Lessons still Unlearned
The advance warning came from the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Dehradun on June 13. The department predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall in the upper regions of Uttarakhand
Amarnath K. Menon
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Rice at Re 1 on Congress Menu for Success
Populism knows no inflation. Three decades after the legendary N.T. Rama Rao swept to power on the promise of rice at Rs.2 a kilo for the poor, the N. Kiran Kumar Reddy government in Andhra Pradesh is
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Bid for Coal Auctions Scuttled
PMO snubs former coal secretary for his bid to ensure transparency in allocation of coal blocks. Former coal secretary P.C. Parakh, who proposed auction of coal blocks to bring in transparency, took
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Perform or Perish
Andhra Pradesh is taking back land offered at concessional rates from errant entrepreneurs who have failed to roll out stipulated projects on time or sought to use the acquired land for other purposes.
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Tackling the Superbug
When 59-year-old Kuldip Chatwal (name changed) came to Ludhiana from his home in Sweden in November 2007, little did he know what was in store for him. A seemingly innocuous urinary tract infection took him to a Ludhiana hospital. A few days later, he was shifted to a hospital in Delhi where he was operated on and developed a decubital ulcer.
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Running on empty
When Puli Ravi Kumar, 42, assistant professor at the National Institute of Technology (NIT), Warangal, discussed his dream project of making a car that would run on air with the director of the institute, he was greeted with a mixture of bafflement and boredom. But support came from an unexpected corner.
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GM food: How safe is it?
In India the elongated, deep purple ovoid is considered one of the humblest of vegetables. The Bengalis call it begun which means a vegetable that has no virtue. But now the lowly brinjal has become the eye of the storm that is forcing you to sit up and take notice as you sit down to eat.
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The killer shot
Tamil Nadu enjoys the top slot among the Indian states in providing healthcare. It has a 95 per cent immunisation coverage. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has certified it as a tetanus free state for neonates. No polio case has been reported here in the last four years. Also, there has been no incidence of diphtheria and whooping cough in the state. Yet, it was here that a vaccine
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Grain drain
Inflation is going through the roof but if you are poor and a resident of Andhra Pradesh, you are not likely to feel the pinch. It's not because of Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy's ability to rein in prices, but because of his penchant for unabashed electoral populism. The relaunch by the Congress Government of the subsidised rice scheme
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Crying fowl
It is steadily getting worse and could easily spin out of control if it acquires a virulent form. The latest outbreak of the avian influenza sweeping West Bengal is the most serious India has ever faced