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Since 2004 when the Mumbai Metro Master Plan was unveiled, three of the nine lines should have been completed and should have been in operation. Ironically even the Line 1 is not complete. What is in store for the citizens of Mumbai? Before setting out to deal with Line 3 of Mumbai Metro, a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 21 February 2012
The deputy director of Income Tax (Exemption), where the RTI petition was transferred, declined to give information on the grounds that the sole cricketing body concerned assessed to tax with his office, GCA, has raised objection to divulge information The Gujarat Cricket Association (GCA) has...

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The Constitution of India says in sum and substance that all of us in this country are entitled to be protected against crime in whatever form it hits us. But what about the starving children, women and children of this country? One cannot hide under the tabled excuse of the distribution system...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2012
The loss-making public carrier widened its losses by running with less seats while accommodating the minister's family, which was termed as ‘impropriety and favouritism in aborting the flight on the behest of an influential person or persons in violation of the rules’ by the CIC Air India,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 20 February 2012
This is not the first time, Dharmana Prasada Rao, minister for roads and buildings in Andhra Pradesh, has intimidated people from Srikakulam district, and yet there is no action In a shocking incident, Dharmana Prasada Rao, minister for roads and buildings in Andhra Pradesh has allegedly...

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“Thanks to the government’s attitude towards the whole episode, there appears to be a huge cover-up underway when by right the two captains of Enrica Lexie along with the six armed mercenaries and the watch-keeping officer, who happened to be an Indian national chief officer, should have been...

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Till the early seventies of the previous century, Hong Kong was much like India, a cesspool of graft and bribery, probably one of the most corrupt cities in the world. Hong Kong today has been transformed into one of the cleanest places in the world Till the early seventies of the previous...

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What is even worse than the actual cold-blooded murder of Indian seafarers (fishermen) in Indian waters off Kerala by Italian gun-for-hire mercenaries is the way the disinformation and misinformation campaign is being spread by vested interests in India and abroad The biggest casualty is...

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The UN and IAEA should take the initiative to arrange for a tri-partite   agreement between Iran, Israel and the US to ensure that these arrangements are put in place and implemented as early as possible Iran’s nuclear program is one of the most vexing issues in one of the world’s most...

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The killing in cold blood of Indian fishermen off the Indian coast by armed mercenaries on the Italian ship Enrica Lexie has deeper ramifications which impact not just our seafarers but the roots of our commerce and economic strength. That this has been on sale and barter to the highest bidder...

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Moneylife Digital Team 16 February 2012
UAE Exchange, a leading global remittance and foreign exchange brand, and Union Bank of India (UBI) has launched the real-time account credit service called ‘Union Flash Remit’. This service ensures that the beneficiary will receive money in his or her bank account within minutes, in a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 15 February 2012
PPPs envisage a certain degree of government control in their functioning so that the decisions taken are in accordance with the objectives for which the partnership was set up. Therefore PPPs also come within the ambit of ‘public authorities’ as defined in the RTI Act enabling citizens to know...

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The vibrating condom is banned (possibly and probably) because it gave women (or at least promised) women pleasure. And a minister who thinks women ‘flaunt’ themselves and therefore deserves to be molested, watches them flaunting themselves for his own satisfaction Just the other night I was...

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Citizens in various cities have used the RTI Act effectively to stall felling of trees or halt their abuse. You can do it too Whether it is a Delhi High Court order or the Delhi or Maharashtra Tree Act, preservation of trees is mandatory and any felling requires legal permission from the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 February 2012
Finally, the cold war between Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI), under the Planning Commission and the home ministry’s National Population Register (NPR), has been put to an end. The Cabinet committee has allowed UIDAI to carry out the enumeration process of 400 million more...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 February 2012
Social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter have a share in the success of the Arab uprising. But what if these sites voluntarily put themselves in dock? In its blog post, titled “Tweets Must Flow”, Twitter, has announced that it can now selectively censor tweets on a country-by-country...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 February 2012
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) has awarded Rs5 lakh as compensation to Kerala-based scientist, Venkata Rao, who wanted to send his son’s body parts for research to the US, but could not do so due to the failure of the courier service. Mr Rao donated the brain and...

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Moneylife Digital Team 14 February 2012
Trouble continues for the debt-laden power sector.  Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), has decided to initiate non-compliance processes against 20 power utilities that have not paid Rs517.50 crore as transmission charges to the State-run Power Grid Corporation of India. Designated...

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Teachers must be humane midwives who deliver the best out of the children in school. They should stop the banking system of education where textbooks, like rupee notes, are printed in the government mint. Instead the teacher should deliver the best from the child’s brain bank  “Our greatest...

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An alternative view of mining, development, environment and the aspirations of people on the ground An inescapable truth of mining globally is the back-roads through jungles and forests. That’s how it starts. Often, the first contact people in remote areas with newly discovered or exploited...

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