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Governance

Narendra-Modi
Governance

Race for 7 Race Course Road

SHAKESPEARE’S Macbeth has a poignant quote: “Nothing in his life/Became him like the leaving it”. This refers to the execution of Thane of...

Fukushima-nuclear
Governance

Strengthening the AERB

RADIATION and radioactive substances have many beneficial applications, ranging from power generation to uses in medicine, industries and agriculture but the risks that...

gurgaon-infra
Governance

Haryana: From Green to Grey State?

SCHOLARs believe that the name ‘Haryana’ came from the words Hari (sanskrit Harit, ‘green’) and Aranya (forest). At its formation in 1966, Haryana...

Governance

The good earth

Acquiring land, whether for public or private purposes, is not easy. There are conflicts galore and the political climate is hot. Yet, if...

Governance

House of wax?

If the media took hardly any notice of the latter half of Parliament’s Budget session, it was not because nothing of import was...

Governance

School a pipe dream for 6 crore children

The country’s performance regarding implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) in the year since the Bill was passed is not very encouraging....

Governance

Citizens, be the change that you want to see!

In Hindu mythology, the samudra manthan (churning of the ocean) is one of the central events in the constant struggle between the devas and...

Governance

Jagged skyline, swarming kerbs

A workshop on urban planning warns that the government must resist real estate lucre in the interest of the people Everyone involved tends...

Governance

Poor, poor taxman!

The errors and loopholes in the Direct Taxes Code Bill, 2010, point to a shoddy job of drafting The Direct Taxes Code Bill,...

Governance

An Abominable Deficit

The phrase “governance deficit” may lately have become a staple of coffee house conversation but the fact is that the Indian public has...