-The Hindustan Times A sea of young people on a Delhi Metro last week offered a glimpse into the despair within young India. Most had taken the TRAIn from Delhi University — a hub of students from across the country — to the heart of the city, to take a test and apply for a job with a national bank. But there were only a few thousand vacancies — and 100,000 youngsters...
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Lokpal may become a parking lot for retired babus -Himanshi Dhawan
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Will the Lokpal become just another retirement home for ex-bureaucrats? Government rules say only serving and retired secretary-level officers to the government of India and their equivalent can become non-judicial members, ensuring that the fledgling Lokpal goes the way of the Central Information Commission and power and telecom regulators like CERC and TRAI. Describing this as "unfortunate" and "illegitimate", activists under the aegis of the National...
More »Golden Rice –A Revolution Still Waiting to Happen
-Oryza.com "Golden Rice will certainly be accepted one day. We are only trying to put pressure so it will be accepted earlier than later. Each second of the day a child dies unnecessarily." These are the words of Dr. Patrick Moore, Canadian ecologist and former director of Greenpeace, who is leading a campaign to make Golden Rice acceptable in the EU and across the world. What's surprising about Dr. Moore's words...
More »Setting Up of National Institute of Mental Health Rehabilitation
-Press Information Bureau (Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment) In the Twelfth Five Year Plan there is a scheme for establishment of a National Institute for Mental Health Rehabilitation. The Government has already initiated action to set up the Institute in consultation with National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore. The proposal is at a nascent stage. There are many causative factors of mental disabilities, including malnutrition, infection, for e.g....
More »This farmer sees green shoots even on dry land -LN Revathy
-The Hindu Business Line Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu): A good number of farmers in Pappampatti belt of Coimbatore's Palladam taluk have given up vegetable cultivation - for which the area was once known for - because of the persistent dry spell and acute water shortage in that belt. However, one farmer - Balasubramaniam sees green shoots in agriculture in that belt, literally. He is a progressive farmer and mentor to many others in that...
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