The Indian Institutes of Management Bill, 2017 was passed by the Rajya Sabha recently. The Bill has taken some much-awaited and much-needed measures for giving more autonomy to the 20 IIMs in the country. It grants the status of national importance to these institutions. There is much to be celebrated, but is this enough?
Even before his political career could take off, it seems Rahul Gandhi has lost. Lost because it seems he is not interested; not interested in taking responsibilities, not interested in working hard; in fact, not interested in politics altogether. Rahul Gandhi seems to have lost the plot.
Irom Sharmila, a woman of indefatigable spirit, broke her 16-year long fast recently. A fast that was not for any personal gain, but for the greater good of saving her people from the draconian AFSPA. After 16 years of long and lonely struggle against the mighty authorities, what she gets from the very people for whom she was fighting – unfair accusations and expectations!
The sudden appearance of Robert Vadra in political advertisements has caught many by surprise. In the general elections of 2014, Robert was seen giving hints in interviews about his interest in joining politics. However, his party did not take him seriously. Two years down the line, the party is seen welcoming him. Can we see this as a desperate measure in desperate times?
Anything that Apple does, makes news. However, usually it is positive news about how excited the customers are. This time, things changed for the negative. There was news floating around about the company’s tiff with the FBI and Apple came across as the loser. This was bound to make headlines.
Indian government’s ignorance and lackadaisical attitude is in focus once again with February 9, 2016 approaching near. It is the date when the government will, yet again, have to explain its agreements with social media sites that it is increasingly using for information dissemination.