Small policy

The Union government's decision to strengthen small-scale industries will have serious repercussions on the efforts to save environment

When will India be able to control pollution ?

Not till the middle of the 21st century. So be prepared to leave your children behind in a living hell. Unless you are prepared to browbeat …

Defence of science

The Indian Science Congress fails to address country's key concerns like health. Instead, it ends up becoming a forum for grousing about …

Jaswant Singh keeps up the tokenism

Breaking with tradition, Union finance minister Jaswant Singh chose not to conform to the two-part format while delivering his maiden budget …

Bureaucratic coup

Administrative officers wrest control of the environment ministry, relegating scientists to the sidelines

LIES, DAMN LIES AND ENDOSULFAN

KUSHAL P S YADAV blows the lid off dirty tactics adopted to give clean chit to endosulfan

Short-changed?

A petition filed by the Bhopal gas tragedy victims has prompted the Supreme Court to ask the Union government for an explanation. The discrepancy …

"We are close to crisis point"

Agriculture and its subsequent effect on the environment, rapidly depleting natural resources like arable land and water, the slackening of the …

The new order

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Prawns in danger

A lot of gas!

LPG is a long way from being used as a fuel in automobiles

Giving a breather

The Supreme Court extends the deadline to introduce cleaner petrol and diesel in the capital

Funds for more forests

The Centre plans to set up a banking institution for afforestation programmes

Declared dead

Karnataka hospitals face closure for not treating waste

A fine balance

The bill keeps national interests intact and remains TRIPS compliant

Stalemate

Over food law enforcement

Slum today, gone tomorrow

If the Union cabinet endorses a recent decision of the group of ministers, about 35,000 shanties will have to be removed from Mumbai's Santa Cruz …

‘Need balanced criteria to judge backwardness’

Following Chief Minister Nitish Kumar’s campaign for special status for Bihar, a panel of six experts chosen by the Union Finance Ministry …

Time to reveal

Cabinet clears policy that makes it mandatory for departments to share data; civil society sceptical

Don't bite that apple!

The government's plans for boosting horticulture to earn foreign exchange do not take into account the hidden costs of deforestation, fertiliser …

Treating waste

Participants at a recently-held workshop stressed the need for proper treatment of hospital wastes

Lead(ing) to disaster

Environmentally-hazardous backyard smelting units swell as multinationals fail to recycle used batteries

Shut your shop'

DTC invites the wrath of the Supreme Court with its lax attitude towards the court order to convert all buses over eight years old to CNG by …

One Track Mind

The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project