Eco Friendly Cows

News item,"According to scientists, cows are responsible for 75% of the world’s methane gas emissions,released in the form of potent burps. Some ranchers are already working to reduce the cows’ intestinal methane by feeding them a diet rich in edible oils, but one group of Canadian researchers is looking for a more high-tech way to control these emissions—and genetics may play a key role. Using information about the genes responsible for producing methane in cows’ digestive tracts, the scientists have begun breeding more efficient, environmentally friendly cows that produce 25% less methane than less efficient cows"

Why discriminate against cows. What about the human beings who are responsible for most of the pollution of many kinds? How about eco friendly human beings? Any scientists working on this?

Sindhu Gyan by O P Sindhu: Red Terror

Sindhu Gyan by O P Sindhu: Red Terror

Red Terror

Lalgarh in West Bengal is only the manifestation of failure of both the state and central governments to control the largest domestic terror group in India. Until recently we were not even acknowledging that the armed Communists, of various hues popularly known as Maoists or Naxalites have been waging war against the union of India since independence.

So far the problem was swept under the carpet as the areas affected were very remote and the communists were fighting with bows and arrows and only the tribal and the lowly government officials were affected. Now they have acquired the sophisticated arms and deadly land mines and the area of their operations has become huge and they are within the striking distance of this side of the so called civilised areas. Their visibility has been further enhanced by 24x7 news channels that are doing a good job of presenting the problem to the people of India.

Very fact that the tribal community has no faith in the government even after so many years of independence says something about the development and the justice system of our country, especially for the most poor and the backwards of our brothers and sisters. If there were justice and development why they will go to the other side?

We require two pronged strategy to eliminate the problem, development and rule of the law and not the tribal justice, come on people this is 21st century, we are not living in Stone Age
Governments have to roll out massive development plans for building roads, water supply, schools, hospitals and industries and tell the people that communists are finished all over the world as their policies are basically against the human spirit and in the short term control the menace with the required and coordinated force.

Strong and effective action needs to be taken against the sympathisers and the backers of the terror outfits who are sometime masquerading as social workers and intellectuals

Education needs Urgent Reforms

Education in India – Urgent need for reforms
Is there any connection between the attacks of Indian Students in Australia and the seats for sale in the Private Medical Colleges in Chennai? Yes there is a connection; it is the complete dysfunction of the higher education system. Indian government never had any interest other than showcasing the few IITs and IIMs. Rest of the higher education has been turned into a cash cow by the corrupt politicians who own these so called professional colleges / universities/ deemed universities which are no more than education shops. In the name of donations the seats are sold to the highest bidders and the merit has no meaning.
There is acute shortage of quality education in India at all levels; the biggest worry of any parent is how to provide good education to their children. I hope the new HRD minister is aware of the problem and he will take steps to free the higher education from the shackles of corrupt politicians and bureaucrats and let the universities of world repute enter in this field. It will be a win-win situation for all.
Once the reputed universities come to India, the Indian universities will also raise their standards to survive and the education shops will shut down and the fever students will be forced to go abroad for higher education and lesser chances of their coming under attack like in Australia

Team Manmohan

Team Manmohan Singh looks really set for good governance and the overall development of India in its’ second avatar. There are number of indicators that give hope to the people in India
One, the Prime Minister has emerged stronger this time and his detractors have been silenced or sidelined, for instance Mr Arjun Singh who never considered Dr Manmohan Singh his leader has been dumped from the cabinet. Earlier the Congress men used to praise only Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, now most of them have added Manmohan Singh after Sonia in the same breath
Two, Dr Manmohan stood his ground when the DMK tried to arm twist him, he has kept all major infrastructure portfolios with the Congress party
Three, most of the ministers assigned to the critical departments are capable , examples Pranab Mukherjee, P Chidabaram, Kapil Sibal, Kamal Nath etc to name a few and the deadwood has been dumped, example Sisram Ola
Four, Dr Manmohan has chalked out a 100 day plan for each minister and they know he means business, like he meant business when pushing for the Indo US Nuclear Deal
Five, Dr Manmohan has full support of Sonia Gandhi and some of the congress men who had any doubts have learned their lessons

Minister Kamal Nath

It is fortunate we have a good minister like Kamal Nath for roads who has the credentials and the will power to produce results and give a much needed boot to kick-start the stalled projects and launch new ambitious projects ; the road building was neglected by the last UPA regime compared to the NDA tenure when the prime minister himself had taken tremendous interest in this area and Mr. Atal Bihari Vajpaye will always be remembered for improving the condition of roads in India. He started the golden quadrilaterals and added extra lanes to the existing highwaysMr. Kamal Nath has a great opportunity to be one up and surpass NDA performance in this area. Lets wish him the every success for the sake of India’s future

Bye Bye Mr. Arjun Singh

Mr. Arjun Singh ex HRD minister of India is protesting too much, he is one of the old guards who have not realised that India has come a long way from the old era of doles and mediocrity and people are no longer fooled by some quasi communist dribble, they want progress and development and anyone who is a hurdle in the fast track development of the youth will be swept aside like a dry leaf in the dustbin of history and buried under the magnificent edifice that is India of 21st century

Guru Gyan by O P Sindhu

In India it has taken ages for the UPA Government to be finally in place after days of hard bargaining for the juicy ministerial positions. In the meanwhile, there was no one responsible during this transition period when India faced large-scale religious violence in Punjab and natural disaster in West Bengal due to cyclone Aila , major issues that required focused, constant attention. Our current system of changeover of government needs to be changed so that the country is always in responsible and safe hands.
In my opinion everything need not come to a standstill in the transition period, the caretaker prime minister should be assisted by a national transition team drawn out of eminent personnel from all fields and have all the powers and responsibility to take care of any eventuality. This team needs to be in place as soon as the elections are announced and continue till the incoming team is installed
The national transition team can be pre selected by the Chief Justice of Supreme Court in consultation with the prime minister and the leaders of opposition