How well are funds spent on sanctuaries and zoos

Central Information Commission wants a impact assessment report by November

7,500 child TB patients go untreated in Madhya Pradesh

Paediatric TB drugs in short supply; norms forbid purchase of medicines from non-government sources

Communities make oil giants pay for pollution

Indigenous people of Nigeria, Peru take on oil giants; BP pays for its pollution

Tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has declined: census report

Government and academic differ on reasons for decline

Public funds for private research?

Prime minister unveils new science policy at the inaugural of Indian Science Congress

Typhoon Haiyan casts gloom over climate change summit

Philippines' negotiator appeals to nations to break deadlock on climate talks; says he won't eat till a meaningful deal is clinched

State inaction

The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the …

Utkal Asbestos sues Bihar government over Nitish remark

Case filed after chief minister takes a stand against asbestos companies

Crowd at the gate

Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky  

Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area

Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India

Climate-induced migration challenge

Study commissioned by UK government warns migration may spin out of control and cause more misery if not managed properly

Biotech industry has a new patron

Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture

The civil spring

Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?

Reality check

Include millets in PDS for food and nutritional security, demand scientists

Area under cultivation of millets is declining in spite of national Food Security Mission

Ethics on trial

Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…

Government withdraws NPPA’s power to fix prices of non-essential medicines

Prices of cardiac, diabetes, HIV/AIDS drugs likely to be affected

Green clearance test for NDA

UPA's development report card

A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes

Delhi to reuse 80 per cent sewage by 2027

With no new dams in sight, the draft Delhi Water Policy, 2013 calls for reuse of treated sewage to achieve water security in the capital

More Uttarakhand disasters in the offing

Soon-to-be-finalized state action plan on climate change full of extreme events warnings

Mangrove cover getting sparser over Konkan creeks

Report of Bombay Natural History Society says three creeks lost large swathes of mangroves; rare mangrove species at risk

Rights without benefits

Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …

Delhi, controlling air pollution is in your own hands

The cause of Delhi's severe air pollution  is primarily due to geographical and local factors

Wanted: rule of law

What plagues Maharashtra’s irrigation sector