The Indian economy should recover from the recession caused by the global meltdown. India’s exposure to the world economy is quite limited. It is mainly through the exports market and partly through foreign investment flows either as equity or debt capital that financed private investment. The extent of the dependence, however, is quite low. The recession in the exports market affects only few sectors, such as textile and labour-intensive manufactures...

She was a minor; her alleged assaulter a man with clout. The police initially turned her away; while a decade later, her case is still on in courts. And while Ruchika Girhotra’s tragic story may have got the nation’s and government’s ear, no one remembers the then 13-year-old Dalit girl who was allegedly gangraped on the night of the Dhuleti festival, a day after Holi, in a Vadodara village by...

A medical degree in 3-1/2 years? This could soon be a reality with the health ministry and Medical Council of India (MCI) planning a shorter medical degree for rural students who would exclusively serve the rural populace. The hinterland, where few doctors want to serve, could soon have a dedicated corps of medical practitioners drawn from among students raised in rural areas. After incentives failed to lure doctors to practise...

Notwithstanding controversies, it passed several important judgments The year 2009 was eventful and memorable for the Supreme Court and Chief Justice of India K.G. Balakrishnan. The Court faced several controversies, the notable being the collegium’s decision to elevate Karnataka High Court Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran as one of its judges. This controversy was preceded by a clean chit to Punjab and Haryana High Court Judge Nirmal Yadav in the Rs....

जनआंदोलनों और नागरिक संगठनों  के राष्ट्रीय गठबंधन एनएपीएम ने  प्रसिद्ध गांधीवादी हिमांशु कुमार के छत्तीसगढ़ में शांति और सुशासन स्थापित करने की मांग के प्रति अपना पूर्ण समर्थन जताया है। श्री कुमार वनवासी चेतना आश्रम से संबद्ध हैं। गौरतलब है कि श्री हिमांशु कुमार छ्तीसगढ़ के दंतेवाड़ा इलाके में गुजरे 26 दिसंबर से अनियतकालीन उपवास पर हैं। उन्होंने यह उपवास माओवादियों पर सरकार द्वारा नये सिरे से कार्रवाई करने की खबरों...