Rajat Banerji

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South Asia: A Trash Can?

It's time South Asian countries took Iaction to tackle the POP menace. To begin with, they should tell the West that South Asia is not a dirty …

No dukes No deluge

Floods are bad. But embarkments only make matters worse

A Tale of Two Rivers

Extraordinary court rulings on two rivers in south India set the stage for a showdown between environmental agencies and the industry

On track

The setting up of a task force may streamline and coordinate the various environment-related activities of the UN

The way of all waste

Environmentalists and developingcountries managed to stave off an attempt to sabotage the Basel Ban on international trade in hazardous …

What a waste

The government is yet to decide what stand to take on the international trade in recyclable waste as banning it completely will hit industry hard

Courting green

When the executive fails, people seek redressal from courts. In some cases, the courts have merely put the seal of approval on the actions of …

Poison river

Mythology has named Yamuna after the sister of Yama, the Hindu God of death. With the presence of toxic pesticides and chemicals in the river, …

Span of contention

Was the Supreme Court correct in saying that the former Union minister of environment and forests had betrayed public trust?

Dead fish tell tales

...as the case of Betwa proves. Tales which have the power to move a whole town in Madhya Pradesh and send the notoriously slothful official …

Years of agony

Tell us!

The struggle for the right to know intensifies in Rajasthan

Should not go waste, this

The proposed hazardous waste management project again" brings to light the Indian government's tendency to prevent free flow of crucial data …

To ban or not to ban

A recent interim court order on toxic trade throws open a Pandora's box: environment, industry, employment, international commitments... the lot

Lesson planning

A recent report says highly unpredictable form of urban growth in the South is razing down traffic planning attempts

In the line of fire

A Supreme Court ruling to install waste incinerators in India is under a scathing attack from environmental activists

No conversion!

A court order honks trouble for those that have tampered with their cars' catalytic converters, but prosecuting authorities seem stranded at …

Utterly unbutterly

Politicians dip their greasy palms into a successful cooperative venture to corner the cream

"Thou shalt inform..."

Eleven years after the Bhopal gas catastrophe, the Government of India finally recognises communities' right to know about neighbourhood …

Agra agitation falls flat

The impasse at Agra reflect poorly on the goverkment's efforts to relocate industries and save the Taj

Backfire

A recent move to check vehicular pollution in Delhi hasn't reduced the fumes

Brushing up

India's good old neem tree could be used by industry if it stands by its assurances of research and resources

Aqua pura

The quality of drinking water is to be monitored through district laboratories

Environmental trade-off

The US signs a new trade agenda and seeks stricter control over its intellectual property rights in India

Scientists under a microscope

A department of science and technology report reveals that India's boffins are academically a lax lot

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