-Hindustan Times Hyderabad: In this year’s Telugu hit Srimanthudu, actor Mahesh Babu plays the sole heir of a multi-crore business empire who goes in search of his roots to the backwoods of Andhra Pradesh and adopts a run-down village to turn around its fortunes. The film that won critical acclaim and box office success was also praised by chief minister Chandrababu Naidu at a time when the state government has launched an...
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Collateral-free loans offer hope to women -Sidhartha K
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Until recently, Rajni, who lives in Tilak Nagar in west Delhi, used to work in a boutique. Now, she has decided to have her own setup, for which she has borrowed Rs 50,000 from Punjab National Bank. "I haven't decided whether I will take up a place or do it from home," she said. In Bawana, on the outskirts of Delhi, Kamla has taken a loan from...
More »Dr David Berger, director of the British Medical Journal group and a general physician practising in Australia, speaks to Rema Nagarajan
-The Times of India Dr David Berger, director of the British Medical Journal group and a general physician practising in Australia, is better known in India for an article he wrote in the BMJ in May last year titled 'Corruption ruins the doctor-patient relationship in India' based on his experiences of working in India. The article sparked a public debate on the widespread corruption in India's healthcare sector. Here now on...
More »A Shaky Aadhaar -Rajeev Chandrasekhar
-The Indian Express Concerns over data security and privacy in the programme must be addressed The former chairman of the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), Nandan Nilekani, wrote in these columns about ‘Why Supreme Court judgment on Aadhaar calls for an appeal’ (September 15). The need for a national identification card/ platform was first mooted in the Atal Bihari Vajpayee government, and Aadhaar was the UPA’s attempt at realising that vision. Aadhaar...
More »For Digital India, fix the tech gap in the government first -Rajeev Chandrasekhar
-Hindustan Times U-turns on net neutrality, porn ban and now the draft encryption policy. This is the third time in as many months that the Centre has had to take a step back in the face of a strong public outcry against ‘draft policies’ relating to technology and the digital consumer. For a government that is committed to a Digital India and transformative powers of technology, the series of missteps point to...
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