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Vote of Confidence

6 December 2008 - 4:04pm — murali772

In this season of bad news, here's something to cheer. People turned out in impressive numbers to vote in all the states where assembly elections have taken place recently. Their faith in this crucial democratic exercise is heartening, especially when parts of the public sphere are resonating with anti-politician rhetoric.

Infosys exhorts employees to go on 1-yr sabbatical, work for NGOs

5 December 2008 - 2:31pm — murali772

India's second-largest information technology services provider, Infosys Technologies, has issued letters to its employees stating they could opt for a one-year sabbatical to engage themselves in philanthropic activities. They would continue to draw 50 per cent of their salary during the period.

The Real Problem

2 December 2008 - 5:26pm — murali772
Governance

But not a single politician spoke of the real problem. There can be no change unless India is able to strengthen not its laws, as we have more than enough of these its security network. For this only two steps are necessary: end politicisation and rid the police and the intelligence and security agencies of corruption.

India's Renewable Energy Sector and Green Energy Index Unaffected by Global Economic Slowdown

26 November 2008 - 1:17pm — Shaguf
India's Renewable Energy Sector and Green Energy Index Unaffected by Global Economic Slowdown

The automobile industry burden

20 November 2008 - 9:58am — murali772

The U.S. auto giants General Motors, Ford and Chrysler are more a fine example of how things work in the age of unbridled corporate power. Of how the collapse of restraint on that power must fracture economy and society. They also set the very standards that the Indian elite lusts to emulate.

Profit for KSRTC at whose cost?

19 November 2008 - 1:40pm — murali772
Public Transport

The primary objective of public transport corporations is to serve the public. However, this does not seem to hold good on many occasions, like on Monday, when BMTC and KSRTC gave a large number of buses in their fleet on casual contract for the JD(S) convention, causing an acute shortage of buses on road and putting the public to hardships.
 

24x7 Power Supply; courtesy - Solar Lighting

19 November 2008 - 1:04pm — murali772
Power

While the rest of the state is fretting over frequent power cuts, three little-known hamlets of Uttara Kannada district have uninterrupted power supply, thanks to Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank’s Vikasa Kirana scheme, launched in 1994, to avail of solar lighting units to enjoy uninterrupted power supply, a rarity in Karnataka these days.
    

Bail us out: consume

8 November 2008 - 6:46pm — murali772

Well, that recession has, since then, blown up in our faces as companies, banks collapse and governments rush with billions of dollars to their rescue. And myopia seems a global malaise. What should astound us is not the crisis, nor its scale or its devastation, but the response of our financial and political managers.

Obama win - whats' in it for Bengaluru

5 November 2008 - 12:11pm — mcadambi
The recent win of Senator Barack Obama has certainly changed the core nature of the United States. That an African American could be elected to the Presidency is a far contrast to the time before 1965 when African Americans could not even vote.

The Challenged Private Sector

2 November 2008 - 11:14am — murali772
Bus

Private bus operators at Kalasipalyam, who have been transporting commuters for about 60 years now, still await the day they will get a separate bus stand. There are about 250 private buses that ply daily between the City Market and nearby Hosur, Kolar, Magadi, Tumkur and Chikballapur.

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