The Hindu
National
- Budget Session, a victory for govt. and Opposition – the Budget Session has seen both sides scoring their own victories, the govt has also been given lessons in parliamentary democracy by the Opposition.
- Mass copying in Bihar a social issue – for the families of girls, a pass is a must for their marriage. Many academicians favour an “open book system” to cure the malaise.
- Conservation goes hi-tech in Bandipur – Drones or unmanned aerial vehicles are used to monitor any unauthorised entry into forests and to detect any forest fire.
- ‘Water Man’ Rajendra Singh wins Stockholm Water Prize – the activist has been conferred the Prize for his innovative water restoration efforts. The man has shown extraordinary courage to empower communities in Indian villages.
- Chinese airline completes cooking oil fuel flight – China completes the country’s first commercial flight using bio-fuel. A Chinese airline used a 50-50 mix of conventional jet fuel and bio-fuel made from “waste cooking oil collected from restaurants in China.
- Scientists planning audacious space mission -Researchers are proposing to send a robot submarine to study the oily seas of Titan, one of Saturn’s moons
International
- China, Japan, S. Korea to set up leadership summit -China, Japan and South Korea work to build closer relationships. How they manage to overlook Japan’s colonisation of the Korean peninsula and occupation China, will be a challenge.
- Bloody Nowruz: 45 dead in attacks on Kurds – Explosions disrupt new year celebrations in Syria’s Kurdish region
Indian Express
- Across the Aisle: Equity suffers Rs 75,000-crore blow – Devolution of a 42 per cent share of taxes would empower states. The Finance Minister thus, kicks the ball of welfare into the states’ corner. Chidambaram examines the argument.
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