Prime Minister Manmohan Singh government has blinked on N-liability law which is a key step in operationalising the landmark Indo-US civil nuclear deal. Faced with stiff opposition from the opposition, the government on Monday Mar 15 decided to defer tabling of the bill which seeks to cap financial liability arising out of an accident...
India is getting ready to formally welcome foreign universities to set up their campus and offer their degrees locally. Hitherto, foreign universities are allowed to have collaboration with local institutions of higher learning. The Manmohan Singh government on Monday, March 15, gave the go ahead to table in Parliament to regulate the entry and...
Amidst high drama, India on Tuesday set in motion the process of reserving seats for women in Parliament and state assemblies. Highlights of the Bill. Rajya Sabha, the House of Elders approved the Constitution (One Hundred and Eighth Amendment) Bill, 2008 to reserve one-third of all seats for women in the Lok Sabha and...
Colombo: Former Lanka Army chief Sarath Fonseka, who is detained at the naval headquarters pending a court martial, has ended his ‘fast unto death’ after he was allowed to phone his US based daughters, accordingto the opposition leaders. The Army commander gave the permission to speak on Monday evening. And the general used his...
By Mehnaz M. Afridi* Travelling back and forth to Muslim-majority countries such as Pakistan, I witness the amazing work that women are doing both for human rights and economic growth firsthand. Women are running companies, shelters and businesses, and countering the images of disenfranchised, illiterate and socially deprived Muslim women so pervasive in Western...
