Home > Archives (2006 on) > 2011
2011
-
The Grave Risks of Nuclear Energy
19 March 2011, by Shree Shankar SharanThe sudden danger of nuclear radiation or explosion in Japan due to the damages caused by the tsunami to several, at least three, of its reactors in a nuclear power plant should ring the alarm bells in India, the northern half of which is in the (...) -
Fukushima Nuclear Accident — Sobering Reflections
19 March 2011, by S G VombatkereThe tsunami-triggered accident in Fukushima (Japan) Daiichi plant’s Unit 1 (operated by the Tokyo Electric Power Company, TEPCO) brings safety issues into question regarding the operation of nuclear power plants (NPPs). In the Daiichi NPP, the (...) -
Fourth Estate or Fifth Column?
19 March 2011, by N A KarimThe recent revelations of the role that a section of our press plays raises serious doubts whether Edmund Burke’s Fourth Estate has become Earnest Hemingway’s Fifth Column in the country.
It was Edmund Burke, the eighteenth century Whig politician (...) -
Reject French Reactors for Jaitapur
19 March 2011, by A GopalkrishnanThe Jaitapur nuclear power project has become a matter of intense discussion all over the country because of the displacement of a large number of the people in the Konkan area; there are also several questions challenging the different nuclear (...) -
Libya puts China in World Stage Spotlight
19 March 2011, by M K BhadrakumarThis article was written sometime early this month, but its contents remain valid even now. Hence it is being reproduced from Asia Times for the benefit of our readers.
Launcelot Gobbo told his elderly father in a poignant moment in William (...) -
Fishermen Issue between India and Sri Lanka
19 March 2011, by Gurnam ChandAbstract
In the post LTTE-era the fishing rights of Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen have become a major issue between India and Sri Lanka. Despite the existence of various agreements and elaborate understanding, the fishermen issue has trigged (...) -
Bribe Money, Crime Money—Safe Money
19 March 2011, by T J S GeorgeIndia will not chase those illegal funds in foreign banks, that’s for sure. The real reason is that virtually every VIP politician and bureaucrat is involved in it. It is mass guilt, not international treaties as the Prime Minister says, that (...) -
Meaning of Charles Sobhraj
19 March 2011, by Nikhil ChakravarttyFROM N.C.’S WRITINGS
The scandal of Charles Sobhraj’s escape from Delhi’s much-publicised Tihar Jail is a matter which must shake up all complacency about the state of the country’s security. A notorious international crook—a star target of the (...) -
Evolutionary Socialism and Lohia in the Twentyfirst Century
19 March 2011[(March 23, 2011 marks the 101st birth anniversary of that stormy petrel of Indian politics, Socialist leader Rammanohar Lohia. On this occasion, we remember him by carrying the following articles.)]
by Bhagwat Prasad
The renowned Prof S.H. (...) -
Failures of Western Countries and UNO in Afghanistan
19 March 2011, by Gilbert EtienneVery rarely in contemporary history can one come across such an accumulation of wrong assessments, poor judgements, ignorance as shown by the Western countries and UN interventions in Afghanistan after the collapse of the Taliban in December (...)
0 | ... | 550 | 560 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 600 | 610 | 620 | 630 | ... | 660