By Dr Arvind KumarThe recent decision of the Central Government to deny forest clearance to the Vedanta mining project at Niyamgiri is a welcome move. Though much delayed, this decision is a just move ...

By Dr Arvind KumarNatural calamitities like cloudburst, earthquake, tsunami, cyclone and floods catch us unaware and wreak havoc in terms of causing immense loss of human lives and destruction of prop ...

By Dr Arvind KumarThe Public Service Guarantee Act 2010 passed by the Madhya Pradesh Assembly on 30 July 2010 is a stepping stone to have clean governance. The Act guarantees delivery of time bound se ...

By Dr Arvind KumarMedia reports indicate that in the aftermath of recent floods, China has begun to review its old laws relating to water and soil conservation and revise them accordingly to provide c ...

Unprecedented floods have wreaked havoc in Pakistan and the UN Secretary General has appealed the international community to contribute liberally to alleviate Pakistan’s miseries in this hour of need. ...

By Dr Arvind KumarInterestingly, in July this year Microsoft founder Bill Gates and investor Warren Buffett – two of the wealthiest individuals in the world — made a pledge that has since been replica ...

By Dr Arvind KumarRecent extreme acts of nature around the world, from Pakistan’s flooding and Moscow’s heat wave and wildfires, to the large ice sheet that broke off of the Petermann Glacier in Green ...

By Dr Arvind KumarA grateful nation celebrates 66th birth anniversary of our beloved Prime Minister late Sh Rajiv Gandhi who had a vision of a strong, prosperous, vibrant and self-sufficient India. In ...

By Dr Arvind KumarThe disclosure in Rajya Sabha the other day by the Defence Minister A.K. Antony that between 2009 and July 2010 some 170 armed forces personnel committed suicide is very shocking. Ou ...

Dr Arvind KumarThe Joint Parliamentary Committee’s recommendation that an MP’s salary be fixed at Re 1 more than that of a Secretary to Government of India at Rs 80,001 is a welcome move which the pre ...