The Ministry of Women and Child Development has drafted the National Policy for Children 2012 and is inviting comments from the general public The first National Policy on Children was formulated in 1974. The policy described children as a supremely important asset and made the State responsible for providing them equal opportunities for growth and …
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) has approved the appointments of Smt. Omita Paul, IIS (73) (Retired) as Secretary to the President on re-employment on contract basis, in the rank and pay of Secretary. Her tenure would be on co-terminus basis with the tenure of the President of India with effect from the date …
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Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, Shri Hamid Ansari, Smt. Meira Kumar, Shri Justice S.H. Kapadia, Members of Parliament, Your Excellencies, Friends and fellow citizens, I am deeply moved by the high honour you have accorded to me. Such honour exalts the occupant of this office, even as it demands that he rises above personal or partisan interests in the service of the national good. The principal …
The Law Commission of India in its 172nd Report on `Review of Rape Laws` as well the National Commission for Women have recommended for stringent punishment for the offence of rape. Taking this into consideration, government had constituted a high powered committee headed by Union Home Secretary, which examined the recommendations of Law Commission, NCW and …
New Delhi, July 15, 2012 The Delhi High Court has directed Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) to disclose the marks obtained by candidates in the civil services preliminary examination 2010. A bench of Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw gave the ruling, dismissing UPSC’s appeal against a single judge order to …
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Novartis is a behemoth in pharma industry – its net profit was about $9 billion in 2011. This Swiss multinational pharmaceutical company ranks second in sales in the world. In spite of making hell lot of profit, since 2006 it is fighting a legal battle in Indian courts to stop Indian companies from producing affordable …
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On July 16th Prime Minister’s Office announced that it has formed a committee to study how private investment can be attracted to improve infrastructure in the inland waterways, which are emerging as cost effective transport routes along some of the important industrial corridors. India is trying to improve their share in national transport. “In several countries, IWT …
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Indian Meteorological Department has released monograph on monsoons which contain scholarly articles on different aspects of monsoon by various top climatologists and researchers. It is an authentic source for everything on monsoon. Download links (PDF) are below the images. Download PDF: Monographs on Monsoons Volume-1 Download PDF: Monograph On Monsoons Volume-2
Last week 10 member ASEAN countries’ meet ended in debacle. China orchestrated it, Cambodia the host and indebted to China, ensured it. China has become assertive in its claim to superiority in the Asia Pacific region, scaring neighbouring countries and pushing them, quite stupidly towards US pivot. Resource rich South China Sea has become bone …
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Monsoon brings showers and cheers to India. If it fails, it is a disaster both for people and economy. This year all forecasts of good monsoon have been belied and government is preparing to combat drought. Thankfully we have enough food reserves to meet emergency requirements. Last year India produced record 252 million tonnes of …
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“Though quieter than famine, persistent undernutrition kills many more people slowly in the long run than famine do” (Dre’ze and Sen 1998) India’s much coveted ‘demographic dividend‘ might be in jeopardy. It is estimated that by 2030, there will be 484.86 million youth (aged between 15 to 34) in India. Much has been said about its …
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with weak monsoon, India’s water woes are set to worsen in the coming future….
What in the World Is a Higgs Boson?
CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, where physicists recently found what may be the long-sought Higgs boson, has had a long run in the cultural limelight.
Here is a list of 15 books on India written by both Indians and foreigners that one should read to understand India better. It is not an exhaustive list, but a representation of diverse opinions in the form of books from various personalities on India. This list is drawn from my own experience and also from various …
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India’s poor infrastructure is the major roadblock that is holding it from achieving 9% plus growth. Many bottlenecks such as delayed decision making, red-tapism, problems in environmental clearance, skewed land acquisition policies, inadequate fuel supply to power plants, lack of private participation in investment and importantly corruption. To address some of these problems government has …
Indian army successfully tested Agni – I missile from the Wheeler Island, off Odisha. This nuclear capable ballistic missile is Pakistan specific and was first tested in December 2002. It has already been inducted into the Indian army and is now at the disposal of Strategic Forces Command (SFC). SFC is also called as Strategic Nuclear …
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Mysore, beautiful palace city in southern Karnataka is hosting an international meet of world’s top space scientists from 75 countries to discuss about the future of space exploration and research. It is being hosted by ISRO and the venue is serene Infosys campus. The event is called – Cospar-2012 or the Committee on Space Research, and …
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People at the helm still blame Eurozone crisis for India’s economic problems. The same people were jubilant two years ago when India somehow managed decent growth despite severe global economic crisis. The reason for their jubilation was that they believed that Indian economy was decoupled from the crisis-hit economies of the West. Now, this reasoning seems to …
Research now shows that the lack of natural talent is irrelevant to great success. The secret? Painful and demanding practice and hard work (Fortune Magazine) What makes Tiger Woods great? What made Berkshire Hathaway (Charts) Chairman Warren Buffett the world’s premier investor? We think we know: Each was a natural who came into the world with a …
