300 crorepati babus in Bihar! by Faizan Ahmad
PATNA: A staggering 300 Bihar government employees earning modest government salaries are crorepatis. If this isn’t surprising enough, here’s more: …
Read MoreManmohan to attend climate meet by Aarti Dhar
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will attend the climate change summit at Copenhagen on December 18. Dr. Singh will be in…
Read MoreUN stands ready to help least developed countries weather global economic crisis
The United Nations agency entrusted with accelerating sustainable industrial development in poorer states today pledged to help the world’s 49…
Read More‘Agitation against Posco, Vedanta will go on’ by Prafulla Das
BELADALA (PURI DISTRICT): The agitation by the people in different corners of Orissa against displacement received a shot in the…
Read MoreIndia needs to cut red tape, spend more on infrastructure in order to boost growth
India needs to strengthen and liberalise its regulatory framework and invest more in infrastructure in order to attract increased foreign…
Read MoreCSD fears land grab scheme at Copenhagen
Even as attention is focused on the upcoming talks at Copenhagen, the Campaign for Survival and Dignity (CSD) notes a…
Read MoreJairam Ramesh: 20-25 % carbon emission intensity cut by 2020 by Aarti Dhar
Basic negotiating point is our low per capita income Between 1990 and 2005, emission intensity went down by 17.6 per…
Read More‘JNNURM has fulfilled expectations’ by Sandeep Joshi
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday asserted that the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance government was committed to carrying out urban…
Read More“Farmers don’t agree Bt Cotton is a threat to rural life” by Gargi Parsai
Transgenic Cotton being hastily pushed in India, says researcher Technological alternatives available to switch from conventional production NEW DELHI: A…
Read MoreA time for numbers
The government appears to have taken a final call going into the climate change summit at Copenhagen that India’s traditional…
Read MoreCopenhagen “must fail,” says a pioneer by Suzanne Goldenberg
James Hansen, world’s leading climate change expert, says summit talks are so flawed that a deal would be a disaster. …
Read MoreFilling up the knowledge deserts in Wikipedia by Mark Graham
An analysis of Wikipedia entries reveals the world’s knowledge deserts — which may provide a second wave of activity for…
Read MoreAfter global meltdown, govt may turn heat on credit ratings
Indian policymakers are debating doing away with the mandatory rating of financial instruments in the long-term, among a set of…
Read MoreNight without end
Was Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh right when, holding the toxic waste at the Union Carbide/Dow Chemicals’ factory in Bhopal, he…
Read MoreFor a binding climate target by TK Arun
India must resist developed country pressure to cut its greenhouse gas emissions, goes the cry. Such a position helps only…
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