India’s flip-flop on London Olympics
Sports ministry yet to take a decision on boycott after Bhopal tragedy victims’ outcry
Bhagalpur may commission a waste-to-energy plant
Activists say similar plants elsewhere in the country are lying defunct
MoEF drags feet over law for safe disposal of CFLs
Reasons for prolonged delay unknown
Indian law caught in web
Can Information Technology Act deal with the dynamics of the Net?
Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely
Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities
Hazardous delay
Environment ministry submits unclear status report on hazardous waste directives
Fate of Lokpal Bill hangs in balance
Opposition parties and ally Trinamool want states to decide on appointing lokayuktas
Ragpickers oppose waste to energy plants
Say studies have shown that Indian waste is unfit for the purpose
Rajasthan pollution board issues directives on waste disposal a second time
Municipal bodies deny receiving them
Punjab Pollution Control Board goes hi tech
To give clearance over Internet
Clean energy fund to be used for cleaning 12 toxic dump sites
States asked to bear 60 per cent cost
Liability sans facility
Draft rules ask health centres to ensure their waste is treated
Jairam Ramesh proposes making rural job scheme less labour-intensive
Revised MGNREGS guidelines to be finalised end of this week
Mercury takes the shine off CFLs
Lower watt lamps use more mercury for extra glow, says study
Court revoking ban on cough remedy worries health activists
They say continuing availability of the drug poses health risk