An atlas of India's groundwater aquifers

Maps in the atlas, released by Central Ground Water Board, indicate priority areas for water conservation and groundwater recharge

Sewage treatment wetland in making

IARI develops wetlands that treat sewage water for irrigation

National Water Resources Council approves water policy

Centre will not encroach upon state’s rights, says Prime Minister

Arsenic control

West Bengal, severely affected by arsenic in its groundwater, takes slow but steady steps to deal with it

How images can break or make corporations

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Can USA provide all the solutions?

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Patkar unperturbed by exodus of villagers

Medha Patkar, doyenne of the Narmada Bachao Andolan (NBA), which opposes the Sardar Sarovar Project (SSP) on the Narmada river, has won a major …

Here I stand, come hell or high water

Forty-five-year-old Keshubhai of Manibeli has come to symbolise not only all that is wrong with state power, but also the Narmada Bachao Andolan'…

A green corner on balance sheets

The environment audit for industries purports to make industries accountable to the public for their actions

Healthy move, say environmentalists,hegemony, complain states

The Rajasthan and Haryana governments feel threatened by the Centre's move to stop industrial, mining and quarrying activity in the Aravalli …

Gene storage bank gets major facelift

Worried by the steady erosion of India's wealth of genetic diversity, a major expansion project will quadruple storage capacity in the national …

Will MNCs displace the domestic industry?

MNCs are virtually shutting out indigenous manufacturers from the urban slice of the telecom pie, but the fault is not entirely theirs.

Biopesticide delay plagues malaria control plan

As scientists debate which of two new pesticides should be used in the fight against malaria, the toll in the disease slowly rises.

Pesticide use results in dwindling exports

Despite restrictions on harmful pesticides, their use by farmers continues. This is forcing foreign countries to reduce imports substantially of …

Red tape and corruption delay compensation

DECEMBER 2-3 marks the eighth anniversary of the Bhopal gas leak - the world's worst industrial disaster. More than 4,000 lives were lost and 6.…

Rise in exports is at the cost of the environment

With the pollution-conscious West pushing large-scale production of toxic chemicals to India, the result is more exports and more environmental …

Should customs concessions be withdrawn?

Proposal by manufacturers to withdraw import concessions on certain pesticides is resented by farmers who fear that it will result in major price …

The case of the vanishing Siberian cranes

Badly planned strategies, along with other reasons, have resulted in a failure to conserve the habitats of wild animals. An example: fewer …

Coast Guard cleans up oil spill off Nicobar

Indian crews successfully contained a huge oil spill near the Great Nicobar island. Now, the ministry of environment and forests must assess the …

Heart patients suffer massive price hikes

Doctors and manufacturers seem unperturbed by the ever-increasing price of Acetrome, a drug for heart valve transplant patients.

Coast Guard's oil clean-up bill: Rs 13 crore

The Indian Coast Guard has filed an initial multi-crore claim for its role in mopping up thousands of tonnes of oil spilt off Groat Nicobar …

Was India forced to reject World Bank aid?

Various reasons are being put forward to explain why India refused further World Bank assistance for the controversial Sardar Sarovar project.

Submission date postponed for green audits

India was the first country in the world to make environmental audits mandatory, hoping it would encourage industry to shift from pollution …

Higher royalty payments offered as bait to MNCs

In an effort to improve the quality of technology coming into the country, the Indian government has decided to remove the low ceiling on royalty …

Water poisoning has officials in a tizzy

As confusion reigns over how municipal water in three Agra localities was contaminated, self-appointed social workers are trying to exploit the …