Kalinganagar/Gobindpur: Tata Steel and Posco conceived their high-profile projects in Orissa at around the same time— 2004-05. Both faced similar opposition from land owners and saw long delays in meeting schedules. Tata Steel’s plant is under way with a commissioning deadline of October 2013, while Posco is still stuck at the land-acquisition stage. Nobody really knows when construction will start. In the land-acquisition process—the biggest stumbling block for most new plants—Tata Steel...
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Turning baby girls into boys? The scoop that wasn't by Priscilla Jebaraj
A sensational story in Hindustan Times about surgeons in Indore performing hundreds of sex change operations on children turns out to be false and misleading. An investigation. Last month, a Hindustan Times front page report claiming that Indore doctors were converting hundreds of baby girls into baby boys sent shock waves through the system, with everyone from the Prime Minister's Office to the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights...
More »Indian media in a challenging environment by M Hamid Ansari
The Indian media have grown rapidly in scale, reach, influence, and revenues. But all stakeholders must realise that the ethical underpinning of professional journalism in the country has weakened and that the corrosion of public life in our country has impacted journalism. So what needs to be done? We have been witness in recent years to rapid, and unprecedented, changes in our society, economy, and polity. These have also transformed the...
More »Bihar's per capita expenditure lowest in country
-TimesWireService.Com Patna/ New Delhi: Bihar Continues To Be At The Bottom Of The Ladder So Far Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (mpce) Is Concerned. Punjab, Kerala And Maharashtra Continue To Top The List. According To The 66th Round Of The Household Consumption Expenditure Survey Released By The National Sample Survey Office (nsso) On Friday, Rural Bihar With Just Rs 780 Has The Lowest Monthly Per Capita Expenditure (mpce) In The Country To...
More »Doctors, let us care for the sick, not look at their purse by Dr. Araveeti Ramayogaiah
Dr. Subba Reddy, my classmate at the medical college, practises in a village in Kurnool District of Andhra Pradesh. A decade ago, a patient came to him for treatment of hydrocele. After examination, Dr. Reddy suggested surgery costing Rs. 500. The patient asked Dr. Reddy to refer him to a bigger hospital in a city. Dr. Reddy suggested a city hospital. After a few days, he received Rs.1,000 from the...
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