Arrange again

What water managers know could rejuvenate the law on resolving water-related conflicts

Single-point fuel injection

Chhattisgarh is a lesson in biodiesel realities

Multiple exposure

Pesticides could be one reason for high cancer incidence in Bhatinda

Chemical trespass

When pesticides invade human bodies, what's the way out?

Sordid Business

When promised jobs don't materialise, villagers turn petty contractors

A Rocky Path

Legal wrangles bedevil the SLP

Of 1983 vintage

But the SLP was revived only in the year 2000

Future tense

What will work? Investments in future projects? Expensive fresh water? Recycling for industries? Legislations?

Order out of chaos

New Zealand's far-reaching reforms in conservation and forest management has "changed the face of forestry" in the country

For better living

To clear the persistent ambiguity governing the concept of sustainable development of urban centres, attention must be paid to present and future …

Spray and forget

A clear, comprehensive policy on pesticide use and awareness about its harmful effects can help in solving the problems

Virus attack

Unknown, unidentified and lethal fevers are striking India. Leaving a trail of deaths and misery. A system caught unawares gropes in the dark. …

Zero Intellectuals

The nation that invented the zero is now confounded by one zero. EPCA meets all agencies in its search for alternatives. But instead of ultra …

Breaching the digital divide

Information technology can become a good development tool for the rural India. But can our villages be logged on to the infotech highway with …

Roots of change: Seed (Udaipur, Rajasthan)

A true product of Bhoodan movement • Rights over grazing land led to self-rule • Fights panchayat dominance

Environment to the defence

Ironically, Indian scooter manufacturers keep the Chinese at bay using strict emission norms. With WTO rules in place, domestic emission norms …

Freewheel

Who wants to buy a scooter that's priced as high as a limousine? The auto industry can choose to make costly changes to the conventional …

DEFINING SAFETY

"All substances are poisons; the right dose differentiates a poison and a remedy". Modern food regulation is about determining what that right …

Cancer train

Brave front: Bimla hugs her son goodbye before leaving for Bikaner for her second round of radiotherapy

Evidence of Damage

Anecdotal reports of high incidence of cancer had been coming from certain areas of Punjab since last few years. It is common knowledge that …

Andhra Pradesh's killer pharma industry

The pharmaceutical industry is booming in the environs of Hyderabad. But poor regulation means local people are having to pay the price of …

Act fast

Putting out new shoots

Whether it's increasing yields, cutting growth time of plants, increasing their resistance to disease or preserving genetic resources, scientists …

Agony of the waiting

There is a strange calmness in the oncology department of government hospitals though it is more crowded that most other sections. Everybody waits.…

Rising trend