Moral hurdle to health insurance
Moral Hazard', the phrase pops up as a reflex response wherever you mention health insurance, whether it's in the office of the Insurance Regulatory Development Authority (IRDA) or those of the foreign insurance companies.

Changing perceptions on disability
Despite many companies signing promissory notes on employing the physically and mentally challenged in the past, the statistics are not very encouraging. A 1999 survey conducted by the NCPEDP found that disabled persons formed just 0.4 per cent of the country's total employed population.

If fishes flew, and forests walked...
A tomato with pork or fish proteins in it, an apple that does not turn brown for hours after being cut, or a poplar tree that can break up the carcinogenic dioxins and polychlorinated bi-phenyls contained in industrial or vehicular emissions -- these are some of the marvels.


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