Nepal's biotech vision

Development pool

Washed away

The draft National Environment Policy has little on coast management

Kalam's kaleidoscpoe

Intellectualising poverty

Technology for the poor

Wasteland maps can help frame poverty alleviation programmes

Simply Put: Happy Halloween

The hunger syndrome

When hunger stalks, politics and bureaucracy only bring mayhem

Employment plan

Why Dashrath Manjhi’s feat should be celebrated more than Pichai’s and Nadella’s

A cynical comparison between two unequal worlds

Drumming it in

Should local communities pay for Western notions of 'global benefit'?

Human rights and poverty eradication: A Talisman for the Commonwealth

High-yield variety

Bamboo is key to rural growth

Three brackets to Johannesburg

An inconclusive Bali PrepCom meet only takes confusion and procrastination to Rio +10

Street smart

Karnataka vendors take steps to protect their interests

India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme put on hold

Employment guarantee scheme brought to an abrupt halt

Containing a virus

Feeble Rights

Rights-based governance has not been accompanied by effective delivery mechanism

Devolution suffers setback

India's decentralisation process receives yet another blow

In short

News Snippets

Subcontinental drift

Drop in unemployment not necessarily good news

88,000 fake ration cards

Orissa government to save Rs 40 crore by cancelling them

Keeping track

Following up on sustainable development summits

Patron states

US, Australia move up in list of benefactor nations