Prasanth at ‘The Daily Pheesh’ expresses skepticism (informed) at the eradication of diseases through GM (genetically modified) mosquitoes.
GM mosquitoes may be useful or harmful but one cannot deny that their introduction is nothing but a stopgap response to mistakes that were committed much earlier—failures in planning and managing cities, failures in taking health care to rural areas and [...]
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GM mosquitoes and ‘their’ policy making
Published by May 2nd, 2008 in Development, Economy, Environment, Government, Health, India, Policy and Poverty. 0 CommentsEconomics and Climate Change
Published by December 13th, 2007 in Development, Economy, Environment, Geopolitics, India and Politics. 0 Comments Shanta Devarajan has doubts about the developing countries’ positions on climate change.
if one country takes the lead in reducing GHG emissions, the resulting equilibrium leaves the other country worse off. Yet this is what India and other developing countries are asking for: that the developed countries first reduce their emissions and not expect the [...]
The world according to OVL wonders why
I have never voted in my life, never taken a voters card. Hell, the fact is, I don’t even know how to! I don’t know if I am eligible or not to vote from where I stay as my permanent address is elsewhere. I have absolutely no clue and [...]
On Sensex, FII’s, Reliance and Risk
Published by October 30th, 2007 in Economy and India. 0 CommentsKaushik Gala has an interesting collection of comments from Morgan Stanley, Economic Times and the RBI.
Shromon Das discusses Sovereign wealth funds, a new phenomenon in the global financial arena.
Logic and rationality prevail in a utopian world. Unfortunately, this is not the case in the world we live in. While one may justify a SWF on the basis of its economic logic, the industry has been mired in controversy. The reason [...]
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