Date : 26-Aug-2009

1. Decision to make Judges assets public by a unanimous decision of SC judges is a welcome step towards attainment of transparency.

The sudden conclusive decision on a matter which had been under discussion and negotiation for so long was surely influenced by some extent even if negligible by the voice raised by Justice Shylendra Kumar of Karnataka High court openly in favour of the asset declaration by judges. To check his asset declaration and comments on the issue click here.

2. India , China decide to collaborate on environmental issues.

Good, atleast in something the two countries are planning to collaborate. Bute here too, there are harsh feelings in both sides regarding poaching of wild tigers in India and of Tibetan antelopes in Tibet. Both countries feel that the other one instigates such activities across the border.

3. Nehru Cup : Football.
Baichung Bhutia's boys defeated Srilanka in one of the matches to continue its struggle for the cup.

4. Reality is stranger than fiction and far away from fictional claims of our political parties before elections.

By any chance, have you seen the Haryana no.1 advertisement on National Television? Do you notice any woman in the advertisement from beginning to end other than Soniya Gandhi at the end? Oops! I am so sorry, poor guys, how can they find woman for advertisements, they would have to borrow women from other states as they have killed their girl children. Such a pathetic sex ratio and our respected govt don't even hesitate to call it no. 1. state. No doubt its no. 1 in female foeticide, maternal mortality rate and all other means of killing , torturing and abusing women.

Almost similar is the case with MP advertisement. In recent local media reports and a half-page advertisement carried in a national daily, the Madhya Pradesh government has claimed to be number one in implementing the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Evidences from the field fly in the face of this claim, suggesting that the State stands first in rejecting claims made by forest-dwellers as can be seen from the plight of Jhabua, Morjhariya and other tribals and farmers. See this

5. A good step against corruption. See this where our PM Dr.Manmohan Singh and CBI director Ashwani Kumar speak on tackling corruption.