-Tehelka Edited Excerpts From An Interview NOTED ECONOMIST and Columbia University Professor Jagdish Bhagwati’s pro-free trade stance is well-known. A friend of the prime minister and his batch mate from Cambridge University, Professor Bhagwati feels the UPA’s departure from the stagnation of the past few years is a welcome change, and lauds the decision to allow FDI in multi-brand retail. In an interview to TEHELKA Business Editor Shaili Chopra, Bhagwati says more...
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‘Set up national panel to check misuse of government funds by NGOs’ -Sandeep Joshi
-The Hindu Highlighting the importance of proper audit of the non-government organisations (NGOs), particularly those getting grants from the government, a report based on information received under RTI reveals that the Union and State governments give yearly grants worth Rs.1,000 crore to various NGOs. “At a time when the grants to the NGOs given by the Centre have been increasing — from Rs. 561 crore in 2002-2003 to Rs. 835 crore in...
More »140 countries agree on treaty to limit Mercury use
-AFP Delegations from some 140 countries agreed on Saturday to adopt a ground-breaking treaty limiting the use and emission of health-hazardous Mercury, the U.N. said, though environmental activists lamented it did not go far enough. The world’s first legally binding treaty on Mercury, reached after a week of thorny talks, will aim to reduce global emission levels of the toxic heavy metal, also known as quicksilver, which poses risks to human health...
More »Chautala main conspirator of recruitment scam, court says -Smriti Singh & Neeraj Chauhan
-The Times of India The conspiracy of favouring candidates in the JBT exam by forMer chief minister Om PrakashChautala had begun in 1999 and he had even transferred two officers who did not comply with the directions given by chief minister's office. In its order, the court said Chautala was the "main conspirator" who was aware of every development in the scam. The court on Wednesday noted that Chautala could not carry out...
More »New UN environment studies show rising Mercury threat to people in developing countries
-The United Nations Communities in developing countries are facing increasing health and environmental risks linked to exposure to Mercury, according to new studies by the United Nations environmental agency. Produced by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), the studies note how parts of Africa, Asia and South AMerica could see increasing emissions of Mercury into the environment, due mainly to the use of the toxic element in small-scale gold mining, and through the...
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