CWG 2010: Upholding Sporting Spirit
The Commonwealth of Nations, normally referred to as the Commonwealth and previously known as the British Commonwealth, is an intergovernmental organisation of fifty-four independent member states. All but two of…
India-Germany ties; need to remove hiccups
One country in Europe with which India can have greater economic and strategic cooperation is Germany. India’s largest trading partner in Europe is Germany and Germany ranked 8th in the…
Season of Shame
I SEND this column from Kandhamal in Orissa, one of the most beautiful areas of India. Thick green forests cover roughly 60 per cent of the district. The land is…
Rebuild Nalanda Not to Settle Past Scores
I am very excited at the prospects of the establishment of such a university which is an international project, a project of 16 countries jointly to establish this university with…
Need To Amend Child Labour Law
The employment of child labour within households, hotels, Dhabas, restaurants etc., has been banned by the Govt. of India, through Ministry of Labour and Employment, by recognizing these places as…
Augmenting Ground Water
India with a population exceeding 1.1 billion, is the second most populous country in the world. It has an agriculture based economy having 2.45 % of the total land area…
RBI Rate Hike in Line with Expectations
After its first quarterly review of the monetary policy in the current financial year, the Reserve Bank of India has raised the key interest rates once again. The rates have…
Mulayam’s apology to Muslims
Finally Samajwadi party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav has realized his follies and apologized to the Muslims as well as the nation for aligning with the demolisher of the historical Babri…
Israel’s Nuclear Status
ONE of the prominent issues that dominated the proceedings of the NPT Review Conference held in New York in May was the question of Israel's so called "nuclear ambiguity". During…
Universal Food Security system needed
A PRELIMINARY reading of the proposals made by the National Advisory Council (NAC) on the Food Security Bill (FSB) points to a disturbing disjuncture on what is being claimed and…