Policy Wise

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According to a New Supreme Court Judgement, a unilateral decision by either the husband or wife not to have a child will amount to mental cruelty and constitute a ground for divorce.
A [...]

The Mashelkar committee report on Indian patent laws has raised much controversy. Apart from being anti-national, it has been accused of plagiarism as some lines were lifted ad verbatim from a report by Shamnad Basheer. Whether inadvertent or deliberate, the charges of plagiarism have only damaged the credibility of the committee and I am glad [...]

The HPV vaccine issue in Texas is a classic policy example of ends versus means with a little bit of wacky ideological mixed in for good measure. The genital human pappillomavirus (HPV) is known to cause cervical cancer among women and the chances of an average person getting the disease is quite high. “Since it [...]

The new Palna Scheme proposed by the Union Women and Child Department aims at curbing female foeticide and to check the skewed sex ratio in the country.
The scheme will be implemented by the ministry of women and child development in coordination with state governments, and is likely to be put in place during the 11th [...]

..But who will tell that to the Indian babudom? A series in Indian Express exposes how the Indian government is delaying the visas of Fulbright scholars . The visa process is inordinately delayed and even rejection over flimsy grounds is not unknown. Now the babudom, obsessed as it is with color codes and [...]

India’s top bureaucrats would now face an evaluation by well-known American universities before they are promoted to the next level.
The government has chosen the John F Kennedy School of Government (KSG) at Harvard University, Duke University, and Syracuse University to carry out the task. Initiated by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and [...]

Teachers in Britain are demanding greater control over Internet after a video of a student breaking a classroom window was posted on a video sharing site.
The shaky 15-second footage shows a clearly identifiable boy grinning as he strides up to throw the missile. Head teacher Gordon Cunningham said it had been the Year 9 [...]