Cabinet dilutes new mining bill

Alters provision on sharing of profits with affected people

Unmanaged waste in Tripura

Biomedical waste management system fails to take off in Tripura

UN praises Bangladesh for evacuation ahead of cyclone Mahasen

One million people evacuated from 13 coastal districts 24 hours before landfall; 13 fatalities reported so far

Chhattisgarh to outsource diagnostic services in government hospitals

Activists say these centres will end up serving outside patients at the cost of hospital patients

Guilty, but bailed

Seven Union Carbide officials get two-year jail term for Bhopal gas leak that has killed 20,000

Odisha government proposes fresh agreement to expedite POSCO steel plant

People protesting land acquisition for the project say they will intensify stir

Onion growers blockade highway; demand revoking export ban

Consumers likely to face the brunt

Value of deforestation?

Perhaps yes, minister

Dying for ration: Biometric glitches in Rajasthan villages keep the poor hungry

Valid ration card holders turned away from PDS shops as fingerprints don't match in records

Malawi, Tanzania to track climate change to reduce burden of diseases

Increasing temperatures and more intense rainfall, floods in recent years have increased incidence of malaria and other diseases

India to adopt uniform licensing for gas, oil exploration

Policy proposed to bring uniformity in contractual provisions for exploration and production of all types of hydrocarbon resources, says minister …

Sri Lanka to prosecute Indian fishers in its custody

Judicial proceedings chosen over quick repatriation because fishers were committing the crime time and again, says Lankan minister

Only plans, no integration

Encroached green patch in Sarai Khwaja may be converted into biodiversity park

Faridabad municipality was planning to sell land teeming with diverse fauna to real estate developers

Who is watching GM crops?

As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …

The IMF’s $4 bln loan for South Africa: The pros, cons and potential pitfalls

The most important benefit is that South Africa is getting $4.2 billion at about 1.1 per cent interest. This is a very cheap source of funds

Norwegian pension fund, banks invest in polluting Indian steel mill

Foreign investors in India ignore green performance of industries

Australia pulls out Indian gutka ad

Kamla Pasand had boundary line advertisements in India-Australia matches

Cap on trans fats

News - In Short

Dying for ration: Denied full benefits, 62-year-old widow eats a meal a day to survive

Around 80 households out of 250 denied PDS welfare in Baramsar

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the showdown between Anna Hazare and the Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

The battle for a strong Lokpal

As the  showdown between Anna Hazare and Centre begins what implications does it have for the relationship between the government and non-…

It is not about farmers

Budget 2013 pushed up allocations for agriculture, but it will not help farmers