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Stop Padma Awards, they are given to dishonest people: Sharad Yadav
Sharad Yadav stirs controversy by alleging that Padma Awards are given to "dishonest" people.
Scholar mark 100 yrs of Gandhi's return to India
Academicians from around the world mark the centenary of Mahatma Gandhi's return to India from South Africa
#RIPResearch: As Jaitley announces Rs 150 crore for research, scholars protest measly stipend
#RIPResearch has been trending on twitter since morning, with grieved tweets about the salaries of researchers and a lack of funds allocated to research in India.
Congress appoints 5 new state unit chiefs; Ashok Chavan, Maken to take charge
Congress today appointed five new PCC chiefs and one regional Congress Committee President.
Dayanidhi Maran in court to move bail plea in Aircel-Maxis case
Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran and his brother Kalanithi on Monday appeared before a court hearing in the case relating to the Aircel-Maxis deal and moved their bail application.
Reality check: Train mows down two kids as Bansal reads Railway budget
This irony should not be missed. It has grave import for the public since the Indian Railways talk about safety but do not give a damn.
No acchey din: 10 Reasons why 2014 was Annus Horribilis for India's babus
Narendra Modi's acchey din might not be feeling so good to India's babudom. Long used to setting their own schedules and lording it over the public now they have a boss who is only to happy to crack the whip on them. 2014 saw some big changes in the babu's work culture.
Factor in India's environmental loss and all we have is negative growth
A conservative World Bank report estimates the cost of environmental damage to be 5.7 percent of our GDP, without even taking into account the loss of fisheries, biodiversity or non-use value of forests.
Why Supreme Court is right to question election freebies
All of us know how ridiculously small-time most freebies are but political parties will have their way as long as we hopelessly fall for it.
Back to basics: Paint the town white to save power
White-painted roofs are significantly cooler than conventional ones and can save as much as a quarter of power consumption<br /><br /> <br /><br />
Bird flu: How myopic govt burnt bridges with vaccine makers
Governments around the world work with the industry to jointly develop capacity to fight any national emergency. Unlike pharmaceuticals, biologicals take time to manufacture and require special facilities
How the Indian judgment on Novartis will reverberate across the world
A systematic campaign organised by major pharma companies against India is already underway for alleged lack of intellectual property protection.
India ranked 111 in global Economic Freedom ranking - who's to blame?
Here's why should we care about India's dismal placement in the Economic Freedom Index, which incidentally is the same as Pakistan's.
Why we must clear the GMO clutter while we still can
Pushed by the government and riding on hired science, the GM industry is slowly but surely descending on us. But we must demand answers to a few reasonable questions.
Does it need a foreign hand to goad Manmohan to action?
If Manmohan Singh wants to undo all the wrongs that Pranab Mukherjee did as FM, what does it say about Singh himself?
Mr next prime minister, vision without execution is hallucination
A lot of vision is lying orphaned, scattered under the dust of inaction - just shake it up and get cracking.
Why Moily's clearance sale should not shock the green lobby or comfort India Inc
The rabid greens want to save everything. And nothing is enough for the growth hawk. They can curse or cheer the project clearance spree but neither benefits from their all-or-nothing battle.
Abolition of income tax will increase transparency
The lost amounts may be recouped by charging a very small surcharge on all bank transactions.
Why I volunteered to get my genome sequenced - Part III
So what choices can individuals make when they get their genome (exome in the foreseeable future) sequenced? When the mutation is actionable, one needs to take action; but what if, one has a mutation that increases the risk for Alzheimer's? Forget about it? <br /><br />
How IIT-JEE is becoming the stronghold of CBSE, urban students
A statistical analysis of the results of 2012 admission tests by scientists at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata shows that certain Boards, students from high income families, and urban areas bag most of the IITs.
It's not just Ranbaxy, our health care regulators have failed us too
The Ranbaxy saga of fraud and greed goes beyond that. In India, it shows how our regulators too have failed us.
Twist in food security debate: Study shows how GM crops improve nutrition
In a study that surveyed over 500 randomly selected small-farm Indian households over seven years, researchers found that as the rate of Indian farmers adopting GM cotton grew, undernourishment in their families dropped.
How protecting Great Indian Bustard can save other endangered species
Endangered species like the chinkara, spiny tail lizard, fox, and there are a lot more others that will benefit if wasteland areas come under protection just like forest areas.
Why a global fight against cancer is a good idea
In a substantive paper published today in the journal Nature Reviews, a group of authors from Singapore, the USA and Brazil evaluate the cost of cancer medication in low and middle income countries.
Thane collapse to Ajit Pawar: Why accountability is a bad word in India
Unless public change their behavior pattern to make representatives more accountable, India's growth will always lag its optimum growth potential.
Parsis are right on top as the finest Indians
Like Carnegie, like Rockefeller, like Gates, like Buffet, the Tatas knew to what end they were creating wealth. To improve society.
SC directs scrapping of Goa iron ore mining leases: lawyer
"The Supreme Court committee has directed scrapping 42 mining leases in the region of Goa," said lawyer Sandeep Singh.
The shriller CAG's critics get, the more they are losing it
The focus on Rs 1.76 lakh crore - the top end of the CAG's loss estimate in the 2G scam - is actually reducing the criticism to a farce
FDI noise vs NIB silence: How politics reflects our class bias
Most politicians belong and relate to the broad range of the middle-class FDI in retail will affect. The potential victims of the NIB are the faceless, voiceless poor of the hinterland.