Dubious deal

Before looking for supporters elsewhere, the fossil fuel-dependent North should take the first step in reducing carbon emissions at home

North vs South

Developing nations should not sit back and allow the US to do the thinking. They should find a way of making their contributions meaningful and, …

In search of Vision 2020

The vision of a 'common future' appears to have been lost somewhere along the way from the Rio Earth Summit in 1992 to the first assembly of the …

The Rural Sector Opportunities and challenges

To deal with 'economic poverty', it is necessary to deal with 'ecological poverty'. And people's participation is necessary to undertake …

Parched lands

The frequency of droughts has made even traditionally water-rich regions fall under the spectre of death

The blind Court

This is a story of justice denied. On February 13, 1996, the Supreme Court, the highest seat of justice in the country, ruled that five units …

Geared to derail

Late last year, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Indian Railways (IR) castigated the for squandering money on import deals which would …

Whither liberalisation

The post-GATT liberalisation era has come to India not only with its enchanting platter of economic efficiency, technological treasure trough …

Planters devils?

The debate over captive plantations for the paper industry rages like a prairie fire

SMOG INC.

A GUIDED TOUR THROUGH THE SMOKESCREEN OF VEHICULAR POLLUTION

A world of double standards

Building a work environment: Siemens' approach

Not quite in order

Kani vs Kani

Kanis are dragged into bureaucratic wrangling, pitting them against each other

Linking Up

Development of a protected area network is necessary to save the plants and animals of Sikkim

GAJARAULA

DEHRADUN

Spawning grounds

Environmental changes have led to the emergence of kala-azar in new areas

Unfair balance

Devil in deep sea waters

Industrial fishing is fast gobbling up the world's marine resources. Worldwide concern for this humanmade catastrophe has forced nations to draw …

Humanity's puzzling past

The 4.5 million year blind leap from "almost human" to Homo sapiens continues to baffle palaeontologists, but 2 new finds offer a new …

A plague on this country

The plague today holds the same threshold of dread that it did in the 14th century. So when the Black Death struck India late last month, the …

When alienation ruins

Sandalwood smuggling, epitomised by Veerappan, has become a collective phenomenon involving entire villages, which even the ban on sandalwood …

Selling God's secrets

After 20 years of scepticism, increasing sales have finally convinced industries that genetic engineering holds the key to the future.

Setting up shop

First, the government shook scientific institutions out of their lethargy by applying the brake on funds. Now, its asking them to tie up with …