If safety is not to be derailed
Introduction: Hundreds of trains hurtle across, carrying millions of passengers. The “braking distance” is no more than about two-thirds of a kilometre (against only about 200 ft on the highways).…
The will to die — on ‘living wills’
Introduction: The Centre has informed the Supreme Court that it is vetting a draft law to permit “passive euthanasia” – The Medical Treatment of Terminally Ill Patients (Protection of Patients…
India Meteorological Department-An Analysis
With the India Meteorological Department getting its monsoon forecast wrong this year, its modelling has necessarily come under the spotlight. What goes wrong? In April, the IMD had predicted “near…
Tri-service integration or consolidation?
Tri-service integration: Supremacy and primacy of the Army in a joint services environment” should be maintained. The other services, the Navy and Air Force, will play a very major role…
Why India needs a uniform civil code
India needs a uniform civil code for two principal reasons. First, a secular republic needs a common law for all citizens rather than differentiated rules based on religious practices. This…
H1N1 returns: what can be done to control the virus
Facts & Figures: So far this year, 12,500 people have been infected with the influenza A (H1N1) virus, of which 600 have died. According to official data, Maharashtra alone has…
A road map to make India a hub of International Arbitration
Background: The Justice Dispensing System in India has come under great stress for various reasons including huge pendency of cases in various courts; the injustice is particularly egregious in commercial…
No-detention Policy
India’s elementary education system may be getting better at providing access to greater numbers of children. If producing curious minds that have had exposure to life skills is the test,…
On rural India’s health systems: the health checklist
Cause of Concern: Medical infrastructure in several surrounding districts and even neighbouring States is so weak that a large number of very sick patients are sent to such apex hospitals…
Endgame for Section 377?
The guillotine has fallen on the right of men to unilateral divorce by mere pronouncement in one go. It is a reflection of the failure of politics in India, and…