POLLUTER PAYS

Health in Peril

INDIA

Shifting focus

Ban whaling

Western tragedy

Eerie silence is all that is countering environmental pollution

Mysterious threat

Toxic destruction

INDIA

Shaken not Stirred

Authorities' response to post-crisis management -- committees and cover-ups

Under siege

Plasma treatment

New technology to dispose of medical waste creates furore

Lots of zeal and money

But Gujarat has not laid a sound foundation to manage disasters after the 2001 earthquake

Packaged and enriched

Sale of loose oil banned in Gujarat

Appellate tribunal dismisses appeal

Toxic ship cannot beach at Alang

SEWA’s experience with women SHGs, cooperative & member-owned organisations

Organised strength in the form of SHGs or cooperatives help women in increasing their livelihoods and bargaining power

Data on COVID-19 deaths in ‘model’ Gujarat may be a vast undercount: Report

There were 16,892 more deaths in 68 of Gujarat’s 170 municipalities between March 2020 and April 2021, the Reporters’ Collective found

Experts seek reassessment of Power Finance Corp’s annual discoms rating

The credit rating exercise conducted by Power Finance Corp since July 2012 has not made much of a difference on the ground, according to experts

Cyclone Tauktae can be among the ‘strongest’ on India’s west coast in 2 decades

Two of south Asia’s megapolises, Mumbai and Karachi lie in the path of Cyclone Tauktae

Are Siberian migratory birds increasingly falling prey to India’s power lines?

A joint study by Russian and Indian scientists on two ospreys shows that this could indeed be the case

Slurry from toilet biogas systems fetches Gujarat farmers better price

Slurry discharged by toilet-linked biogas plants, when used as manure, improved crop yield, its appearance and hence increased its market price …

Mugger crocodiles in Gujarat’s Charotar region have tripled in past decade, count by wildlife non-profit reveals

Increase in the reptiles’ numbers a cause for celebration but also concern, says expert

Critically polluted: Kolak fisherfolk in distress as chemicals from Vapi industries destroy river catch

Villagers fear CETP pipeline planned through River Kolak will kill more fish; to approach district administration

Spirit of forest law being quashed in Gujarat

Petitioners approach Gujarat High Court over rejection of 1,13,000 claims out of the 1,82,000 individual claims from across the 13 districts