Onion's teary tales
The ever rising price of onions and other vegetables since the last few weeks is adversely affecting our economy and is also a matter of grave concern for the ruling government at the central level!
Disasteracy
Sample this: January 2010, Haiti: A 7.0 magnitude earthquake killed more than 200,000 people. February 2010, Chile: an 8.8 magnitude quake killed only 500 people. Surprisingly, an earthquake in 2001 in India killed around 20,000 people
Was 2010 different?
Alice Bloch, a UK-based author, once said “We say we waste time, but that is impossible. We waste ourselves.†It is applicable to a nation as much as in the case of an individual. This is the 51st week of 2010 and our last issue of the year
De-Educate the Children
Recently, a leading media house reported that even after four long decades since the 1971 Indo-Pak war, schools in Pakistan (for grades 9 and 10) still continue to teach their students conspiracy theories involving India
The rise of the elephant
Economic espionage is a global phenomenon. It is not only costing billions to the modern-day corporations but also is spreading its tentacles across the globe. According to the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
Don't steal my money
Economic espionage is a global phenomenon. It is not only costing billions to the modern-day corporations but also is spreading its tentacles across the globe. According to the American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS)
Sorry Dr. Rangarajan...
The latest data that the Indian Ministry of Science and Technology can provide of investment on R&D is of 2002-03. Investment in R&D is one of the most imperative areas for policymakers
Losing IT against spam?
Unsolicited bulk e-mail has not only become a part of regular e-mails, but has also emerged as a nerve-wracking problem for businesses and individuals alike. As per a conservative estimate
The cost of life
Expensive healthcare is a common problem, be it a developed or a developing nation. And India is certainly not an exception. The National Health Policy formed in 1983 during
Even in God's own land...
Birth control measures and religious beliefs are often in contradiction as most of the religious scriptures edify against taking such measures. It is exemplified in the Vatican City’s repeated pronouncements against birth control
India, China at war in 2011?
Anything between India and China creates massive media sensation. It did so when defence expert, Bharat Verma, editor of the Indian Defence Review said in 2009 that “China will launch an attack on India before 2012.
Bright side of warming
There is a growing tussle going on – especially in the US on whether global warming is actually a fact or a myth – and how adversely it can affect an economy. A host of cynics in the US have discarded warming as sham propaganda by scientists
Politics is in my backyard
India’s democracy, despite being the largest in the world, is at stake. And criminals entering into politics is certainly adding to the woes of the already tainted national polity. Politicians with a criminal record is
To leaders... with love
Obama’s recent 10 days Asia visit attracted mammoth media attention and relatively similar criticism. If for some political pundits the tour was mere rhetoric and lip service, then another group of critics found it to be quite historical
Stadiums... Post CWG?
According to a Delhi based NGO, Hazards Center, the total cost of the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was Rs.55,398 crore; this eclipses even the cost of Beijing Olympics! For records
Issue Dated: Feb 5, 2017
