A Complete Network, Almost

Has the time come for Indian Television to move into genre specific channels? On a visit to Canada, I discovered that there were pay channels dedicated to Westerns and war ...

India in danger of moving towards water scarcity condition: Asian Development Bank

India is in danger of moving towards water scarcity conditions as per capita availability of water is reducing in the country, an Asian Development Bank official said today...

Emergency call

Nearly 140,000 people in India died in road accidents last year. Several communicable diseases together do not take such a huge toll on human life. But the country does not...

Ajay Devgn and Rohit Shetty give 2 Tata Cars to Mumbai Police for Police Patrolling

It was a day of immense pride and honour as actor Ajay Devgn along with Director Rohit Shetty were present at our Home Minister Shri RR Patil’s residence to give two ...

Habits of Highly Humanistic Doctors

Even in these times of highly commercialized health care you might still come across doctors and physicians who are humanistic.

How are they different?

I re...

Hollywood human trafficking summit slams Roman Polanski, says stars can do more

If Hollywood wants to do more than give lip service to the issue of human trafficking and a worldwide pandemic of child rape, it can start by disowning Oscar-winning direct...

Bihar on the verge of drought, warns chief minister

Bihar to be declared drought-hit soon, says state chief minister The chief minister of Bihar, Jitan Ram Manjhi, on Saturday declared that his government was ready to declar...

India doesn't need smart cities. It needs smart citizens

Technology is only a means to improving the quality of life in India’s urban areas. Vision and integrity are much more important. The promise to build 100 new “...

A Delhi resident consumes 12 times more electricity than one in Bihar

Data released last month by the National Sample Survey Organisation reveals patterns of electricity consumption across the country. Electrification in rural India has incre...