Hammer of Thor

Out of wind

License for livelihood

The plight of rickshaw pullers and vendors of Delhi catches the prime minister's attention

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Pedal power downplayed

A bicycle costs more, a scooter costs less. Thanks to the finance minister

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A sputtering start

Likely for green fuel drive

Tightening up

To rein in beverages industry

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Proposed IPR law raises concerns

Budget 2008 no relief to agricultural recession

OOXML reconsidered for e-governance

India sets up an organizational structure for climate negotiations

Land Titling Bill: silent on rights of tribals and the poor

Land Titling Bill silent on settling rights of tribals and the poor

Little to show for crores of rupees spent

Inefficient use funds, not lack of resources, is responsible for the failure of scientific departments to meet their targets, says a recent CAG …

Substance Abuse

The Montreal Protocol was meant to eliminate Ozone-depleting substances. It is turning out to be a technology trap for Indian industry. And …

Making polluters pay

Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab

Sealed fate

The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners

Orissa faces acute food insecurity

It is well known that farmers of Orissa are not the 'privileged ones'. What is not known, albeit, is the fact that their plight is all set to …

Large-scale child deaths in tribal Maharashtra

from April to August this year, almost 300 children fell prey to malnutrition in just two blocks (Akkalkua and Taloda) of Maharashtra's Nandurbar …

Bottled water norms not in place

On April 1 this year the revised norms for bottled water should have come into force, but didn't. By missing the deadline -- which ironically …

New poverty estimate scrapped

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh orders for new methodology

Let states decide

Misplaced emphasis on security

The Salwa Judum judgement and the Union home ministry

Pollution destroys crops