The Surreal World Of A Little School That Hauls India’s Poor Into Its Most Elite Institutions

By MONICA TIWARI | INNLIVE

30 May, 2008, dawned bright and clear in Patna, Bihar. Pans were rattling and children were being coaxed out of beds and into school uniforms. It was early still, but the slum of Chandpur Bela was abuzz. People were gravitating towards one house—Shanti Kutir. A crowd was assembled and if you pushed in farther, you could see a youngish man in his shirtsleeves, who seemed the centre of all the hullaballoo.

Microsoft Sees Integration Opportunities In LinkedIn Purchase – But, Will Users Care?

By SARAH WILLIAMS | INNLIVE

Microsoft's strategy for LinkedIn is likely to follow the path of Yammer. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has explained the rationale behind the tech company’s plans to buy LinkedIn for $26.2 billion.

In a letter to staff, Nadella said he believes that access to LinkedIn customers will benefit the sales of Microsoft products and in exchange, LinkedIn’s growth would be “accelerated”.

Vaccine-Derived Polio Found In Hyderabad Sewage Is An Outcome Of India’s immunisation Strategy

By NEWSCOP | INNLIVE

Public health experts expect to find vaccine-derived polio virus in the environment for at least the next year.

On Wednesday, Telangana health authorities announced a polio vaccination drive because a strain of polio had been found in the Amberpet Nala in Hyderabad. The announcement triggered alarm that polio had resurfaced in India, a country that the World Health Organisation had declared polio-free in 2012. However, the presence of vaccine-derived polio viruses is expected in sewage systems across the country for at least the next six to 12 months, say public health experts, reiterating the government’s position that there is no cause for alarm.

Political Play: AP Govt Bid To Take Control Of Sakshi Media Group Aimed At Crippling Naidu’s Rival Jagan

By M H AHSSAN | INNLIVE

The state hopes to do this by using a new law framed to recover the ill-gotten assets of public servants.

When the Telugu Desam Party came to power in Andhra Pradesh in 2014, its Rajya Sabha MP CM Ramesh predicted that YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy’s troubles had just begun. He said that the TDP would ensure that corruption cases against Reddy are pursued vigorously. The gameplan was clear: ensure Reddy’s prosecution before the next round of polls in 2019 so that the path to Chandrababu Naidu’s second term as chief minister is clear.

Spotlight: A Misplaced Emphasis On Indian Highways?

By LIKHAVEER | INNLIVE

Why does the government continue with its blind focus on highways and expressways when infrastructure for water supply, waste management and mass transit system is in desperate need of attention? INNLIVE criticises the government's prioritization and says there is more to public infrastructure than just highways and expressways.

The Traffic Paradox: More Flyovers Will Only Increase Congestion In Delhi, Not To Solve It

By TINA HARSH | INNLIVE

Instead of assuming more road infrastructure will reduce congestion, Delhi will be better off improving public transport and incentivising walking, cycling.

The Delhi government’s plan to construct a web of elevated roads – with two lanes for private vehicles that will have to pay a toll, and one lane for buses that will be exempt from the toll – needs to be rethought, because more roads will mean more traffic and hence more congestion.

Examples from the world over show that constructing highways or freeways and flyovers does not solve congestion along select routes and that the construction of high-capacity, limited-access roads as a means of managing automobile congestion in urban areas is doomed to failure.

Exclusive: 'Udta Punjab' Leaked Online, Suspicion Falls On Censor Board!

By RAMAN KAPOOR | INNLIVE

Udta Punjab has been leaked online, just days before its scheduled theatrical release on 17 June.

A senior police official at the cyber crime police station at BKC, Bandra confirmed to INNLIVE that the film's director, Abhishek Chaubey, had given a written request to the police to look into the matter three days ago. An FIR was lodged at the police station.

India’s ‘Corrupt Political System’ Might Be Our Own Fault

By NIKITA BHISHNOI | INNLIVE
 
We still live in a world of rulers and subjects. Whether this an evolutionary trait or a matter of social order as some political philosophers may theorise is still a matter of research. Before democracy came, freebies formed an integral part of day to day public interaction of the ruler. These freebies were given as a gift, not demanding favours in return since the dynastic ruler was wealthy and powerful.