Aditya Birla group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla is the latest in the list of high profile individuals to be named in the multi-crore coal blocks allocation scandal after the central bureau of investigation (CBI) registered a case against him on T
India has moved two spots up on the global hunger index (GHI) released on Monday worldwide compared to last year’s ranking. The new ranking may cheer Indian policymakers but the problem of a huge chunk of children below the age group of five
After Cyclone Phailin ravaged the coastal districts of Odisha, especially Gopalpur in Ganjam, Puri and Chilika region now floods have wreaked havoc in the state. Three rivers, Baitarani, Budhabalanga and Surbarnarekha, are flowing above the danger
Growing up, politics didn’t interest me at all, but I’ve made a considerable effort to get up to speed over the past few years—I’m 30 now, and it seems like a responsible thing to do. Though I’ve swallowed my distaste
Cyclone Phailin hit the Odisha coast at Gopalpur around 8.45 pm Saturday, a few hours later than expected and at wind speeds thankfully much lower than expected. Expected to hit Gopalpur coast at 200-220 kmph it hit it at 190 kmph and weakend furt
Even before cyclone Phailin hits Odisha in less than three hours, it has claimed three lives. Two women and one man died as tree branches fell on them due to gusty winds blowing at a speed of 150-200kmph. About 18 fishermen are trapp
In less than six hours super cyclone Phailin will hit Odisha and Andhra Pradesh with a windspeed of 250kmph affecting more than 1.2 crore people. The state adminsitration has started evacuating people living in Phalin`s area of impact to n
Disclaimer: I am agnostic, which takes away the pain of (presumably) not realising certain feelings. It also helps/does not help (strike out whichever is not applicable) that I know zilch about physics. And taking both into consideration, I am fai
Amid high drama, Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu was on Friday forcibly evicted from Andhra Pradesh Bhawan by police and taken to a hospital on the fifth day of his indefinite fast against bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. A heav
Cyclone Phailin is gradually taking the shape of a super cyclone and is all set to hit the Gopalpur coast in Odisha at a wind speed of about 220 kmph by Saturday evening. Also read:
In an earlier article in this magazine (‘Trouble with reforms’ January 1-15), I had argued that the policymakers in UPA-II had rapidly tumbled from policy paralys
Even as the cabinet gave its nod this week to the revised national identification authority of India (NIAI) Bill, UIDAI chairman Nandan Nilekani defended the absence of legislative backing to the authority so far. Referring to the pension fund reg
It is going to be a bleak Dussehra for the people of Odisha, as they curse chief minister Naveen Patnaik as well as “Phailin”. The state government has cancelled the Durga Puja holidays of its employees in all the 30 districts.
In a consolation to the people of Seemandhra, reeling under an indefinite power strike, the electricity employees today decided to suspend their agitation for an unspecified period. The decision from the JAC of electricity employees came after thr
Batting ace Sachin Tendulkar will finally draw an end to an illustrious career after his 200th Test match against the West Indies. According to a media release issued by the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Tendulkar has conta
In a move intended to take mobile banking to every nook and corner of the country, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has constituted a technical committee which would suggest the right technology for mobile fund transfer. The committe
It hasn’t been a good year – rather, two years – for West Bengal finance minister Amit Mitra. It was only in August 30 last year that he was assigned by Mamata Banerjee to head a group of ministers tasked with putting Haldia Petr
Fourteen years after the first super cyclone hit Odisha in 1999 claiming 22,000 lives and destroying property worth crores, the state waits with bated breath, another one to strike the state on October 12. While there have been many false
This is the story of a government department that has seen a 360-degree turn in just over a year. Known as a poor and lackadaisical performer for years, Bihar’s building construction department is on a building spree these days. Whil
Dogged by land acquisition and environmental issues, POSCO, the largest FDI steel project in the country at Jagatsinghpur in Odisha which was hanging under fire is all set to renew its MOU with the Odisha State Government in November this year. Th
