This week could see far-reaching beneficial consequences for health care in India. But we need to ensure that the emerging paradigm shift does not miss out on what medical education can and should do to overcome the inadequacies. Recent events in our country have been full of sound and fury, which have disillusioned the public with their futility. But this week has the potential for promising developments in Indian medical education...
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Lokayukta police not to file FIR
Yeddyurappa gets a breather The Lokayuka police have decided not to file a First Information Report (FIR) in the investigation of corruption charges against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, his sons B.Y. Raghavendra, MP, and B.Y. Vijayendra, his son-in-law R.N. Sohan Kumar, the former BJP Minister S.N. Krishnaiah Setty and Davalagiri Property Developers Ltd., partly owned by Mr. Yeddyurappa's kin. The Lokayukta police were given six weeks to conduct an inquiry into...
More »Jairam meets Sheila, Hooda over Yamuna pollution by Smriti Kak Ramachandran
Duo told to ensure untreated effluents are not released into river Delhi and Haryana on Sunday agreed to keep their end of the bargain by deciding to take remedial measures for curtailing pollution in the Yamuna. At a meeting presided over by Union Environment and Forests Minister Jairam Ramesh, Chief Ministers of Delhi and Haryana were handed over the to-do list for ensuring that untreated effluents are not released into the...
More »New laws for old: Forest rights and red-tape wrongs by Shankar Gopalakrishnan
It is a little known fact that in roughly a fifth of our country’s land area, a different legal system operates. In some of these places, if you are caught with certain items, it is up to you to prove that you are innocent of a crime — and whether you go to jail depends on whether a government official kept proper records years earlier. If you are using some...
More »CBI men back on fodder dirt trail by Suman K Shrivastava
A Jharkhand High Court whip, issued to the CBI two months back, has put fodder scam cases against former Bihar chief ministers Lalu Prasad and Jagannath Mishra on the fast track. The CBI, which has been handling as many as 53 fodder scam cases for one and half decades, is now under pressure to complete investigations in the 15 pending cases, of which five involve the two former chief ministers and...
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