Inflation drives out India's small change
Region: IndiaThe Indian central bank, the Reserve Bank of India, had been making quite a song and dance about the 25 Paise coins ceasing to become legal tender from the 30th June this year. It had been asking people to exchange them fo... more
Views: 1120Kashmir in environmental peril
Region: India
As the plane came to a halt at the Srinagar Airport one of the cabin crew denied us exit from the rear door. She said passengers had to go out through the front door as the Airport had an aerobridge. Surprised, I t... more
Views: 1937Sunny India needs German solar technology
Region: India
During her day’s sojourn in India earlier this month on the invitation of the Indian Prime Minister Angela Merkel, Chancellor of Germany, held inter-governmental consultations, quite unusually, at the cabinet... more
Views: 6175Unrest in Alphonso land
Region: India
Grown mainly in the narrow strip of land between the Western Ghats and the Arabian Sea in the scenic Konkan region of India, the Alphonso mangoes are considered king among the several varieties that flood the market during... more
Views: 1007Bhopal gas disaster: Government makes amends
Region: IndiaThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) the other day admitted in the Supreme Court that it made a "mistake" in approaching it late for restoring stringent charges in the Bhopal gas tragedy case against the accused who e... more
Views: 1702Indian cricket on overdrive
Region: India
It has almost been like carpet bombing – the media hype during the recent International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup of one-day internationals that was recently played out in the Indian sub-contine... more
Views: 2626WikiLeaks disclosures - Manmohan driven to a corner
Region: IndiaThat voters in India are routinely bribed in cash or kind is a well-known phenomenon. In Tamilnadu according to WikiLeaks, it is commonplace, as indeed it is elsewhere in the country. Indians are also famil... more
Views: 1676Of venal ministers and their corrupt parties
Region: IndiaThe Outlook magazine, a popular national weekly, has been publishing excerpts from the taped conversations of Niira Radia, the now (in)famous lobbyist of, inter alia, the House of Tata, with several individuals, in... more
Views: 1387Jairam Ramesh's "no-go" areas under attack
Region: IndiaIn India systems that are installed are seldom worked. There are numerous examples but, in the immediate context, the example of the Ministry of environment & Forests (MoEF) should suffice. According to Wikipedia, ... more
Views: 1371In India mafias rule and honest die
Region: IndiaThe other day something very unusual happened in the state of Maharashtra. Almost all its officers, numbering around 150,000 went on a day’s strike. They were protesting against killing of Additional District... more
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