Careul! Apes can guess what you are thinking...

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2016/oct/06/apes-can-guess-what-others-are-thinking-just-like-humans

A death knell for the National Military

Govt policies are increasing the the tension in civil-military relations. distancing the armed forces by lowering their status and salaries in comparison to other  depts of the state. ...this would replace patriotism with profiteering....to hand over many of the armed forces roles and  missions to (private military) corporations is an attack on the very idea of the nation state.

Economic & Political Weekly, July 30, 2016.
Defence Analyst Atul Bhardwaj

Make sure you are hired, not fired

Several Cos are applying Predictive Index (an Anaytical tool to predict employee behaviour). Make sure you know how it works!

Times of India Business Page, 17

Govt cuts Army's Disability Pensions just after surgical strikes

Just After Surgical Strikes, Indian Govt Made Huge Cuts In Army's Disability Pensions For Injured Soldiers: Report
A notification was issued by the Ministry Of Defence a day after India's surgical strikes,
http://www.huffingtonpost.in/…/just-after-surgical-strikes…/

Perpetrators and victims of Gujarat's 2002 carnage both badly affected

Ref the Gujarat 2002 carnage, Rakesh Sharma refers to a booklet brought out by Gujarat’s Jati Nirmoolan Samiti (Society for the Eradication of Caste) that shed light on a more arresting dimension. “It contained a few tables on the caste composition of the detainees in Sabarmati Jail booked on 2002-related charges. There were just two Brahmins, four Banias, some 17 Patels and 27 or 37 from other upper castes — hardly 100 in all. On the other hand, there were 746 OBCs and 797 Dalits.” He goes on to outline their present plight.

“Clearly, the ring leaders who plotted and conducted the large-scale violence got away except for a few...

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-sundaymagazine/chronicling-the-cost-of-carnage/article9202797.ece

Not the Govt but the Army calls the shots in Pakistan

The credibility of the govt in Pakistan has gone down so badly that US Vice President  calls on the Pak general when he visits the country and the Afghan President starts his visit with the General HQ in Rawalpindi...

Deccan Chronicle Page 9 Interview with Pakistan watcher Gopalaswami Parthasarathy

Superbug in India

The cost of cheap drugs? Toxic Indian lake is superbug hotspot http://reut.rs/2dEFJiF