Commentary

GANESH idols made of clay are eco-friendly and would also save marine life. But in Goa the major challenge that the idol makers face is procuring the right type of clay for the idol.

Threat to Goa University
AS reported in the press, the Sports Minister of Goa, Mr Manohar Azgaonkar has threatened to cut grant to Goa University if it does not implement the sports policy framed by an ad-hoc committee constituted by the state government. Since the minister is a powerful person vis-à-vis the university, he can threaten the university. However, a university has a certain degree of autonomy.

BY KULDIP NAYAR
WHAT is happening in the Valley lends credibility to the Kashmiri diaspora that met at Washington a few days ago to ask for early, peaceful solution to the Kashmir problem. I was one of the participants at the conference which was convened by the Kashmiri-American Council and Association of Humanitarians lawyers.

FIVE inmates escape: this was not for the first time children escaped from government-run Apna Ghar. Every time the authorities would promise to strengthen the infrastructure and provide better facilities to inmates.

THE Union cabinet on Monday approved the ‘The Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making the Disclosure Bill, 2010’ to protect whistleblowers and provide for severe punishment to those exposing the identity of people disclosing information.

Turmoil in J&K
IT was one of the worst clashes in recent times between the protesters, fuelled by the separatist hardliners and the security forces that saw the death of so many people, including a nine-year-old child.

Only those who are politically naïve would subscribe to what the CPI(M) general secretary, Mr Prakash Karat suggested to the central government: affluent sections and corporate sector should be taxed more to generate sufficient funds for paying the poor and carrying out developmental programmes.

In enhanced bilateral relation between India and Bangladesh is a major deterrent for terrorists to use that land against India and naturally it cannot be expected that they would remain passive spectators to Indian endeavour to strengthen the fraternal bond.

New Rupee Symbol

The Indian rupee now has a new symbol. And it will definitely take us some time to get accustomed to using it. Newspapers should see to it that the old way of writing rupees as ‘Rs’ is replaced by the new symbol `.

NOW things change! Only 14 months ago the Congress had routed the Telangana Rashtra Samiti in its stronghold within Andhra in the parliamentary election last year.