On China, trust less and verify more -- G Parthasarathy
07 DEC 2012On China, trust less and verify moreAuthor: G ParthasarathyIt is shocking that senior members of our security and defence establishments continue to place their faith in Beijing rather...
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India's OceanCould New Delhi's growing naval force change the balance of power in the Pacific? BY DHRUVA JAISHANKAR | DECEMBER 6, 2012Is the Indian Navy about to start mixing it up with China on the...
View ArticleParliament bypassed to steal rare atomic minerals
December 10, 2012Parliament bypassed to steal rare atomic mineralsBabus help corporates export banned items, India loses priceless wealth foreverKumar Chellappan, ChennaiA massive fraud has been...
View ArticleRs. 125-crore bribe paid for Walmart's passage to India
December 10, 2012WalMart lobby bill hits Rs 125 cr on India entry, other casesAgencies Posted online: Sun Dec 09 2012, 13:16 hrsWashington/New Delhi : Global retail giant Wal-Mart -- waiting for years...
View Article...No lessons learnt, Indo-Bangla border still vulnerable -- Kumar Chellappan
...No lessons learnt, Indo-Bangla border still vulnerableMONDAY, 10 DECEMBER 2012 00:51 KUMAR CHELLAPPAN | CHENNAIThe 2,429 km long India-Bangladesh border and stretches in Jammu which borders Pakistan...
View ArticleLiberate Indian Universities from Govt. - Swamy in Harvard Alumni meet....
11 December 2012‘Indian universities should be run sans governmental interference’TUESDAY, 11 DECEMBER 2012 01:34 PNS | CHENNAIIndian universities should be liberated from the shackles of the...
View ArticleGlobal trends 0 CE to 2030CE, alternative worlds as they get back to 0 CE
http://globaltrends2030.files.wordpress.com/2012/09/cleanedall-purpose-generic-le-menu.pdf On Monday December 10, 2012 the Office of the Director of National Intelligence released the National...
View ArticleFDI. Enter, the foreign middleman -- MJ Akbar
Enter, the foreign middleman MJ Akbar 09 December 2012, 01:24 AM ISTKapil Sibal plays many roles, some of them quite well. But he is inimitable when he turns caustic. Sarcasm descended from his heavy...
View ArticleHow Tesco will help the India's poor people
December 11, 2012Tesco is no champion of the poorForget the eulogies to Sir Terry Leahy. The legacy of Leahyism has been damage to our towns, countryside and environment, and the promotion of a much...
View ArticleIs India heading for another economic crisis? -- M.R. Venkatesh
Is India heading for another economic crisis?Last updated on: December 11, 2012 06:56 ISTThe government thinks that it can buy peace with its own people, not by providing an environment for growth, but...
View ArticleAn Indian grammar for International Studies -- Amitabh Mattoo
Published: December 11, 2012 02:09 IST | Updated: December 11, 2012 02:15 IST An Indian grammar for International StudiesAmitabh MattooThe HinduExploring our rich past can offer a vocabulary to...
View ArticleParliament live ! Reveal names of Walmart bribe recipients - Demand in...
Parliament live: ‘Just get rid of question hour’ says furious Ansariby FP Politics 19 mins ago11.11 am: Livid Hamid Ansari proposes dispensing with question hour altogetherAnd in the Rajya Sabha,...
View ArticleNorway begins four year test of thorium nuclear reactor
Written By: Peter MurrayPosted: 12/11/12 8:38 AMNORWAY BEGINS FOUR YEAR TEST OF THORIUM NUCLEAR REACTORA Norwegian company is breaking with convention and switching to an alternative energy it hopes...
View ArticleDharmapuri incident unravels: distorted reports, sermons of caste unity...
Dharmapuri IncidentEnglish Translation of the Tamil blog post Nov. 21, 2012Source: http://vanjikkapadupavaninkuralgal.blogspot.in/All progressive people become happy about the dharmapuri incident....
View ArticleBook announcement: A theory for wealth of nations (S. Kalyanaraman, 2012)
Book announcement: A theory for wealth of nationsA theory for wealth of nations: Market economics overturns Adam Smith and Karl Marx [Paperback] http://tinyurl.com/akmtwkoS. Kalyanaraman Book...
View ArticleThe Gadkari issue: The facts without comments
The Gadkari issue: The facts without commentsNovember 27, 2012 17:45 ISTWe must understand that we live in extremely cynical times. If it is a politician he must be corrupt. If he is a businessman, he...
View ArticleRamachandra Guha's aggressive secularism : His problem with the cow -- Dr....
December 12, 2012Ramachandra Guha's aggressive secularism : His problem with the cowDr. Vijaya RajivaJaved Anand of Communalism Combat came up with a happy phrase : Ramachandra Guha's aggressive...
View ArticleThe evolution of writing - Michael Gross
Current Biology, Volume 22, Issue 23, R981-R984, 4 December 2012doi:10.1016/j.cub.2012.11.032The evolution of writing Michael Gross Michael Gross is a science writer based at Oxford. He can be...
View ArticleDrab textbooks kill urge to learn - Kumar Chellappan
Dec. 12, 2012Drab textbooks kill urge to learnAuthor: Kumar ChellappanThe authors of books prescribed for schools and colleges are established academicians with impeccable credentials. But most of...
View ArticleThe good CAG and the bad CAG - J. Gopikrishnan
Dec. 12, 2012The good CAG and the bad CAGAuthor: J Gopikrishnan Dec. 12, 2012The Congress does not tire of ridiculing the Comptroller and Auditor-General on its estimate of the loss to the exchequer in...
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