Water wars

Panchayat fights to retain what is left of Saligao's groundwater

Fishworkers' union calls off stir after meeting PM

Shelling out remedies

Marine organisms like bivalves hold cures for viral diseases

Mining in Goa: damage to the environment greater than loss of revenue

Activists demand assessment of impact of mining on state's environment and communities

Close, or else

Protesters against Meta Strips in Goa threaten a civil disobedience movement

Jobs and the environment

Diabetes plan staggers

National programme to combat the disease is inadequate  

Pentavalent vaccine approved in five more states. Health ministry brushes aside safety concerns

Four children in Kerala reportedly died immediately after the vaccine was administered

India

Irongate opened

Shah Commission report shows how authorities, mine owners stripped Goa of iron

INDIA

Licence to mine

Supreme Court allows conditional resumption of iron ore mining in Goa

Minor no more

Environment ministry regulates mining of minor minerals, finally

Three cyclones in two months raises alarm

Has frequency and intensity of cyclones developing over Bay of Bengal increased?

Questionable moves

Data fudged for mining clearance

Iron ore mines in Goa also concealed facts to get environmental clearance, shows report

DTE coverage on Western Ghats

High Court stays Karnataka’s efforts to divert water from Mahadayi

Court directs state to get forest and wildlife clearances

Green rupee in a mess

Bihar bans gutkha on World No Tobacco Day

The ban is already successful in Madhya Pradesh and Kerala

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

Experts' panel red flags power, mining projects in Western Ghats

Urges MoEF to reject Gundia hydro-electric project and Athirapally dam