Developing nations find CFCs attractive India has agreed to take an accelarated path to phase out ozone depleting substances. Paul Horwitz Ozone Secretariat, United Nations.
SUNDAY SOLILOQUIES
Judicious straying into executive domain The Supreme Courts advisory judgment contains a list of the kind of things on which it has been petitioned - speed-breakers, auto-rickshaw charges, demolition of buildings and so on.
Violence: A psychological viewpoint Criminalisation of politics and use of violence to acheive ends have a strong bearing on the minds of children.
Two teenagers peeved over bullying, gunned down their classmate in a Gurgaon public school. Is it symptomatic of the breakdown of discipline in schools or growing western influence or ill-effects of sudden affluence in society. Deccan Herald had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. While many of our readers opine that parents must show more responsibility in bringing up their children, a few say that there should be strict rules to curb violence in media contents.
