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Mar 1-15, 2001
Cover Story
To clean up Delhi's air, the Supreme Court ruled in July 1998 that all public transport should move away from diesel and towards compressed natural gas (CNG) By March 31, 2001. But the Union government and the Delhi state government have done nothing apart from discrediting CNG. They are more bothered about petty industrial interests than the health and life of millions, using chaos in public transport as a weapon to pressurise the court. On February 16, 2001, the court refused to extend the deadline. DOWN TO EARTH summarises the non-controversy that Delhi faces today and most other big Indian cities are bound to face tomorrow
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News
Five tuskers fall victim to poachers in a hunting ground called the Corbett Tiger Reserve. Authorities grope in the dark with little ammunition
Laboratory tests nail the Plantation Corporation of Kerala. The state government sets up an inquiry committee
Jan Pronk buckles under pressure from the US to postpone the climate change negotiations
An international forum on forests promises to bring in
real change
USA is all set to promote ethanol
Public pressure forces SIAM to give emissions warranty
Six protesters are killed
Most bottled water brands are contaminated in Pakistan
Forest fires are a boon for poachers in Uttaranchal
Science & Technology
Light's speed is brought to zero. It could radically alter communication technology
Six times more information can be sent on radio signals
Microchips are made using artificial diamond
Niobium, an element scientists searched for in the Earth's mantle, is found in the core instead
Pollutants in the environment cause dreaded diseases like cancer by mutating some genes. Scientists have begun to explore the human genome to trace these genes
Baker's yeast offers clue to how biofilms stick on medical implants
Researchers create a near replica of the Hepatitis C virus
Antibacterial ingredients in soap may be encouraging the growth of bacteria
Biogas plants need to be improved technologically before they become a success. Efforts are on
The first Indian refrigerator to meet Montreal Protocol standards is unveiled
Special Report
It is not easy to initiate a movement for water conservation in the face of drought. But the Madhya Pradesh government pushed forward in all the villages of the state
Authorities' response to post-crisis management -- committees and cover-ups
Life & Nature
Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals associated with this leaf but also the families involved in its farming.
The Fortnight
The human genome has been deciphered by researchers
Leader
Crosscurrent
A decline in its funds and erosion in its mandate have made the United Nations Environment Programme virtually ineffective. Bharat H Desai looks at recent attempts to revitalise it
Barely 100 out of the 5,000 present at the Stephen Hawking public lecture actually understood what he said. Some felt Hawking had endorsed the predictions of astrology and had said it was, in fact, better than String Theory in explaining the universe. Shobhit Mahajan measures the fallout
Anil Agarwal delivers his acceptance speech for the Norman Borlaug Award 2001
Gap's contentions are quite ridiculous, to say the least. Good to know that GTG is going to fight the case! More power to such...
How come Andhra is left out of the mining loot story ? It is good for the nation if we learn to keep environmental and...
The UN environment report states that Ganga would disappear by 2030.There would be no need to train engineers or even Ganga...