-The Telegraph Assam tea is now officially the state drink. Announcing this, chief minister Tarun Gogoi today said his government was also making a strong case with the Centre to declare tea as the national drink. Speaking at the inaugural function of the World Tea Science Congress at Tocklai Experimental Station (under Tea Research Association) here today, Gogoi said, “I, as the chief minister, am competent enough to announce tea as the...
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Dr Edgar Whitley, research coordinator of the LSE Identity Project interviewed by R Ramakumar
DR EDGAR WHITLEY is Reader in Information Systems at the Information Systems and Innovation Group in the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has a PhD in Information Systems from the LSE. His research and practical interests include global outsourcing, social aspects of IT-based change, collaborative innovation in an outsourcing context, and the business implications of cloud computing. He is also an expert in identity, privacy and security...
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The fourth pillar of democracy would cease to be free if it is made accountable to one or more of the other pillars. Much of the media, says Justice Markandey Katju, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India, is of very poor intellectual level. That, even for a former judge, would be being judgmental — except that sections of the media concerned seem hell-bent on proving him right. Setting...
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Decent Work Research Prize laureates Professor Jayati Ghosh and Professor Eve C. Landau addressed the ILO Governing Body of the International Labour Organization (ILO) on 11 November, calling for economic policy reforms based on decent work to meet current challenges in global labour markets. The Indian economist Jayati Ghosh was also among the thousands of people at the annual International Labour Conference in Geneva. World of Work spoke to Ms....
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How do you quantify happiness in a diverse nation like ours? Growth levels, value-based structural changes, what can affect it? Life is Elsewhere? Bhutan’s GNH: Based on the Buddhist doctrine of harmony with environment and fellow beings besides material comfort UNDP Human Development Report: Ranks nations on quality of life—adjusted real income, life expectancy, education etc World Values Survey: Started in 1995, it explores impact of social and political changes...
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