Till joys

Women in 3 districts in Tamil Nadu discover how to make money and ban booze -- for the first time

Give MPs money

They will bankrupt development

Policy-makers, don't run scared

Let green taxes finance your employment guarantee scheme

Federalism or local self-rule?

It's a great shame for India's democracy that we have to choose between the two

In deep water

A national programme on restoring waterbodies is mired in flaws

And the World Bank president is

...Paul Wolfowitz. And you thought you couldn't be surprised

First among equals

Peer review, the long-standing custodian of good science, is now being seen by many as a cabalistic exercise that assures the self-interests of …

Going Dutch

The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments -- funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable

Glamorous and profitable, too

Biotechnology, which holds the answers to many persistent problems such as controlling disease and increasing food production, has tremendous …

Winds of change?

Disaster management chaos leaves Orissa as vulnerable as before

Perseverance pays

Learning from Lorenzo's oil

Reviving Kottayam

The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in

Rao wants more opportunities for young talent

Twenty-five scientists met the Prime Minister recently and appraised him of the issues confronting scientific research in India

Sanitary by 2010

Participatory survey gives Bangladesh the confidence to prepone sanitation coverage target

On the defensive at Cancun?

Recently Arun Jaitley identified agriculture and investment as the two main issues for next month's World Trade Organization ministerial …

Missionary zeal

The urban renewal mission is likely to bypass or short change the urban poor

RIP Panchayati Raj ministry

The new-found `cooperative federalism' will kill the third tier of government in India

For the record

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 …

Sick berth

The Bhopal Memorial Hospital and Research Centre has done little for the long-term treatment of gas victims

HIV bill at risk

Health ministry keeps draft bill under wraps. Activists fear provision of free treatment is diluted

The price of power

As political parties, environmentalist banner-holders and indigenous industries cry themselves hoarse over the entry of the Cogentrix facility, …

A Tughlakian folly

Interlinking rivers is politically unwise, ecologically destructive and financially unviable

Claiming water

The fundamental right to water intends to alleviate suffering. It fails miserably to meet its intention. Feel the lives of those who suffer and …

Where are the panchayats?

Of the three farm water conservation programmes currently under way in Karnataka, the Jal Samvardhene Yojana (jsy) has completed a year of …