Edward Snowden’s supporters have portrayed him as the champion of Internet freedom. But when senior European and American experts privately discuss the future of cyberspace, their fear is that the Internet
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has announced its intention to fight against corrupt leaders from all parties in the coming general election. So, anti-corruption seems to be its main plank since it has not yet announced anything else. Its success in the recent Delhi Assembly election was largely on an
The Bureau of Energy Efficiency had calculated that the new fuel efficiency standards from 2017 would help the country reduce oil consumption by 2.22 million tonnes of oil equivalent (mtoe) as compared to
The Supreme Court on Wednesday observed that the provision on sanction for prosecution was impeding the anti-corruption law and asked the Centre why it was protecting the top bureaucracy by having it on
A kinder, gentler approach to one of the most dreaded exams in medicine is on the way — U.S. regulators have cleared a bite-size camera to help screen the large intestine of patients who have
With one million more young people joining the ranks of the jobless in 2013, the world’s youth are facing a disproportionate burden, says the latest report of the International Labour Organisation. The
On Tuesday, January 21, 2014, a three-judge bench of India’s Supreme Court reaffirmed the value in due process of law, even in its application to those whom we as a society have shunned, by commuting
Researchers have revealed that Arctic lakes have been freezing up later in the year and thawing earlier, which is creating a winter ice season about 24 days shorter than was in 1950.
The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Tuesday modified its decision allowing the States to grant mining leases for coal blocks to companies if they face no CBI probe.