Slaggard rules

Why cement makers are shy of waste material like

Curse of limestone

Farmers from 12 Rajasthan villages refuse to part with fertile land for cement companies

Cementia

India's consumer movement doesn't exist

Project brings cheap cement to the village

Narasimharaju's dream of providing inexpensive cement for rural use will come true when his plant starts production later this year.

Problems behind the pugmarks

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …

Problems behind the pugmarks

Translocating some lions from Gujarat's Gir sanctuary -- the home of the endangered Asiatic lion -- to the Kuno wildlife sanctuary in Madhya …

Strong fetish

Fly ash based cement is a victim of bias

Hills of greyville

Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag

Cleared for growth

Is it all grey?

NIDHI JAMWAL looks at ways to utilise flyash, and so combat a polluting scourge

La farce

No concrete plans

The Centre for Science and Environment's Green Rating Project team has rated the cement industry. Its findings uncovered some surprises. The …

Rajasthan's kunds get undesirable makeover

Nirma whitewash

Detergent company Nirma gave false information to obtain clearance for its cement plant in coastal Saurashtra. Environment ministry to inspect …

Resource war India after 2020

If the developing world today is the locus of climate change  mitigation, including reduction in emissions, then there surely must exist a …

Bhopal to Germany

Airlifting Union Carbide waste requires amending Indian law, violates Basel Convention

Concrete without sand?

The world is sitting over a landfill of possible substitutes for sand

Sand slips

Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …

The last mayor of Kathmandu

Aditya Batra in conversation with Keshab Sthapit, a mayor famous for muscling his way to urban renewal

A new deal

Water v industry: where is the question?

Asbestos Unit Disturbs Chainpur's Peace

An 18 hectare plot straddling lychees orchards and farms in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district is in the middle of a dispute. Balmukund …

Don't let it go waste

Big numbers

The state is on a spree

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints