 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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