Monitor seed prices, not just quality, say farmer groups
Should states or private seed companies regulate price of Bt cotton seed?
Batons and bullets chase agitators blocking access to steel plant site
Public hearing for 9,900 MW Jaitapur power project held under protest
Automobile manufacturers unprepared
Chemicals in food may trigger attention deficit hyperactivity
45 per cent Indian cities are in the red
Pilot project for prepaid power meters begins September
Atomic energy department wanted to drill inside national park
79 villages to stay
Environmentalists endorse it; traders oppose
Erosion may be speeding shift
Law to curb piracy may fetter creativity
They grow fast and their foliage blocks sunlight to weeds, farmers in Maharashtra have found
Hysterectomies on a high since the launch of insurance scheme for BPL families in Andhra Pradesh
Plans on to track pollution during the Commonwealth Games. What about cleaning the air?
Evidence finally links phytoplasmas to root wilt disease in coconut trees
Changes in nature of Earth’s orbit tend to drive glacial cycles
Soft drinks have added phosphates which accelerate ageing
Omega-3 fatty acids are good analgesics
Daniele Fanelli, researcher at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, probes the problem of quantity versus quality in scientific research. Sugandh Juneja had a few questions:
Growth rings allow for future prediction of drought
Water can be made from air, but it has its cost
IIM alumnus’ mantra for vegetable retailing—involve vendors, families
A constable who gets corrupt officials behind bars
Resisting biometric data
Public-private partnership is more about dividing: risks go to the public agency, profits to the private