'These letters are part of my communication with the students to encourage them to vote and to introduce them to academic discussions on what good governance and development is all about' Dr Fraser Mascarenhas, principal of Mumbai's St Xavier's College, remains unmoved even as the Bharatiya Janata Party complains to the Election Commsion over his email to students on the Gujarat model. Prasanna D Zore reports from Mumbai
Does Abhijit Banerjee's Nobel Prize help India reduce extreme poverty, asks Rajeev Srinivasan.
Amid demands for special category status by Bihar, the Centre on Wednesday set up an expert committee to evolve a composite index to measure backwardness of states.
According to the study, Indian companies are mainly focused on existing products which leads to complacency and lack of innovation.
"Sectarian violence killed thousands of Muslims and drove thousands more from their homes in Gujarat and elsewhere in India, a champion of cultural accomodation," the report said.
The expectation that Mr Modi would be a major reformer, capable of reinvigorating the Indian economy, were based on a complete misreading of both his actions and his performance as Gujarat chief minister, says Mihir S Sharma.
The government on Thursday hinted at policies to promote growth, investment and employment generation in the Budget to be presented on July 8.
It is a performance with no flaws. Every word is well chosen, there is no humming and hawing, and difficult questions are effortlessly sidestepped by taking the answer in another direction and dwelling at length on the subject not asked.
Over 15 years, with seven per cent growth, the Indian economy will be three times bigger.
'China's 'one child family' programme is not a model for India; it has unfortunate consequences for China,' says \n\npopulation expert Robert Cassen.
'Your record in human development has encouraged economists like K N Raj and Amartya Sen to refer to the Kerala model of development where social development has preceded economic development,' Singh added.
PM Modi came under severe criticism after he compared the infant mortality rate among the Scheduled Tribe community in the southern state to that in Somalia.
As the last part of his name ended in 'ni', which is common for Sindhi, everyone thought he was one.
Singling out India and China for the impressive growth in recent years, the Human Development Report-2003 of the United Nations Development Programme says bridging regional variations is a key challenge that confronts the two large economies.
A United Nations report says it exhibits sensitivity towards People Living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
'We have integrated start-up space created in almost all the 14 district headquarters of the state.'
'They have incubation facilities providing entrepreneurs common facilities like shared software, legal support, fab labs, hardware, manufacturing facilities and services like chartered accounting facilities, etc, enabling the start-ups to concentrate on technology R&D and product development.'
Sub-Saharan Africa is home to 183 million hungry people while China comes next with 119 million, the Rajya Sabha was informed.
India is home to the largest number of hungry people in the world, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday.
A fresh scheme is likely to be released in the upcoming Budget
A shocking fact revealed by a pan-India survey that was flagged at a seminar of Dalit intellectuals
At its peak five years ago, it was a lifeline for 5.5 crore, or one in every three rural homes
'Imran cannot escape responsibility for providing a mask to the Pakistan army to engage in unlawful activities and to wage aggression after India retaliated to the terrorist attack,' says Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
Can Baichung Bhutia's Hamro Sikkim party pose a challenge to Pawan Chamling who has not lost an election in 24 years?
India's human development indicators show that deprivation extends well beyond the 22 per cent of population who live below the official poverty line.
The average age of the 125-billion strong Indian population will be 29 years in 2020, even younger than China and the US.
Can welfare schemes truly transform from being flagship to flag-bearers for a government that is looking to get a second term in 2019?
'There are many more bad marriages than we want to acknowledge,' says Deepa Narayan.
'You can't go on creating division and rhetoric of hate.' 'It comes to roost. We are seeing the first glimpses of that in the state elections.'
'As he has no executive track record, so far, he is all talk and hence essentially a braggart and a bigot.' 'That he is described as the 'Trump of the tropics' should give a shorthand summary to what he stands for on issues in general,' points out Ambassador B S Prakash, India's former envoy to Brazil.
According to a senior Planning Commission official, according to the new criteria evolved by members Abhijit Sen and Mihir Shah, henceforth BRGF amounts will be allocated on the basis of backward blocks and not just districts.
Chief ministers of states like Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Karnataka were among those who raised the issue of loan waver scheme for farmers.
Camel milk is an excellent source of iron and protein when compared to cow milk. It also has high Vitamin B3 and good probiotics. With the variety of nutrients camel milk has, experts feel it should be labelled a superfood.
Dr Ashwani Mahajan, all India co-convenor of the Swadesh Jaagran Manch and an associate professor at the Delhi University, discusses the state of the Indian economy in an interview with Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier.
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