No dough from Dow for now
With reference to the earlier article, “Two tragedies, two very different responses“, the latest in the news is that we Indians might have to pay through our noses for the mess created by the Carbide Company.
A Rs 1,300- crocre bill [...]
Two tragedies, two very different responses
This puts in perspective the approach of two countries towards industrial tragedies: The Indian Bhopal Gas Tragedy & The American Oil Spill.
Look at the way two countries have responded to industrial tragedies. The US is fuming, fretting [...]
12 districts of Bihar identified as “highly food insecure”
As many as 12 districts in North-Eastern Bihar have been identified as major “hotspots” in food security in the state, according to the Food Security Atlas on Rural Bihar .
The report, prepared by the Institute for Human Development (IHD) [...]
Terror Within India: The Maoists
Much has been said and written about the terror and the threats India face from militant outfits. Our politicos have been gung-ho about how India has been effective when it comes to averting terror strikes post 26/11.
But, our leaders have [...]
James Randi on Indian Scientists who supporting a conman
Can a person survive on just air? Or maybe as a professor in a recent study says “If he is not derive energy from food and water, he must be doing that from energy sources around him, sunlight being one
There have been many claimants over [...]
INDIAN?
Thanks to Negi for the article
“I N D I A N ? ? ? ?” …Read on, “Where are the Indians?”
An American visited India and went back to America.
When he met his friend hailing from India, who asked him… “How did u find my [...]
Indian towns may turn dry, stinking hellholes
Dry taps, untreated sewage and piles of solid waste strewn all around. This can become a stark reality of our urban landscape by 2030, when India’s urban population will grow from 340 million in 2008 to 590 million – 40 per cent [...]
India 2012, an e-waste bin
What a dump, and it is growing by the hour.
Almost 40 per cent of the municipal and plastic waste generated in India is not collected, and half of the organic waste goes untreated.
And then there is the growing problem of electronic waste. [...]
Local pride leaves India’s lions at risk
It was a tawdry end for a beast whose ancestors tore Christians apart in Roman arenas, harried the armies of Alexander the Great, and spared Daniel in their Biblical den.
They found the lion crumpled on the banks of the Hiran River, its [...]
It hurts me…
Thanks to Rana for the article.
Hi friends, Please forward to everyone you know …
WHO Deserves MORE?
The India cricket team bus & DON’T MISS the VIJAY RATH
Now let’s have a look at the luxury our commandos had [...]
