National Issues
In this section, we update National issues that permeate at all levels and pose positive or negative impact on the lives of Educated Middle Class.
Two Persons Arrested in Separate Incidents for Illegal Peddling of Drugs
14 Dec 11: In two separate incidents in the country, two persons were arrested for illegal peddling of narcotics. In one incident, a resident of UP was found with 4 gms of cocaine was caught when he was delivering the same to a customer. The victim was to procure raw opium and morphine from... »
Indian Media Covers 90% Entertainment and Only 10% Social Issues – PCI Chairman
Press Council Chairman Justice Markandey Katju, who strongly criticizes the unethical practices of Indian media in presenting news, once again slammed media for focusing more on entertainment instead of educating the society. At an interactive session organized by Public Relations Society of India, Kolkata chapter, Justice Markandey Katju expressed his views on “The Role... »
Indian Media Not Working in the Interest of People: PCI Chairman
In a recent interview to the CNN-IBN, the new Chairman of the Press Council of India (PCI), Justice Markandey Katju, expressed his views on Indian media by strongly criticizing the way it functions. His opinions about the media are found to be insightful and thought provoking and hence brought forward in this article. Mr.... »
Corporate Educational System Making Students Unfit for IIT’s
The number of suicides in the country’s top technical institutes, IIT’s is increasing at an alarming rate. The obvious reason for all these suicides being the incapability of the students to cope up with the academic pressure. With the recent suicide of the city based girl from IIT-Patna has brought the number of IITians... »
Cyber Criminals Hack 117 Government Websites in India
Recently, the Indian IT and Communications Ministry released a report on the cyber threat faced by India. As per this report submitted by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team, in the last three years of 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 (till June) about 117 Indian government websites have been hacked by the various hacker groups.... »
Indian Universities Perform Poor in the QS World University Rankings
As per the 2011 ‘Top 200 Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings’ not even a single Indian university has made in to the top 200 world’s best universities. And only one university (IIT-Mumbai, ranked 225) is among the top 300 World University Rankings. IIT-Mumbai (IIT-M) was ranked 187 last year and is dropped by... »
Huge Population in India is a Barrier to Control TB: WHO
04 Sep 11: WHO has appreciated Indian government’s efforts for controlling TB and other health related diseases. Further, the officials of the WHO have also said that due to the huge population in India, it is still difficult to check the spread of diseases, especially Tuberculosis. This is making India a global burden in... »
Only 2.77% of Indians Pay Income Tax
01 Sep 11: According to the Ministry of Finance, of the total Indian population of 1.21 billion, only 2.77 percent or 3,35,79,831 (33.57 million) people have paid the personal tax, as on March 2011. But it is seen that the direct tax collection rose from Rs. 378,063 crore in 2009-10 to Rs. 446,070 crore... »
Deaths Due to Non Communicable Diseases Growing in India
24 Aug 11: The increased influence of the western habits and the corporate lifestyle is taking a toll on Indians health. As per the latest reports released by World health Organization (WHO), there has been a heavy shift in the India’s disease pattern. The number of people dying due to lifestyle related diseases has... »
Government Imposes New Security Rules for Cyber Cafe Industry
The cyber cafes being the prominent industry providing Internet connectivity to 37 percent of country’s Internet users is now under scrutiny by the central government. The central government has made it mandatory for the cyber cafe industry to follow few security measures which are included in the IT (Guidelines for Cyber Cafe) Rules, 2011.... »
