From merely a single MP (member of Parliament) in 2004 TMC now the second most important ally of United progressive Alliance(UPA) government at the centre.The full credit goes to Mamata Banarjee the sentimental supremo of Trinamool Congress (TMC).Singur fiasco helped to consolidate her position as the main opposition leader of Bengal.The bitter foe of Communist […]
Preparing for a Pandemic, State Health Departments Struggle With Rationing Decisions
Spanish Flu Ward, 1918 This story was co-published with the New York Times. New York state health officials recently laid out this wrenching scenario for a small group of medical professionals from New York-Presbyterian Hospital: A 32-year-old man with cystic fibrosis is rushed to the hospital with appendicitis in the midst of a worsening […]
PART-V: Wild species face extinction threat
GREEN GOLD IN DANGER: PART-V Man-animal conflict a major challenge Ajmer Alam Wani JAMMU: Though the tropical forests cover only 7 % of the earth’s land surface, they contain more than half of all living species. Estimates of the number of living species on earth vary from five million to 80 million of which only […]
“Freddie as phenomenal as Sachin”
"At Cardiff, on the first day of the Ashes series, the atmosphere was dead for the first few hours but then all of a sudden Freddie came to the crease and the whole ground was lifted. It was phenomenal and no other player in world cricket – apart from Sachin Tendulkar – has that ability," […]
Injured War Zone Contractors Fight to Get Care From AIG and Other Insurers
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington — Civilian workers who suffered devastating injuries while supporting the U.S. war effort in Iraq and Afghanistan have come home to a grinding battle for basic medical care, artificial limbs, psychological counseling and other services. The insurance companies responsible for their treatment under taxpayer-funded policies have routinely denied the […]
After a minor thaw, Cuban trade opportunities excite U.S. businesses
Just days after President Barack Obama announced a minor thaw in the longstanding estrangement between the United States and Cuba, Jack Maybank Jr. stood before an audience of entrepreneurs gathered at the College of Charleston in South Carolina and warned them not to misinterpret the opening as a new found bridge to business relations with […]
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