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'Pronouncements On Paper Don't Feed Babies'

'These children possess catastrophically low birth weights -- often 1.4 kgs or less. Such extremely low birth weight results in profoundly compromised neo-natal immunity.' 'The escalation to 97......

'PM does not eat chicken, Rs 7000 payment denied'

A caterer, who fed a prime minister's entourage in a mofussil town in the early 80s, being denied a Rs 7,000 bill due to mention of chicken in the menu and the administration forgetting to receive......

Full text: President Murmu's R-Day eve address to the nation

'Today, let us reaffirm our commitment to strive to realise Gandhiji’s dreams. His watchwords, truth and nonviolence, will continue to remain relevant for the whole world. He also taught us......

Railways and a recipe for disaster

The twin-train derailments within minutes of each other that killed 25 people in Madhya Pradesh on August 5, 2015, is being blamed on flash floods. S Pushpavanam wonders if that is the only reason.......

Govt ushers in de-layering in bureaucracy, jt secretary reports to secretary

The Centre has taken a major step towards increasing efficiency in decision-making by empowering joint secretaries to report to secretaries directly, officials said on Wednesday. Joint secretaries......

Can Suresh Prabhu take on the Railway Bureaucracy?

Ministers may come and ministers may go but the attitude of the RB remains the same forever, and it is this group that really calls the shots in Indian Railways, says S Pushpavanam. The rhetoric......

How Suresh Prabhu can transform Indian Railways

Image: Railways’ finances are under strain. Photograph: Reuters Suresh Prabhu, the new railways minister, not only needs to save the railways from the clutches of......

'I Hope We Don't Get A Bubble Too Soon'

'China is struggling to get out of its property bubble.''Japan took 35 years to walk out of its equity bubble.''Bubbles can be difficult to forecast.' IMAGE: The bull at the Bombay Stock Exchange.......

How Suresh Prabhu can set railway finances right

Officials in the railway ministry have already noted that when the prime minister returned from Australia, Suresh Prabhu drove directly from the airport to Rail Bhavan in his rumpled pullover,......

Private stations? Railways must reform first!

The key task before Mr Modi is to have a railway minister who can bring about a culture change in the organisation, so that it can successfully venture out into new forms of management. The idea of......

Sarfira Review: Akshay Does It Again! Yawn.

Throughout its 155 minutes, every scene is doused in blaring background music and melodrama.Disappointment alone won't do, it must feel like a full blown catastrophe, observes Sukanya Verma.......

What Anurag Kashyap's Mukkabaaz is all about

Mukkabaaz, a film in which its lead actor shines, unfortunately tries to pack in a punch too many, says Indira Kannan. Mukkabaaz, or The Brawler as it was titled for its world premiere at the......

National coach accuses Railways of pressurising Rio-bound athletes

'They insist to compete in national cross country just a week ahead of the much important Mumbai Marathon where top runners will compete. Imagine, if your boss tells you each week, several times a......

When India Hosted The First Asian Games

Seventy two years ago, a newly independent India ventured to hold the the first Asian Games in Delhi with meager resources. IMAGE: A glimpse of the Chinese city of Hangzhou, the venue for the......

No promotion, no sponsors but boxer Manoj keeps punching

‘In this country, cricketers, even from Bangladesh, find sponsors but not people like me, why? Are we that bad?’ ‘From Mukul Roy to current minister Suresh Prabhu. I have been......