Dedicated to the public goodB.S. PADMANABHANPrasar Bharati crosses another milestone as its two media units, All India Radio and Doordarshan, enter the digital era.
Towards green citiesB.S. PADMANABHANAs the global trend of increasing urban population lends urgency to the task of making cities greener, the Ministry of Environment and Forests draws u
For sustainable solutionsB.S. PADMANABHANThe new policy initiatives of the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests aim at improving the forest cover in such a way as to benefit all the stak
A policy of promiseB.S. PADMANABHANThe draft National Environment Policy prepared by the Ministry of Environment and Forests is comprehensive and evokes a positive response from a cross
In pursuit of excellenceB.S. PADMANABHANThrough Mission REACH, the Department of Science and Technology aims to bring out the best in the industry and the academia and help usher India into
Action plan for connectivityB.S. PADMANABHANTHE success of Mission 2007 depends to large extent on the level of telecommunication connectivity. If the recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory A
Knowledge at their doorstepsB.S. PADMANABHANTHE Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has joined hands with the MSSRF to harness the tools of the space age for rural development through a to
A vision for rural IndiaB.S. PADMANABHANWith its grand Mission 2007 project, the Chennai-based M.S. Swaminathan Research Foundation plans to promote rural prosperity by focussing on an infor
A celestial transitB.S. PADMANABHANIT is being billed as the rarest of rare spectacles. On June 8, planet Venus will come in between the Earth and the Sun.
Science for social progressB.S. PADMANABHANThe tireless efforts of Vigyan Prasar to popularise science and inculcate a scientific temperament in people through the media and through various inn
A new horizonB.S. PADMANABHANWith its direct-to-home initiative, which would allow the transmission of the public broadcaster's content to remote and inaccessible regions of the c
Freebie phobia: The BJP’s concerted attack on redistributive transfers Although the BJP is against ‘freebies’ in principle, in practice it has been forced to use a version of concessions and transfers to counter the o
SlideshowLiving on the edgeThey are river people, whose lives ebb and flow with the waters of the Brahmaputra in a timeless rhythm. But now, hydroelectric projects and homogenis