-The Times of India Robert Vadra is not a part of the 'mango people'. He is 'khas'. And, why not? He is son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, who is not only Congress president but also chairperson of the UPA coalition ruling the country. In other words, the most powerful person in India. Vadra is in the eye of the storm these days following allegations of amassing wealth by using his 'influence' to...
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NSA announces cyber security cooperation with private sector -Shalini Singh
-The Hindu Government seeks to address cyber attacks without compromising free speech and privacy National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon on Monday opened up the national security regime to the private sector, with the launch of a cyber security report titled ‘Recommendations of Joint Working Group on Engagement With Private Sector On Cyber Security’. The Hindu was the first to report that such an initiative would be launched this week. “The enormous potential for...
More »Rural service no more compulsory
-The Hindu Only voluntary rural service for medicos The State government has abolished the Compulsory Rural Service (CRS) for medical students, the provision which had led to a series of agitations by medicos in the past few years. In a Government Order dated October 8, the government has done away with the CRS and replaced it with Voluntary Rural Service (VRS). The order has also conceded the demand for allowing onetime maternity benefits for...
More »IOC cuts petrol price by 56 paise
-The Times of India Market leader IndianOil on Monday reduced petrol price by 56 paise to pass on to consumers the benefit of the rupee's growing strength against the dollar in recent times. The fuel will cost Rs 67.90 a litre at IndianOil's pumps in Delhi against Rs 68.46 due to higher incidence of state tax while the price in Mumbai will come down by 71 paise to Rs 74.43 a litre....
More »There is no ‘foreign hand’-Amita Baviskar
-The Indian Express Conspiracy theories are a handy standby when one wants to avoid the effort of critical thinking. So Tavleen Singh would rather rely on “the foreign hand” — that old bogey out of Indira Gandhi’s box of tricks — than examine facts that reveal uncomfortable truths. Lamenting the closure of the Vedanta aluminium refinery at Lanjigarh, Orissa (‘Why India could remain forever’, IE, September 30), Singh asserts that, if...
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