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Lonely woods
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2011
There is something paradoxical about the current thinking on forests, the theme of this year’s World Environment Day.
Environment ministry firm on 'no-go' zones
Issue Date: Feb 15, 2011
The Union ministry of environment and forests has reiterated its stand against mining in coal fields demarcated 'no-go' zones. In response to the coal ministry's advice to allow mining in all coal-bearing areas, the environment ministry said it will be against the letter and spirit of the Forest Conservation Act.
Letters
Issue Date: Feb 28, 2011
CARS ON MY PLATE
ABCDE of Obama’s sales pitch
@sunitanar Issue Date: Nov 30, 2010
There is no doubt US President Barack Obama was in India on a business trip. His recent electoral losses weighed heavily with him when he stitched up deals, reportedly worth US $10 billion, that would create about 50,000 jobs back home.
Provocative old hat
Issue Date: Jun 15, 2010
The subtitle of heavyweight economist Paul Collier’s book harkens to a very old question. Ever since the industrial revolution, savants, activists and lay people have split hair trying to reconcile prosperity with nature.
Myth of eternity
Issue Date: May 31, 2010
Book>> The Relentless Revolution • by Joyce Appleby • Norton and Norton • Rs 1,300
FLIP SIDE
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2010
Growth also needs resources
Resources requirement for projected production levels, bau and lc, will be many times the current.
Some sectors will struggle to be the best, some can’t as they operate in tropical India
Issue Date: Apr 30, 2010
The Indian paper industry performs poorly with respect to energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. The study indicates an energy-saving potential of nearly 70 per cent.
Underbelly of black gold
Issue Date: Nov 15, 2009
Book>>Crude World, Twilight of the Oil Economy by Peter Maass Random House Price Rs 800
The weak wings
Issue Date: Aug 15, 2009
book >> The Caged Phoenix Can India Fly by Dipankar Gupta Penguin India Rs 550
In early 2007, India joined the club of trillionaires. The country's gdp had touched the trillion-dollar economy. India became the world's 11th trillion-dollar economy. It was another occasion to pat ourselves on our backs.
