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The lady doth protest too much, said Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, in Shakespeare’s play.

It would be no surprise if December 7 sees a second consecutive rate cut from the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which has effectively substituted RBI autonomy, in the disruptive aftermath of a massive demonetisation of November 8 with 86 per cent of money in circulation ceasing to be legal tender.

It is official. Black money is back. Cash sharks — doctors, businessmen, hawala operators, lower court practitioners, brokers, transport operators, shop keepers, traders and agents of all sorts — have returned to their respective dealings in cash, mocking at the government's much orchestrated purpose of demonetising high value notes to strike hard at black money hoarders.

Bihar chief minister, Nitish Kumar’s compulsion to maintain his image of a clean and honest politician has alienated him from his opposition colleagues to such an extent that his close aide Harivansh did not deter from calling his former comrade Mamata Banerjee as swindler and also the kingpin of the scamsters who perpetrated huge chit fund frauds to plunder thousands of crores belonging to poor people not just of West Bengal, but also of Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam, Odisha and Tripura.

What impact will have on India appointment of Javed Bajwa as Pakistian’s army chief? Gen. Bajwa is a strong proponent of the army not intruding into civilian space. However, it is too early to predict if Bajwa will cede the Pakistani army’s influence over key areas of foreign policy, including Pakistan’s relations with India and Afghanistan. In fact, changes won’t happen overnight and new army chief is likely to continue with his predecessor’s approach for some time.

It is a pity that about two lakh people living in the Jammu region of J and K for more than six decades continue to remain stateless without full citizenship rights. Most of them are Hindu families who migrated from Pakistan during partition in 1947 and after. Many of them came from the Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK).

BHOPAL: Bhopal is observing 32nd anniversary of world's biggest industrial tragedy which took place between the night of 2nd and 3rd December 1984. During that night itself, more than three thousand persons were killed or seriously injured after inhaling the poisonous gas leaked from the Union Carbide factory which was producing pesticides for the use in agriculture. Though more than 32 years have passed people are still suffering from various diseases.

With Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) legislators resigned from the Tribal Advisory Council (TAC) on November 21 in protest against the state BJP government's move to amend age-old tenancy laws, the opposition parties and tribal groups have decided to further intensify their movement against this step of the chief minister Raghubar Das.

The month- long winter session of Parliament, which began on November16, seems to be heading for another washout session. Unfortunately no major business has been transacted in both the houses of Parliament so far. The issue of confrontation this time was the November 8 demonetisation move by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the unpreparedness of the government and the Reserve Bank to meet the situation in the aftermath. No doubt it took a while for the people to understand the implications of the move. Overnight the common man was left without cash to transact his day to day expenditures. The Opposition, which was starved of issues, had promptly snatched it.

Managing e-Waste, wastes from electrical and electronic equipment, has emerged as one of the most hazardous to environment, human and other lives. E-Waste is categorized as hazardous wastes with the presence of toxic materials like mercury, lead and brominates flame-retardants. It also contains precious metals, such as gold, copper, nickel and raw materials of indium and palladium.