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| Expect More Fukushimas |
 The
gung-ho nuclear industry is in deep shock. Just as it and its
cheerleader, the International Atomic Energy Agency, were preparing
to mark next month´s 25th anniversary of the Chernobyl
accident with a series of self-congratulatory statements about
the dawning of a safe age of clean atomic power, a series of
catastrophic but entirely avoidable accidents take place in
not one but three reactors in one of the richest countries of
the world. Fukushima is not a rotting old power plant in a failed
state manned by half-trained kids, but supposedly one of the
safest stations in one of the most safety-conscious countries
with the best engineers and technologists in the world. Chernobyl
blew up not because the reactor... |
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| THE IKE PHASE |
| ON January 20, 1961, John Kennedy delivered
his rousing Inaugural Address. But this speech was preceded,
as William Galston of the Brookings Institution has reminded
us, by an equally important speech: Dwight Eisenhower´s
farewell address. Kennedy´s speech was an idealistic call
to action. Eisenhower´s speech was a calm warning against
hubris. Kennedy celebrated courage; Eisenhower celebrated prudence.
Kennedy asked the country to venture forth. Eisenhower asked
the country to maintain its basic sense of balance. While Kennedy
gloried in the current moment, Eisenhower warned the country
to "avoid the impulse to live only for today, plundering,
for our own ease and convenience, the precious resources of
tomorrow... |
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Raja to be indicted in 2G spectrum scam by March 31
PTI
NEW DELHI FORMER Indian Telecom Minister A Raja and others, including top executives of some telecom firms, are set to be indicted on charges of corruption, money laundering, cheating and forgery when CBI files the chargesheet in the 2G scam by March 31.
Filing its latest status report of its probe in the scam in a sealed envelop, before a bench of justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) told the apex court that many new facts have emerged in the case.
Chargesheet would also be filed against many people and companies later on, India’s premier investigative agency said.
“The main chargesheet will be filed against A Raja and two companies by March 31.
This is only the beginning and many people and companies would also be chargesheeted later on,” senior advocate K K Venugopal, appearing for the CBI, told the bench which asked the agency to appoint a suitable prosecutor for trial.
“Look out for the best man.
We want the most competent person to be appointed as the Special Public Prosecutor and he will deal with no other case,” the bench said.
Venugopal told the court that many people, including the CEO of a telecom company, have been examined by the agency and Letters Rogatory have been sent to some countries for tracking the money trail.
He said in case of Mauritius, some progress has been made.
He submitted that the agency is also probing a land deal in Chennai involving Tatas and the DMK party and the progress on investigation into it has been mentioned in the report.
Going through the status report, the court referred to a company and asked, “Is it the same company which has association with Vodafone and (it) was also mentioned in the ED report?” “Yes,” replied Venugopal.
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