A baby chameleon enjoying lush green hedge in a public park in Vaishali area of Ghaziabad city, NCR, New Delhi this week after heavy rians. phto by Neeraj Bajpai
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The Narendra Modi skippered Central government, during its first two years, received bouquets aplenty but weathered many storms too, on its arduous journey on the track of economic and social agenda . It was fraught with multi-faceted challenges: two straight droughts, slowdown in the global economy, emergence of zealots, Jat reservation movement in Haryana, a mixed bag of poll verdicts in some state assemblies etc. Sometimes, social tensions loomed large on the development plank but deft handling of the situation thwarted designs to foment caste and communal tensions. Home Ministry reports said that the new regime has seen less number of riots and communal troubles as compared to the rule of the previous dispensation. Fresh from Assam polls victory, Prime Minister said the verdict had proved that people had accepted and endorsed development policies and ideologies of the ruling party at the Centre. The victory of BJP-led allia...
Compulsive scramble for Development underway in India for political survival; Urgency like situation
A compulsive scramble has ensued in India among those in game of power politics.For every one holding reins or in race to grab one –may be in Delhi or states, time is fleeting out at a faster pace than they anticipate. It is the Urgency like situation.If some one wishes to sail afloat in political space- one has to deliver on platforms of development and over all governance –mainly corruption and price line.Other factors like caste and communal lines are subtly taking a back seat though last ditch attempts are always made to keep the twin issue alive even at the cost of collateral loss to the society and public property. The Twin realities exist but are losing its bite some where. The duo can brighten prospects rather than playing sheet anchor role as it used to be in pre-2014 era. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in tearing hurry to see that his growth agenda gets translated into a reality within a stipulated period o...
It was a decision fraught with dangers. It could have brought him and his men on the ground, scripting his political obituary. But displaying steel nerves the team Kejriwal was on the batting crease to take on bouncers from all corners. On the last day of the fortnight long car rationing plan in one of the most polluted cities of the world the skipper and his team had a last Hurrah with support of Aam Admi. Cutting across social and official barriers millions of people boarded public transport much to chagrin of the world. Over fifty three lakh commuters boarded city buses daily and situation in metro trains was equally baffling more than twenty lakh people swapped cards and sunk tokens at entry and exit gates. It looked that it was a world record that about seventy lakh people used public transport daily. Pollution Meters may have not sounded very encouraging but fact of the matter is that plan worked. Traff...
India may be Noor-Jahan for the Developing World at COP -21 at Paris.US secretary of State Jon Kerry ,ahead of the Climate Meet,has asserted that India will be a challenge, but The country has already made it clear that it would be a facilitator rather than be a blocker during the crucial climate meet negotiations aimed at saving planet Earth by joint and concerted attempts by every one. As the name signifies- Noor( Light) Jahan ( world) , India well prepared with documentation and arguments for climate justice will be throwing light on crucial inputs for the International agreement to be inked during the summit which opened on November 30 with addresses of Nations’ heads . Advanced and developed countries who are responsible for global warming must take major share in cut of emissions besides giving funds to others to curtail GHGs is the line of climate justice by India in the meet. In Three minutes crisp articulations o...
Raising fears of ever shooting temperature , Ahead of International Climate Summit In Paris,the UN agency, the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO),has said the global average surface temperatures in 2015 were likely to rise up to ''the symbolic and significant'' milestone of 1 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial level. The Report has triggered hot debates among participating nations which want to checkmate the trend of rising temperature anyhow, but approach of developed and developing nations are yet to be synchronized . The year 2015 is going to be the hottest year, reasons for which include the current El Nino weather pattern and the global warming caused by human activities. The Report said Ocean heating has also reached a record level, and global average sea level in the first half of the year was the highest since the start of the satellite record in 1993, It said the concentration of gre...
In the world's most populous democracy India ,political turf is getting corrugated with every passing election -may it be for the lower house of Parliament ,State assemblies, Local bodies and any other elected body. The situation has driven politicians to tip toe on the political space as even minor slippage,on any index which determines electorate mood,quickly mar prospects at hustings. The 2014 general election paved way for ascendency of Narendra Modi to the coveted slot, but elements whipping up frenzies on communal and religion lines and ever shooting prices of eatables have played havoc unleashing plethora of problems .the price paid by the ruling coalition is colossal. It's credibility is at stake and opponents got ammunition to beat the ruling dispensation at the poll booths.The centre should have been forthright and assertive to tackle . The cost was heavy in form of its resounding defeat in Bihar. Mr Nitish on whom lot of hopes...