Why students unions at universities must not be curbed

IMAGE: JNU students protest against the police crackdown on the campus in February. Photograph: PTI The State is trying to curb the students movements, therefore, there are suspicions against some......

India has learnt nothing from the Bhopal tragedy

With the June 7 Bhopal judgment, India has been reduced to a Fourth World country. This story of shame can only end if the government appeals against the judgment, gets proper criminal liability......

The Action Taken report of the Liberhan commission

Memorandum of Action Taken on the Report of the Liberhan Ayodhya Commission of Inquiry SR. No. RECOMMENDATIONS ACTION TAKEN 1. General 1.1 The constitutional scheme to separate religion......

'He's a seer and a rock star'

Never offer B K S Iyengar a chair when he is teaching you. Don't even think that he is 86 and he needs to sit down, especially on a day he has met with over 100 people at a number of engagements.On......

Creating 'employee value' is essential for success

'It is important that employees are trained to acquire skills that would be needed in future, when the company sees disruption coming -- that is, much before the disruption occurs or the company......

AP swallows VAT pill, MP refuses

Except for a bandh call given by the chemists on March 17, the Andhra Pradesh government's decision to implement value-added tax from April 1, 2005 has faced no resistance from the trading......

Regulator wants end to antibiotic misuse

Amid concerns raised by domestic and international bodies that many medicines, especially antibiotics, are being misused in India, the drug regulator has ordered surprise inspections at chemists......

India eyes bankruptcy reform to ease decades of gridlock

The changes would be the most ambitious overhaul to date of rules governing the liquidation or revival of companies in India. A group of government-appointed advisors has recommended sweeping......