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Rich Economy, Poor Management -Pranab Bardhan

-Outlook Don’t blame globalization for inequality – but rather policies hijacked by a few Economic globalization in the sense of expansion of foreign trade and investment is, of course, somewhat anaemic, reflecting the impact of global recession, although still vigorous in the sense of continuous international transmission of technology, information, ideas and social media. But in the world of politics and policymaking a cold wind is blowing, dimming earlier enthusiasm for global...

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Big cities are gasping for fresh air; air pollution worsens in metros-Shelley Singh

-The Economic Times Along with your tablet, smartphone and car keys, get ready to pack a gas mask. And if you thought the recent smog in Delhi and the more-than-usual pollution levels (20% higher) in the last fortnight were due to the burning of residual crop in Punjab and Haryana, you are wrong. After a steady improvement since the late-1990 s, the air in Delhi — and all other Indian cities —...

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SC stays all 2G proceedings in Delhi HC

-The Times of India The Supreme Court on Friday stayed all proceedings before the Delhi High Court relating to 20 petitions by 2G spectrum scam accused, including former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP Kanimozhi and others who had challenged the trial court's decision to frame charges against them. Appearing for the CBI, senior advocate K K Venugopal informed a bench of Justices G S Singhvi and K S Radhakrishnan that though...

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'Public information officers cannot question RTI applicant'

-The Times of India GUNTUR: Taking serious objection to the queries being raised by the public information officers (PIOs) when information is sought under the Right to Information ( RTI) Act, state information commissioner M Ratan has said that the PIOs have no business to ask questions. He said that providing information sought by the applicant was the job of the PIOs and putting questions to the applicant was not tolerable. Ratan...

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Excessive surveillance, content blocking key concerns before UN meet on net regulation -Shalini Singh

-The Hindu Telecom Department having discussions with stakeholders and within Ministries Content regulation, surveillance, filtering and cost of the Internet access have emerged as top concerns for advocates of online freedom and civil society worldwide, ahead of a key inter-governmental meet on International Telecom Regulations (ITRs). The government of India is preparing its final position on these issues. This discussion among 193 national governments will be held under the aegis of a United...

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