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NHRC defers hearing on Mullaperiyar

-The Hindu   The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), on Monday, deferred till March the hearing on the Mullaperiyar dam issue, saying it will wait till the Supreme Court-appointed empowered committee submits its report. The decision was taken at a meeting of the full commission of the NHRC, a senior NHRC official said. “The commission has decided to wait till the empowered committee submits its report on February 29,” the official said. The NHRC had...

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Parekh, Ganguly ask India Inc to back govt’s FDI in retail move

-The Times of India   HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh and Member of Parliament Ashok Ganguly have appealed to Corporate India to come out strongly in support of a besieged government, which is overwhelmed by opposition to its proposal to open up foreign investment in retail.   The two senior business leaders are part of a group of 14 eminent citizens who came together to raise the issue of policy paralysis and later on the...

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Durban climate talks: India seeks climate deal to keep Kyoto Protocol alive by Nitin Sethi

Environment minister Jayanthi Natarajan landed in Durban on Sunday ahead of the high-level climate talks to hammer out a decision that only the political heads of 195 countries can take - a compromise that would ensure Kyoto Protocol remains alive and that the world signals readiness to discuss a new legally binding deal for all in future. This political decision would be the master key to a success at Durban. India...

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Youth in Asia Pacific face serious employment issues by Meena Menon

Mismatch between potential and experience confounds many a job-seeker, say managers   Mun Ching Yap had gone as a journalist to an airline company to interview its executive official, but her excitement, passion and ability to learn earned her a job as the head of the company's strategic planning department. Ms. Mun, now a columnist and entrepreneur from Malaysia, was 28 years old then. “In Malaysia, the median age of the population is 27,...

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