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On July 25, national dailies carried almost three full pages of the Haryana Government’s notification to acquire around 1400 acres of land mostly in the village of Gorakhpur in Fatehabad District, Haryana for setting up … Read more

Six years after its earlier attempt to privatize water supply in Delhi, which was thwarted by the vigilance and opposition of progressive forces, the Delhi Government is at it again. A “Pilot Project” is being … Read more

LAST week we had dealt with the broad issues in the KG Basin Gas scam, in which the CAG’s findings are only one element. In this article, we will focus on what the CAG has … Read more

India’s high profile and big ticket procurements of military hardware have been grabbing headlines of late, especially after the announcement of the short-list for the much awaited multi-role combat aircraft deal. These form part of … Read more

Regular readers of these columns may wonder why this week we are featuring an article discussing deaths in India due to road accidents. Conventional wisdom would have placed this problem alongside other “rich peoples maladies” … Read more

THE 2G scam has shown how scarce national resources like the spectrum have been given at throw away prices to big capital. In this game, there are not only older players such as Reliance, Unitech … Read more

Late last week India’s Ministry of Defence announced its much awaited short-list for the multi-billion dollar “mother of all deals” for acquisition of medium multi-role combat aircraft (MMRCA).  Those closely following the acquisition process especially … Read more

The article published in The Hindu (28 March 2011) on the Wikileaks cables focusing on the landmark Indo-US Agreement of June 2005 on a “New Framework for US-India Defence Relationship” as part of a wider … Read more

ONLY the very foolish will argue that Fukushima’s near meltdown in three reactors and a fire in the fuel holding pond of the fourth does not warrant a re-look at the nuclear energy polices of … Read more

KAPIL Sibal has now thought fit not only to pick up all the arguments given by A Raja for giving 2G license and spectrum at throw-away prices to favoured corporate houses, but has also added … Read more

The climate summit in Copenhagen a year ago inspired many catchy nicknames starting with “hopenhagen” to portray early expectations that it would deliver a solution to the climate crisis, and later “nopenhagen” and the famous … Read more

The world has certainly changed in the past decade or so. Time was when Western dignitaries visiting India were always expected to give various things to India most of which would translate into money. Not … Read more