India far sighted Right to Education Act is making slow progress in mainstreaming equity, in the absence of a strong political commitment in several States. The proposal to extend its scope to younger children through early childhood education is, however, wholly positive. The move suggested in the draft National Education Policy to put children three years and older in a stimulating nursery environment is a welcome logical measure. The pedagogical view is that the phase is crucial to stimulate a child curiosity and help her prepare for schooling at age six. The proposal to infuse the existing child development schemes, which are primarily nutrition oriented, with a learning component is in line with this thinking on holistic development. An extension of the would be a big step forward but in the absence of measures that will deepen equity the law cannot be transformative. The Centre has to guarantee that in its totality, the Right to Education will encompass all schools bar those catering to minorities. This is necessary to achieve its moral goal of bringing quality schooling to all in the age group; adding the early childhood section, now under the Ministry of Women and Child Development, will then be meaningful. Unfortunately the evidence indicates that only schools comply with the law requirements, and at the pace seen since became law in it will take decades to achieve full coverage. Giving all children aged three and above the right to an education can become a reality only if the state is willing to live up to its promise of devoting more financial resources. An expenditure of on education could have transformed the sector, given the large wealth generated since economic liberalisation. But far less is spent for instance The lost years have cost millions a brighter future, but the draft NEP provides an opportunity to make amends. Bringing more children into the formal stream needs a well thought out road map. The Centre has to play a leadership role to ensure that Statessome of which have done We studied hoverflies, highly prolific pollinators found on every continent except Antarctica. We replicated cues from hoverflies only in certain environments, but there was one flower lure that was attractive everywhere. The researchers approached artist Thomas Pause at we used paper, films and UV light, he said. The result is six non flower artifacts on show at the V&A alongside Virtual Reality films based on fractal geometries. Midst the rising number of defaults by companies, the chief market regulator is taking the fight to what it thinks is the enemy agencies. The Securities and Exchange Board of India has asked credit rating agencies in the country to, among other things, clearly state the probability of default of the instruments they rate for the benefit of investors. There have been a record downgrades of debt instruments this year, according to data released by Prime Database this week. This is more than double the number of defaults over the whole of last year. Debt instruments issued by prominent companies including Yes Bank, Easel and Jet have been downgraded this year. This week other data release from the government was however less reassuring, revealing as it did acceleration in retail inflation to a seven month high.