Swanky cars on the narrow, dusty bylanes, the lingering fragrance of high-end perfume in the air and the rush of the flashy and the flamboyant all day – Tullur, the nondescript village in Guntur district, is relishing its brush with riches.
The cow dung pasted walls are still there as are the overflowing drains, but these would soon be past. The Andhra government’s decision to locate its new capital around this village, also a mandal headquarters, has brought a sudden change in the economy of the area, and a corresponding shift in lifestyle.
After the Justice Mudgal Committee report on the IPL match fixing scandal became partially public the media berated BCCI President N Srinivasan for not resigning.
The Supreme Court held that Srinivasan, whose son-in-law was involved in match fixing, had with three others named by the court committed a “misdemeanor”. Media is alleging that the BCCI President was aware of his son-in-law’s involvement but did not stop him. That makes him culpable. But was Srinivasan the only abettor of the match fixing corruption?
Consider some facts conveniently glossed over by media. A year and half before the IPL scam became public the ICC Anti-Corruption and Security Unit (ACSU) had submitted a report alerting a possible scam.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is an admirer of China’s model of development. Bullet trains, modern infrastructure and smart cities are his refrain.
It is a material approach. Now the government has decided to utilize corruption in order to speed up development. It has revived the Kisan Vikas Patra scheme which provides a safe and sure method of laundering black money to make it white.
Kisan Vikas Patra is a government sponsored savings scheme that doubles the money invested in less than a decade. The Government sells these saving bonds through Post Offices across the country.
Twitter and other social networking sites is on abuzz with rumours of veteran actor Dilip Kumar’s death. People took to the micro blogging site to inquire about the actor’s death while several others declared that the news is not true.
Sources told INNLIVE that the report of his death came to the fore after a filmmaker accidentally retweeted an old tweet about Dilip Kumar’s death. He has apologised for that.
In a country where even Lord Rama’s Maryada Purshottam status has been subjected to scrutiny for his decision to cast his wife into wilderness and then insist on an agni pariksha, it is surprising how easily we let the debate on Jashodaben fade away into insignificance.
It has been almost six months since her husband became the Prime Minister. But apart from the fleeting interest in her when Narendra Modi finally accepted his marital status while filing his nomination papers, we let Jashodaben disappear from our discourse.
It's almost as costly as gold and as lucrative a commodity to smuggle. The rich and the blueblooded around the world have loved it for millennia. The richest country in the world, the United States, loves it so much that even (clandestine) imports from Iran are okay. India's elite loves it, too, and it provides the most pleasing link between politically troubled Kashmir and the rest of the country.
It's, therefore, a super-premium product that trumps geopolitics. So, what is it? More clues. Cleopatra bathed with it, Alexander the Great used it to heal battle wounds, it adds that special touch to Indian biryani and Italian risotto, to super premium cakes and lavishly cooked kheer, and it enhances the quality of your skin as well as that of your sex life - if you can afford the Rs 2 lakh/kg price tag.
One concern for us humans is how harmful species – diseases or pests – are responding to a changing climate.
We live in a time when our climate is warming more rapidly than ever before. Rising temperature and associated changes in weather are driving shifts in the distributions of species on Earth. Some are thriving in these new climate conditions and have even moved into new regions that were historically inhospitable. One concern for us humans is how harmful species – diseases or pests – are responding to a changing climate.
Just imagine that one fine day you send your car for servicing, and a couple of hours later get a call that your car has been turned into ashes! Well, this nightmare is Venkatesh’s reality.
It was a usual day for Mr. Venkatesh from Bangalore before he got a call at night from Lakshmi Hyundai service station that his car (Hyundai I20 magna petrol, 2009 model) had met an accident at the service centre.
He never imagined what was awaiting him, as it was a simple bumper replacement job, what could possibly have gone wrong?
