The writing on the wall The story of severe drought and shortage
of drinking water is all too familiar to politicians and bureaucrats of the state.
No shocks or surprises anymore According to the January notification, over 10, 500 villages are affected in 22 of the now 33 districts in Rajasth an including the state capital Jaipur and divisional headquarters like Jodhpur, Ajmer and Bikaner.
Gearing up for a contingency According to officials in Andhra Pradesh drought does not attract as much attention as a cyclone.
Varadhans probability theory India-born New York University professor Srinivasa S R Varadhan has made key contributions in several areas of probability theory. In joint work with Daniel W Stroock, he developed a martingale method for characterising diffusion processes.
A farmer woman cooks a meal at a hut in a vegetable field in Phoolpur, about 45 kilometers east of Allahabad on Thursday. AP
The term of A P J Abdul Kalam is coming to an end. Should India go in for a woman President? If so, who should be the first woman President?
Most of Deccan Herald readers are of the opinion that the idea of ‘Woman as President’ is as exciting as old wine in a new bottle. While some feel that the time is ripe, most are unanimous in their opinion that only a non-political nominee would fit the bill for the highest office in the country.
