By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about roosting habits in pigeons and explains about butterfly activities Why do pigeons roost on roof or in gutters? Pigeons like comfortable sunny places that are safe from predators and the elements with plenty of food and water available. The nests are built of twigs…
By T.J.S. George India’s biggest achievement since independence is its march to leadership ranks in space technology. In June last year, the national space organisation, ISRO, put into space a rocket as heavy as 200 fully grown elephants, making it a major player in the satellite launch industry alongside the US, France and Russia. The…
A budget, in simple terms, is a statement presented by the government (here Finance Minister) to the State Assembly or the Parliament outlining the government’s probable expenditure for the ensuing financial year and the revenue needed to meet this expenditure. This includes proposed taxes to raise this money. Karnataka’s coalition government of JD(S) and Congress…
Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy at a post-budget press conference asked, “What is wrong if I give a little more to the districts that voted for our party?” He was talking about Mandya, Hassan and Ramanagara districts that voted overwhelmingly for JD(S) and got special attention in his budget. Well, favouritism is wrong in a democracy….
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Our ‘Mannina Maga’ has indeed launched or rather unleashed on us a very powerful State Budget. If not anything else, it is clearly and only a ‘LET US STAY IN POWER’ budget! The thing that stands out in this budget is the farm loan waiver which was the main…
Our Minister wants to implement his vision both on Tourism and Sericulture but who is going to implement his vision? The same tired lot of government servants who do not have any new ideas or vision ! First and foremost, the Minister should form a Core Team of officials, starting from a dynamic Secretary (Tourism). The…
In this week’s Pet Talk, know about grasshoppers, fireflies, bats, snails, lobsters, earthworms and cockroaches. By Maneka Gandhi How to differentiate between a grasshopper and a cricket? Crickets have long antennae while grasshoppers have short ones. Crickets make sounds with the help of organs on their forelegs, while these organs are on the abdomen of…
By T.J.S. George Arun Jaitley and Piyush Goyal are the two most qualified — shall we say civilised — men in the Narendra Modi Cabinet. Both have distinguished educational background and are recognised as well-informed intellectuals. Their public careers have been impeccable. They fit naturally into refined social circles and are respected for that. Under…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Satyagraha is generally associated with Indian freedom struggle. It was popularised by Mahatma Gandhi. The word consists of two Sanskrit words ‘Satya’ and ‘Agraha’ literally meaning truth and anger. In the present context, it could be taken to mean…
But for Democracy, Bureaucracy would have sealed our lips It was Mahatma Gandhi who wisely said that he would rather have bad self-government than good foreign rule. I had an embarrassing experience of the danger of this Maha Udgarah, great declaration, from Mahatma Gandhi yesterday afternoon. During morning walk, I noticed tree saplings were planted…
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