Smaller eco zone irks ministry

Labels must for GM food

Tourism in Jarawa buffer, officially

THE Andaman and Nicobar Islands administration is set to modify a notification to allow small tourism and commercial activities around a reserve inhabited by the Jarawas. At present, a 2007 notification prohibits such activities within five km of the reserve area. This is to protect the primitive tribe of the Andamans.

Deaf to nuclear plant protests

Gamble for guar, soy

Ads term gutkha ban unfair

THE photographed ad on this page is one of the many ads that has been appearing in leading print and electronic media of the country since September. Issued by the gutkha industry, the ads term the ban on the chewing tobacco unfair and question why the government has not banned cigarette.

Rapid transit for BRT corridors

Khap panchayat bans paddy

Ground reality

Railways pulled up over scavengers

ON October 10, the Delhi High Court came down heavily on the Union Ministry of Railways and asked it to submit a detailed plan with “specific time frames and targets” to eliminate manual scavenging. It has asked the ministry to submit the plan by November 21. But the relief may be short lived as Parliament has cleared a bill that allows manual scavenging if individuals are provided with protective gears.