Prominent Indian tea brands contain pesticides: Greenpeace

Study finds 67 per cent of tested samples of packed tea leaves contained banned pesticide DDT; some samples had acutely poisonous monocrotophos

EU parliamentarians vote against propping up carbon prices

Proposal to artificially boost carbon prices fails to receive support, sends prices crashing further

Deo slams MP government for denying forest rights to tribals in Mahan

Union tribal affairs minister says villagers’ consent to mining by Hindalco and Essar comprised more than 11,000 forged signatures

GM crop field trials: anti-GM activists protest outside Moily's office

Moily’s approval will now allow event selection trials of rice, castor, cotton and a few other genetically modified crops ÒÇÇ

Tribals nail government lie on protecting indigenous people at biodiversity meet

'Will the Indian government abandon mining projects to protect us?' ask residents of Singrauli who face displacement because of Mahan coal project

Sri Lanka clamps down on civil society groups

Activists say attack on freedom of expression is indicative of a deteriorating democracy

More forest diversions likely in Singrauli

Greenpeace report says pollution from coal-fired thermal plants not considered while allowing mining in coal belt

Monsanto told to quit India

Farmers from 20 states to present national flag made from non-Bt organic cotton to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for Independence Day

SNIPPETS

Hanged to life

SHIP SCRAP

Absolute nuclear power

Non-nuclear weapon nations are apprehensive about the efficacy of the Non-Proliferation Treaty

MONEYMAKERS

Enter green giant

Dangerous strangers

In a tangle over nets

Reprieve for penguins

Thorp gets the nod

Whaling out money

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CAMEROON

Atomic flare-up

Israel in the dumps

Bad business

Trade of pollutants thrives in India, says a Greenpeace report

Shady deal

Whale woe

Japan tries to "expel" Greenpeace from the International Whaling Commission meets