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India Inc jittery over report on sexual offence, expresses concerns over some proposals -Aman Sharma & Rica Bhattacharyya

-The Economic Times A high-level panel set up after last month's gang-rape case in Delhi may have made headlines for not recommending the death penalty for rapists, but it is triggering concerns across India Inc for advocating far-reaching changes in rules that govern sexual harassment in corporate workplaces. The panel headed by former Supreme Court chief justice JSVerma, in its report submitted to the government, has said employers must not attempt conciliation...

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The death of the reporter -Sandeep Bhushan

-The Hindu In the television newsroom, the promoter’s fancies and political preferences have taken precedence over editorial judgement The Zee “extortion” case in which the news network is alleged to have demanded Rs.100 crore in return for rolling back its campaign against steel tycoon Navin Jindal’s “misdemeanours” in coal block allocations (for the family owned Jindal Steel & Power Limited or JSPL), is a deeply layered story that deserves a closer look...

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Kidney trade reaps grim harvest under police’s nose-Imran Gowhar and Afshan Yasmeen

-The Hindu Bangalore: The recent police crackdown in Ramnagaram on organ trading resulted in the arrest of a few middlemen, who were found to have lured donors to part with their kidneys for a pittance. But the arrests and investigations have not deterred the touts who run a thriving organ trade business right here, under the very nose of the city police. A team from The Hindu posed as relatives of a...

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Are genetically modified crops finally on their way out of India?-Darryl D’Monte

-First Post Predictably, the recommendation by an experts’ panel appointed by the Supreme Court  - that trials of genetically modified (GM) crops should be halted for 10 years – has stirred a hornet’s nest. Such a moratorium would include ongoing trials and the court rejected it. This follows on the heels of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture’s 492-page report published in August which asked for the banning of GM food crops...

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RTI activist stabbed 27 times to death in Kandivli, 2 held -Nitasha Natu

-The Times of India MUMBAI: An RTI activist was stabbed to death 27 times on a Kandivli (W) street on Tuesday night by two men. Within 12 hours, the Kandivli police solved the case with the arrest of both the accused from Nashik. The deceased, Kapurchand Gupta, was also an office-bearer of the hawkers' association. Gupta was targeted by the key accused as he was trying to wean away customers from...

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