http://www.News Amnesty International has sacked its Director for Gender Rights, Gita Sahgal. Gita voicing her opinion on Amnesty’s involvement with a ‘Taliban supporter’ is supposed to be the reason for the dismissal.
Muse: The Times of India (Feb 10, 2010)
Mr. Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, President of Iran, has asked his atomic energy chief to have Uranium enriched upto 20% level.
Muse: The Hindu (Feb 8, 2010)
Dear Reader,
Possibly the time has come for India to make its own Mission/Vision statement that is SMART, as management professionals say. Specific, Measurable, Ambitious, Realistic and Time-bound. I would also like to add ‘pro-India’, in addition to the above five adjectives.
The immediate trigger for this thought is China making its military ambitions increasingly clear. The global goon, has successfully kept its military apparatus well-oiled under the more sophisticated ‘Mission statement’ – ‘The Business of America is Business’ as its past President Calvin Coolidge had said. India needs to take a leaf from Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Captured here is the protagonist, Yossarian’s discussion with his Commanding Officer.
Yossarian: “From now on, I am going to think only of myself.”
Supervisor: “But Yossarian, just imagine what would happen if everyone in the world thinks likewise”
Yossarian: “Then I will be a damned fool not to think so”.
The NewsTikka.com Team
China is setting up bases in the countries neighbouring India. China is making its intentions clear. The Tiger is not exactly crouching, and the Dragon’s designs are no longer hidden. India’s altruism is seen as a sign of weakness, not as maturity.
Muse: The Times of India (Jan 29, 2010)
Dear Reader, David Axelrod’s statement that the US can challenge India on Copenhagen goals is audacioUS. Hope the worst fears expressed by us on the eve of our PM’s departure do not ever come true.
The NewsTikka.com Team
Winter transport chaos grows deeper in Europe (The Times of India) Snowstorms and sub-zero temperatures have battered Europe. Eurostar the arterial link between the UK and France has also been shut. Hope the inclement weather serves to remind us all that we are increasingly tampering with Nature.
Pregnant US soldiers could face court-martial (The Times of India)A US army general has warned both men and women soldiers that a woman soldier getting pregnant could get court-martialed along with her ‘comrade in arms’.
US brokers accord at Copenhagen. Marred by lack of consensus, Summit shows shape of things to come (The Times of India)The developing bloc’s expectations seem to have been watered down as the BASIC nations have settled for a pittance without leveraging Kyoto enough.
The seems to thrown $100 billion for the Climate fund. But the G77 is in no hurry to exhibit the canine traits that has made the Great Dane infamous these days…
