TN advocates are at it again Special Feature by Industrial Economist - September 12, 20190 TN advocates are at it again With great difficulty Chief Justice R K Agrawal and Chief Justice S K Kaul brought some discipline and order in administering the Madras High Court. Sadly, the advocates had reverted to their familiar and old habits of staying off courts, disrupting court proceedings. This time
Curtain raiser: Comfort in power GIM 2019 Special Feature by S Viswanathan - November 3, 20180 In the road shows of TN Global Investors’ Meet 2019, the comfort in power availability for the state has been projected as a positive. With an installed capacity of 29,000 MW that includes 11,000 MW of renewable energy, the state can be termed a power-full state. Significantly, 2018 summer witnessing peak
Medicine: The God that failed In The News Medicine Special Feature by S Viswanathan - November 3, 2018December 25, 20180 Today we advertise ourselves, employ touts to bring patients, perform unnecessary and expensive tests and even demand cut-backs from diagnostic laboratories. - Renowned nephrologist Dr M K Mani In 1979, Dr P C Reddy with great enthusiasm presented details of his corporate hospital project to then Prime Minister Charan Singh, only to
A world without hunger by 2030 Edit Notes Special Feature by S Viswanathan - November 3, 2018November 3, 20180 “Half of the world’s population, around 3.5 billion people, eat rice daily. By 2050 annual global rice consumption is estimated to rise from 415 million tons to 525 million tons. While more than 90 percent of this rice is eaten in Asia, including the region’s 515 million people still affected
Let bygones be bygones; move ahead. Inklings Special Feature by Industrial Economist - November 3, 2018November 3, 20180 The ghost of Bofors is severely haunting the Gandhi family. Even 30 years after Rajiv Gandhi concluding this deal, the issue of bribes taken has not died down. The Indian predeliction of not to let bygones be bygones is so glaringly visible in every aspect of Indian polity. With Modi winning the
Petrol should scale Mount 200 Chat Box In The News Special Feature by Industrial Economist - October 1, 2018October 11, 20180 Recently, in the city of Amravati, petrol price did the unthinkable: it crossed L K Advani’s age. Nonagenarian ‘petrol’ should soon hit a hundred and shortly after, a double ton. Only after that, it should be allowed to settle down. Let me tell you. First up, our heart bleeds for petrol Today, at
SEBI: Gaps in oversight… Investment Special Feature by Industrial Economist - October 1, 20180 Today, we are able to attract marquee investors to the trading floors. Thanks to the framework created by SEBI. There is an urgent need to fill up some of the gaps in disclosures and enforcement. Otherwise, SEBI will be like the cops in the Indian movies showing up after the
Things you should know about petrol prices… Energy-oil Special Feature by Industrial Economist - October 1, 20180 All over the world, except for oil exporting countries, petrol and diesel are taxed heavily. There are about 55 countries where petrol is sold above Rs.100 per litre with the highest being Rs.153 per litre in Hong Kong. The Congress Party organised a nation-wide bandh on 10 September to protest against
Round Table: Society believes information is knowledge… Education Special Feature by Industrial Economist - October 1, 20180 We have generations of students who graduate but do not have jobs; even if offered jobs, they are not qualified or equipped to do the job. “There are a couple of opportunities: first, education as a system needs to change; and this provides an opportunity. The second relates to the valuation
Laying A Strong Foundation: Tamil Nadu school curriculum revamped Education Special Feature by Industrial Economist - October 1, 20180 The learning outcome approach indicates curricular expectations: on what each child should know, be able to do and the disposition that should be acquired. Learning outcomes for each class help the teachers direct their teaching-learning in the desired manner. FOR TEN YEARS students appearing for Plus 2 examinations were misled into