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When the leaders of the G20 met in Cannes in early November, the global economy was clearly on the threshold of, if not already well into, another major financial crisis. The need for action – fast, co-ordinated and effective – was more evident than ever since early 2009. Back then, the G20 did rise to the challenge by pledging reflationary [...]
The flame over the age-old Mullaperiyar dam row has once again reached Parliament’s doorsteps. None of the two conflicting parties — namely governments in Tamil Nadu and Kerala — seem to be in a mood to back off, and the controversy is set to become an additional headache for the already cornered UPA government at the Centre. Rediif.com tries to [...]
In the minimalist video of the viral hit ‘Why this Kolaveri di’, actor and occasional singer Dhanush can’t help grinning as he repeats the now-famous catchphrase of the song over and over again. He’s clearly having a lot of fun, getting a kick out of mouthing lyrics that are so absurd they make one burst into spontaneous giggles. Perhaps it is this [...]
The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has adopted a multi-pronged strategy to check female foeticide, which includes legislative measures, awareness generation as well as programmes for socio-economic empowerment of women. The steps taken by the government to prevent female foeticide under the Pre conception and Pre natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, PC & PNDT Act include the following: Reconstitution of statutory [...]
ASSOCHAM called for allowing steel companies to own captive iron ore resources for sustainable growth which is crucial for the country’s infrastructural development. “All the integrated steel plants capable of undertaking viable, scientific and efficient iron ore mining should be made available captive iron ore mines,” “During the pre-liberlisation era, most steel plants were provided with captive iron ore mines [...]
The central challenges of our polity are the failure of the best and brightest to enter public life and make the necessary sacrifice to accept the burdens of leadership; and the highly centralized governance system which distanced people from the elected leaders and civil servants. The rest are all consequences of these twin failures. As a result, seven great scourges [...]
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, which became operative with effect from 1st April, 2010, prescribed that Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) in schools should be maintained as per the following specified levels: A. For classes 1 to V: (i) Two teachers for upto sixty admitted children (ii) Three teachers for 61-90 children (iii) Four teachers [...]
3G spectrum was auctioned through simultaneous ascending e-auction during April 2010. Four (4) Blocks of 2X5 MHz of spectrum in 2.1 GHz band has been auctioned in 17 service areas and five (5) Blocks 2X5 MHz of spectrum has been auctioned in five (5) Telecom Service Areas including BSNL/MTNL. As per the provisions of Notice Inviting Applications issued for 3G [...]
London, Oct 17 (IANS) ‘Excuse me, are you the prime minister,’ an Indian woman asked when David Cameron, who was travelling in the London Underground, struck up a conversation with her. Cameron was travelling on the London Underground as it was quicker than going by car and during the journey he complimented a young mother on her baby. But Sanyogita [...]
Differential population growth rates and fertility can be major political issue in India. There is a widespread feeling that the main cause of population explosion in India is due to the higher fertility among Muslims as compared to other religious groups, especially Hindus. Even some argued that the growing demographic imbalances in India should indeed be matter of serious concern as they [...]
I I am not just privileged but also truly humbled to be part of this prestigious lecture series launched a half century and six years ago by none other than C. Rajagopalachari. Many distinguished personalities have preceded me and this makes me feel all the more honoured to be here this evening. To say anything about such an indomitable colossus as Sardar Patel, one [...]
THE Planning Commission’s recent affidavit to the Supreme Court stating that a person is to be considered ‘poor’ only if his or her monthly spending is below Rs 781 (Rs 26 per day) in rural areas and Rs 965 (Rs 32 per day) in urban areas, has exposed how unrealistic ‘poverty lines’ are. Some television channels assumed that these figures [...]
The fifth season of the much-hyped reality show Bigg Boss kickstarted today with the unveiling of the 14 contestants, including the only male celebrity Shakti Kapoor and wife of convicted serial killer Charles Sobhraj, Nihika Biswas. Actress-cum-reality TV star Pooja Bedi, singer-actress Raageshwari Loomba, celebrity trans-genderLaxmi Narayan Tripathi, wrestler Sonika Kaliraman, actress Shraddha Sharma, model-actress Shonali Nagrani, actress Mahek Chahal, Afghani beauty queen Vida Samdajai, [...]
The citadels of capitalism have started shaking. The neo-liberal poicies are turning counter-productive. Downgades of national econmies are going to be a recurring affair. It is in this backgrounfd that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its forecast for global growth and predicted “severe” repercussions if Europe fails to contain its debt crisis or US policymakers’ deadlock over a fiscal [...]
Air India might not be doing as well we’d like it to. But the brave heart, who flew it fearlessly into dense clouds of debt is doing okay. Praful Patel (who no longer holds the aviation portfolio) added, on average, over half a million rupees every day to his assets in 28 months between May 2009 and August 2011. This [...]
Will the people “below poverty line” turn into those “above poverty line” by merely changing the definition of poverty? The Manmohan Singh government thinks so. In an affront to the poor Indian masses the government has come out with a new definition of poverty. Pursuing its anti-people line of thought, the government has come out with its new BPL norms. [...]
The 2G spectrum scam is turning out to be a multi-faced mystery with a new revelation surfacing every day. The latest shocker is the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee’s note to the prime minister, which seeks to highlight that home minister P Chidambaram, who was finance minister then, could have prevented the illegal 2G spectrum allocations. The scam has created a [...]
In the article named Workers’ struggle in Maruti Suzuki published in The Hindu, the authors had analysed the dynamics of the ongoing workers’ struggle demanding a union of their own in the Manesar plant of Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL). The article underlined MSIL’s steady growth of sales as well as its increasing contribution in Suzuki Motor Corporation’s global automobile sale and [...]
Major business process outsourcing (BPO) and information technology (IT) companies especially those housed at Bangalore and the NCR are jittery amidst fears of another economic slump in the United States (US) and a debt crisis in Europe, according to ASSOCHAM. The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) interacted with about 140 representatives, directors, CEOs, CFOs, Chairmen, MDs [...]
London, Sep 27 (IANS) Actor Charlie Sheen believes Ashton Kutcher’s debut performance in “Two and a Half Men” was ‘terrific’. Kutcher, 33, replaced Sheen on the American television sitcom after the 46-year-old was sacked following erratic behaviour earlier this year. ‘It was a big night for everybody on Monday night – for ‘Two and a Half’, for us, for me. [...]
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