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Marooned once more: on Chennai's need for flood management

-The Hindu Chennai needs integrated flood management, especially the revival of lakes and water tanks Chennai’s date with a strong northeast monsoon ought to be a cause for all-round relief since the water fortunes of more than eight million residents of the metropolitan region depend on this weather system. Yet, the torrential rains in the meteorological sub-division, exceeding the normal by 93% in the period of four days from November 1, left...

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Less than half of new MBA graduates get jobs, trend at 5-year low -Neelam Pandey

-Hindustan Times Over the years, in the absence of competent faculty and industry training facilities, most B-schools other than the premiere institutes began churning out graduates who were far from job-ready. Job offers for fresh management graduates in India are at a five-year low, official data show, a trend experts blame on a sluggish economy as well as a MISmatch between the years-old curriculum and industry expectations. In 2016-17, just 47% of Master...

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Feeding India -Uma Lele

-The Indian Express Discussions on IFPRI’s Hunger Index illustrate the complexity of India’s malnutrition problem. Solutions must focus on evidence, accountability. India’s ranking in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) 2017 Global Hunger Index has invited much comment and criticism among India’s intellectual elite. India has slipped to 100 among 119 countries in the 2017 Global Hunger Index, down from 97 among the 118 countries in 2016. Fortunately, the Government of...

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Future prospects basis for MIShap payouts, says SC

-The Times of India NEW DELHI: In a verdict intended to provide "just" compensation to victims of road accidents, the Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that compensation will be based on the future prospects of a deceased person rather than only loss of present income. A five-judge bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak MISra and Justices A K Sikri, A M Khanwilkar, D Y Chandrachud and Ashok Bhushan framed guidelines for making an...

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Five-judge statute Bench to decide on Aadhaar validity -Krishnadas Rajagopal

-The Hindu SC issues notice to Centre on plea challenging mandatory linkage with mobiles The Supreme Court on Monday decided to constitute a five-judge Constitution Bench to hear petitions from November against the validity of the Aadhaar scheme. A Bench led by Chief Justice of India Dipak MISra took the step after Attorney General K.K. Venugopal said falsehoods had been spread about Aadhaar linking. A separate Bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and Ashok Bhushan,...

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