Saharias face exile, again

Illogical formula

THE hue and cry in recent months over failure to protect the interests of drug trial victims has finally forced the government to act. The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under the Union health ministry has drafted a formula to compensate drug trial-related injuries and deaths.

Wind loses speed

Northern power grid on the blink

THE government is still clueless about what caused the massive grid failures—first on July 30 and then again the next day, plunging half of the country’s population into darkness. It has initiated several investigations, including one by the Intelligence Bureau and another by the National Technical Research Organisation, to look into the possibilities of sabotage or cyber attacks. The blackouts were the worst in a decade.

Reservoirs losing capacity

HEAVY rainfall leading to flash floods in Himalayan rivers in July-end devastated three states—Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir. It claimed 34 human lives and damaged property extensively. It also brought into focus the precarious condition of more than a dozen dams in the region.

Solace in money plant

INSTITUTIONAL investors have found the right formula to tide over the contagious recession and unstoppable inflation in Europe and North America: invest in trees. A recently released survey of the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) finds that more and more institutional investors are putting in money in forestry to protect their investments from spiralling down. The survey covered 42 investors having US $32 billion worth of investments in forestry.

Wetlands in danger

Gutkha sympathiser

Curing the ills of pharma FDI

Krishna Flood Unprecedented