Africa loses more money than it gets in aid

While annual global aid is less than $30 billion, the continent incurs loss of $58 billion every year

Grim reminder

A fleeting reappearance of plague exposes India's lack of preparedness

On wrong wavelength

Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …

Book launch becomes platform to debunk studies on health risks of cell phone towers

IIT professor and international expert say fear around mobile technology is unscientific

Skill development: China shows the way

Vocational education in India seems to be caught in a time warp. In contrast, China has a well-designed system in place

Gujarat's power consumers paying for losses caused by Coal India Limited

Supply of inferior quality coal to power plants has increased power production cost, points out NGO

Karnataka lost Rs 3,000 crore due to illegal mining: CAG

Performance audit report unveils mining irregularities in the state

Time to be different

Salvage science

Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector

Bihar midday meals: 75 students take ill, five critical

Two separate incidents of food poisoning from consuming midday meal reported from Arwal and Jhajha districts

Teachers in Chhattisgarh not to take up extra duties

Mobile technology to be used to improve maternal and child health in Africa

Smartphones will help health workers track the health of expecting mothers and their unborn children

BANGLADESH GETS AID

News 360° - Briefs

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

Rules and renegades

Pesticide regulations in India are lax. The industry has exploited the loopholes to corrupt the system. And the government has turned a blind eye …

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

Supreme Court allows reopening of 90 more mines in Karnataka subject to conditions

Leases of 51 mines cancelled; embargo on new leases lifted

Environment ministry rapped

Parliament committee says serious inadequacies in afforestation, biodiversity programmes

India Organics Inc

The Indian farmer is 'naturally' organic. But without support and premium for 'green' crops, there is no alternative but to take the chemical route

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"

Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To Earth.

High altitude, high pressure

Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy

Panchayati Raj: A good beginning

But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?

More energy, Less wastage

Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap