India Blog News - Page 30
Back to basics: Paint the town white to save power
White-painted roofs are significantly cooler than conventional ones and can save as much as a quarter of power consumption<br /><br /> <br /><br />
Bird flu: How myopic govt burnt bridges with vaccine makers
Governments around the world work with the industry to jointly develop capacity to fight any national emergency. Unlike pharmaceuticals, biologicals take time to manufacture and require special facilities
How the Indian judgment on Novartis will reverberate across the world
A systematic campaign organised by major pharma companies against India is already underway for alleged lack of intellectual property protection.
India ranked 111 in global Economic Freedom ranking - who's to blame?
Here's why should we care about India's dismal placement in the Economic Freedom Index, which incidentally is the same as Pakistan's.
Why we must clear the GMO clutter while we still can
Pushed by the government and riding on hired science, the GM industry is slowly but surely descending on us. But we must demand answers to a few reasonable questions.
Does it need a foreign hand to goad Manmohan to action?
If Manmohan Singh wants to undo all the wrongs that Pranab Mukherjee did as FM, what does it say about Singh himself?
Mr next prime minister, vision without execution is hallucination
A lot of vision is lying orphaned, scattered under the dust of inaction - just shake it up and get cracking.
Why Moily's clearance sale should not shock the green lobby or comfort India Inc
The rabid greens want to save everything. And nothing is enough for the growth hawk. They can curse or cheer the project clearance spree but neither benefits from their all-or-nothing battle.
Abolition of income tax will increase transparency
The lost amounts may be recouped by charging a very small surcharge on all bank transactions.
Why I volunteered to get my genome sequenced - Part III
So what choices can individuals make when they get their genome (exome in the foreseeable future) sequenced? When the mutation is actionable, one needs to take action; but what if, one has a mutation that increases the risk for Alzheimer's? Forget about it? <br /><br />
How IIT-JEE is becoming the stronghold of CBSE, urban students
A statistical analysis of the results of 2012 admission tests by scientists at Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) in Kolkata shows that certain Boards, students from high income families, and urban areas bag most of the IITs.
It's not just Ranbaxy, our health care regulators have failed us too
The Ranbaxy saga of fraud and greed goes beyond that. In India, it shows how our regulators too have failed us.
Twist in food security debate: Study shows how GM crops improve nutrition
In a study that surveyed over 500 randomly selected small-farm Indian households over seven years, researchers found that as the rate of Indian farmers adopting GM cotton grew, undernourishment in their families dropped.
How protecting Great Indian Bustard can save other endangered species
Endangered species like the chinkara, spiny tail lizard, fox, and there are a lot more others that will benefit if wasteland areas come under protection just like forest areas.
Why a global fight against cancer is a good idea
In a substantive paper published today in the journal Nature Reviews, a group of authors from Singapore, the USA and Brazil evaluate the cost of cancer medication in low and middle income countries.
Thane collapse to Ajit Pawar: Why accountability is a bad word in India
Unless public change their behavior pattern to make representatives more accountable, India's growth will always lag its optimum growth potential.
Parsis are right on top as the finest Indians
Like Carnegie, like Rockefeller, like Gates, like Buffet, the Tatas knew to what end they were creating wealth. To improve society.
SC directs scrapping of Goa iron ore mining leases: lawyer
"The Supreme Court committee has directed scrapping 42 mining leases in the region of Goa," said lawyer Sandeep Singh.
The shriller CAG's critics get, the more they are losing it
The focus on Rs 1.76 lakh crore - the top end of the CAG's loss estimate in the 2G scam - is actually reducing the criticism to a farce
FDI noise vs NIB silence: How politics reflects our class bias
Most politicians belong and relate to the broad range of the middle-class FDI in retail will affect. The potential victims of the NIB are the faceless, voiceless poor of the hinterland.
The blue tarpaulin: what it bares about Mumbai's high-rises
The city's architecture defies climate. For Mumbai's high-rises, the need to be tower-like, an icon splashed on front page ads of national newspapers, is the problem.
Mars ke achche din a gaaye: How Firstpost readers reacted to Isro's Mangalyaan
Here is how some Firspost readers reacted to the event of MoM entering Mars orbit.
We don't need PM Modi's new 'smart' cities, we need to run existing ones better
Why Modi's 'smart' city idea is misplaced.
Gurbux Singh and the poppy fields of Flanders: Indians as cannon fodder in World War One
More Indians lost lives in World War I than in any other. Most of those who fought, like Gurbux Singh, went to war for economic reasons and life-long Pensions. Most of them were just cannon fodder in a war that had nothing to do with them
Mixing religion and politics: Will cops crack down on misuse of Ganpati fest?
The Thane police have issued notices to Ganpati mandals saying mandals are religious places and should not be used for politicking.
Dear Irani, say you are self-taught and move on
This is not a country that produces self taught leaders or intellectuals with the mental toughness and self confidence to say they are self educated.
High court comes tough on illegal hoarding, will civic bodies comply?
Politicians, and more often their followers, put them up either to proclaim their own or their leaders’ birthdays or appointments either in government or to some nominal post within the party’s borough branch itself. They curry favour with leaders, thanking them for support.
Non-Brahmin, women priests at Vittal temple, but orthodoxy still lives
Of the 199 applications from non-Brahmins and women, 10 have been appointed.
Now, accidents rival poaching as key threat to leopards in India
Figures from Karnataka show that for every three leopards poached, two come under vehicular traffic. And few of these killer roads pass through sanctuaries or national parks.