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Left to dry
When flu turns fatal
Chaos in reforms
The TSR Subramanian Committee report, meant to suggest environmental governance reforms, creates more confusion
The energy divide
Chronic power deprivation in some districts raises serious policy issues
Undermined
Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good
Weak link
As Madhya Pradesh's ambitious plan to transport Narmada water to the Malwa plateau takes shape, it demonstrates the futility ...
Will the boom last?
Fifteen years after it rose and went limp, the biotech sector, globally, as well as in India has seen ...
Deserted by policy
Rajasthan's livestock is facing a threat as grazing lands disappear and laws paralyse traditional economic incentives for keepers
Comfort backpack
An improved plucking basket promises to alleviate muscular pain and fatigue, two major health problems faced by tea garden ...
India's climate dilemma
Will India toe the US line of capping carbon emissions from farming?
Whose budget is it, Mr Jaitley?
Being the first full year budget of the National Democratic Alliance government, there was expectation that the finance minister's ...
Nuclear shield for MNCs
The new Indo-US agreement protects American companies from being held liable for nuclear accidents
Shifting care
Proposed national health policy favours private sector, reluctant to increase public health expenditure
Return of scented wood
Private cultivation of sandalwood is catching up in India, but it will be a long wait for farmers to ...
Coal toll
More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not ...
Capital punishment
As Andhra Pradesh chief minister pursues his obsession with building a world-class capital city, his land pooling method draws ...
Right diagnosis, wrong pills
While the Centre has rightfully recognised medical devices as a separate category for policy making, its decision to allow ...
At market's mercy
The government's decision to phase out procurement of rice from millers for its public distribution system may increase small ...
Be your own gourmet chef
Want to try a new recipe but not sure of the steps? Or too tired to chop veggies for ...
These farmers use paddy straw for income
Instead of burning paddy straw, farmers in Haryana's Panipat district are using it to farm mushrooms. This has eased ...
Into the abyss?
The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample ...
Cotton quandary
As China, the world's biggest cotton buyer, restricts imports, the US aggressively competes with India for global market. Can ...
Machiavellian moves
Rajasthan's decision to bar illiterate people from contesting elections to panchayats is one more example of a state government ...