ROTC: Training The Youth For A Progressive Nation By Marciano Paroy Jr. Change…We are treated to the same myriad pronouncements of solutions from thinkers who propose them out of the vain desire to catch attention. They demand this! They demand that! Remove him! Oust her! Change…We are bombarded from all sides with […]
India – 60 years ahead …..
We have just finished 60 years of our independence and a lot of retrospection has gone into the achievements of the last six decades. And now thinking has begun about the future of India. Former President Abdul Kalaam had challenged the country to first begin envisioning as a country by sharing publicly his 2020 vision. […]
Dow Closes Down 207 Points; Hold Onto Cash
<p>On Tuesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at: <strong><font size="4">13,028.92, </font><font size="2"><font color="#ff0000">-207.61, -1.57% </font></font></strong><font size="1"><font face="Verdana">4:30pm 08/14/2007<img alt="" border="0" src="http://www.marketwatch.com/charts/big.chart?style=1032&size=1&type=256&uf=8192&time=1dy&freq=1mi&symb=$INDU" /></font></font></p> <p>29 of its 30 components fell, led by big drops in shares of Wal-Mart and Home Depot.</p> <p>The S&P 500 index dropped 26 points to 1,426, and the Nasdaq Composite lost 43 points to 2,499 (<a title="MarketWatch" […]
Carbon Offsetting
<div> </div> <p> </p> <div> </div> <p> </p> <p>“Be a hero! Save the world from global warming!” reads a Google ad on a webpage about carbon offsetting. As much as we might all like to think of it that simply, the reality is it’s just a little more complex. Carbon offsetting is basically the process of reducing the net […]
Childhood Obesity in America
Childhood obesity is not a new problem nor is it restricted to the USA. Over the past few decades, weight problems in children have been increasing rapidly, reaching what many people consider a crisis point in the last few years. According to the US Surgeon General, since 1980 the number of overweight children in the […]
A judgement caste in stone
The Supreme Court stay on OBC reservation is among several judgements unsympathetic to ‘lesser’ castes. The judiciary has to be socially accountable K. VEERAMANI On November 25, 1949, Dr BR Ambedkar sounded a grave warning in the Constituent Assembly: "On January 26, 1950, we will have equality in politics and inequality in social and economic […]