In the absence of equity in cyber space globally, India may continue to be a non-signatory to the Budapest convention (2001) on cybercrime, communications minister Kapil Sibal indicated on Tuesday, while speaking at the India Knowledge Summit orga
The competition commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday released a list of individuals and firms who face stricter action for failing to deposit penalties totalling over Rs 2.17 crore with the regulator for over the last two years. The list of nine e
From being admired as a goddess, AICC president Sonia Gandhi is now the most hated personality across the Seemandhra regions, thanks to her bold Telangana decision. The iron lady of Indian politics may be pushing ahead with the AP bifurcation proc
Ponder this: We have had a dalit president, a dalit chief justice of the supreme court and we now have a dalit as speaker of the Lok Sabha. But we have never had a dalit cabinet secretary. Why? Have we not found one dalit Indian Administrative
Sixty devotees were injured in the mock fight “Bunny” ritual at Devaragattu temple festival in Kurnool district on Monday night. Thirty of them were admitted to hospitals Kurnool. The injuries were reported despite deployment o
Even as tales of discrimination against SC/ST officers abound at the centre, Bihar presents a different story. Since 2005 when Nitish Kumar came to power, IAS officers from the reserved category have been given their due, posted as they are in imp
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
