On October 26, 2011 during the 66th session of United Nations (UN) general assembly India made a statement regarding global internet governance. It had proposed a new model of internet governance, a UN Committee for Internet Related Policies (CIRP) which will comprise 50 member states. The committee will be chosen/elected on basis of equitable geographical participation. The main purpose of thi
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has been avoiding accountability under the Right to Information Act, 2005. Fresh attempts have been made by minister of sports Ajay Maken. Also, the known BCCI baiter plans to request the finance ministry to expedite investigations into ongoing Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA) violation cases. Irrespective of their politics,
Ramesh Chandra Misra, an IAS officer (Odisha cadre, 1976 batch), is secretary with the department of administrative reforms and public grievances (DARPG). He has worked with the ministries of culture, information and broadcasting and information technology. In an interview with Samir Sachdeva, Misra discusses administrative reforms and e-governance implementation across the country. Edited exce
Big mistake. Being born Indian and not being a cricketer. That is like being a scorpion and not stinging. It’s in your nature, nothing you can do about it. And I would have been so good at not playing, like okay half a million and I’ll bowl an extra no ball besides the three in the deal. You want to sweeten the pot, okay fine, I’ll give a snick to the wicket-keeper on
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) in its latest report says that human beings are outstripping the Earth’s resources by 50 percent. The report also mentioned that the world`s biodiversity is down by 30 percent since the 1970s. “Unless the world addresses the problem, by 2030 even two planet Earths would not be enough to sustain human activity,” said the report titled "
In the past couple of years we have often heard the government, ably led from the front by none other than prime minister Manmohan Singh himself, accusing the apex court of “judicial overreach”. More so after the court reversed certain policy decisions (the first-come-first-served policy for 2G spectrum allocation and appointment of PJ Thomas as CVC) and expressed anguish at certain
After 100 years of existence, a bank does not remain just a bank. Please tell us about the bank’s mission, vision and where you have reached so far. Central Bank of India was a national bank born purely out of the Swadeshi movement in 1911. At that time all banks were supported by English or European banks. Our founder, Sir Sorabji Pochkhanwala, a chartered accountant working
Give us free passes to the cricket match or we will not collect your garbage; also we will find other ways to harass you. The Bangalore corporators, elected to their posts by the tax-paying public, are clear on what they want from life. Free passes, free membership to all the local clubs, and if possible free roti, kapda aur makaan. From here to demanding free porn is but a step, especially on
Consider this: Cuba, unlike India, is not a rising economic superpower. MNCs are not falling over each other to invest in Uruguay, the way they are in India. Sri Lanka has not seen runaway economic growth that India has witnessed in the last two decades. But at least mothers in these three – and 73 other ‘less developed countries’ – are better cared for than mothers
?“I am arrive by passenger train Ahmedpur station and my belly is too much swelling with jackfruit. I am therefore went to privy. Just I doing the nuisance that guard making whistle blow for train to go off and I am running with ‘lotah’ in one hand and ‘dhoti’ in the next when I am fall over and expose all my shocking to man and female women on plateform. I am
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s visit has made India’s diplomatic community work overtime. The former first lady has reiterated America’s stand over India’s oil imports from Iran. The US wants India to minimise oil imports from the Middle-Eastern country as its beef over Iran’s nuclear programme gets worse. New Delhi on the other hand has
In the past couple of years, the union government has been accusing the apex court of stepping into the executive’s domain and making policy decisions on its behalf. This act of the court is described as “judicial overreach”. There is little to dispute this but to understand why so, we need to look at the latest court verdict. On Tuesday, the a
Had Stevenson (Robert Louis) taken an Indian train ever, he would not have written this: “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” The greatness of the affair, my fellow Indian railway passengers would agree, ends the moment we fling open a toilet door. First of all, we have learnt by now that we shouldn&rsq
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton’s visit has made India’s diplomatic community work overtime. The former first lady has reiterated America’s stand over India’s oil imports from Iran. The US wants India to minimise oil imports from the Middle-Eastern country as its beef over Iran’s nuclear programme gets worse. New Delhi on the other hand has cle
In the past couple of years, the union government has been accusing the apex court of stepping into the executive’s domain and making policy decisions on its behalf. This act of the court is described as “judicial overreach”. There is little to dispute this but to understand why so, we need to look at the latest court verdict. On Tuesday, the apex
The US presidential elections are round the corner. President Barack Obama has already begun his campaign and outsourcing is one of the issues on the agenda. Only recently, Obama accused presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney of favouring outsourcing jobs to India. It was against this background that secretary of state Hillary Clinton arrived in India on a three
In a new report, Greenpeace India says that Bt. Brinjal poses a threat to ecological balance and plant diversity. “One major concern is the potential for transgene flow from Bt brinjal to wild, weedy and cultivated relatives. As a consequence, selective advantage gained by the Bt pest resistance gene could enable these relatives to become aggressive weeds,” says the report authored
Dear Dr. Manmohan Singh, Subject:- High cost of imported nuclear reactors at the expense of the Indian tax payer Ref.: 1 My letter dated 17-12-2011 addressed to you 2 Reported statement of Secretary (DAE) on the high cost of imported nuclear power reactors In addition to pointing out the inherent dangers of nucle
False closures of corruption bleed the system. Every day has to matter. When something like the scale and violence of Bofors happens, you begin to question your own faith as a professional and a human being. When you start losing faith, you begin to lose hope. When hope is lost, everything is lost. We cannot afford to let that happen. Maybe we will get nowhere, but silence cannot be the answer&
I write this from the 2012 London conference of women lawyers organised by the International Bar Association (IBA). Here we are, 300 women serving the law, from 50 jurisdictions of the global judiciary; searching the silver bullet for challenges faced by us. Why did I realise only now: the challenges before women in law practice and judiciary are the same the world over! Confessio
