Dear Friend, It was the second Monday in January 1997 when I walked into my boss’ office to hand her my letter of resignation. I’d spent the holidays contemplating my plan for starting my own company and I knew that this one step would set in motion my leap of faith. Even though I loved […]
Manners aside, getting cows to burp less can help reduce global warming. Using modern plant-breeding methods to find new diets for cows that make them belch less is a way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, scientists said on Monday. The key is developing new varieties of food that are easier for cattle to digest and […]
For many years, Bihar in northern India has earned notoriety for being one of the poorest and most lawless states in the country. Nobel-prize winning author VS Naipaul once described it as the place where “civilisation ends”. But all is not lost, perhaps. We discover five areas where Bihar might consider itself to be ahead […]
We all pay taxes. Even a beggar on the street pays sales tax when he buys anything from the market. This money belongs to us. But where does this money go? Why are there no medicines in the hospitals? Why are people dying of starvation? Why are the roads in such pathetic conditions? Why are […]
Chief Justice of the Gauhati High Court Jasti Chelameswar today underlined the significance of the Right to Information (RTI) Act by describing it as an instrument that could help bring transparency and accountability in administration, which in turn would create the basis for a more just and fair society. Inaugurating a seminar organized by the […]
The much acclaimed Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, might have unleashed a movement for transparency in public conduct, but its implementation is not finding favours with the state’s top bureaucracy. It became the point of a heated discussion at a recent meeting of the secretaries chaired by Chief Secretary Sudhir Mankad, with the top […]