Tribal governance, Salwa Judum and Maoists
Maoist insurgents killed Mahendra Karma, founder of the anti-Maoist Salwa Judum campaign, in Chhattisgarh’s Jagdalpur district on Saturday. …
Good will from ice cream
Washing of ice cream vats at the Nirula's factory produced a liquid that was rich in milk fats and sugar, but had a high pollution potential. …
Polluting unit in Rajasthan gets clean chit
Activists are fighting the Rajasthan Board for Prevention and Control of Pollution's sudden decision to clear the Pesticides India Ltd factory at …
The Indian way for Africa?
At a recent workshop on food processing technologies, African specialists felt they have found a way out of the serialised food crisis
Price of patents
Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …
Water from sugarcane
The best solutions are always simple. This is well exemplified by the Natural Sugar and Allied Industry, a sugar factory located near Latur, …
Self medication - buyers beware
Australian doctors have warned Internet users against buying drugs online. They caution that many "health" websites do not provide adequate …
Neither voluntary nor compliant
India's first ever Charter on Corporate Responsibility for Environmental Protection, unveiled amid much hype on March 13 in New Delhi, has turned …
"There is no transparency in the Indian paper industry"
N J Rao, professor, Institute of Paper Technology, University of Roorkee, Saharanpur, Uttar Pradesh, is one of the three technical consultants of …
EcoCheck: Australia's Southwest jarrah forests have lost their iconic giants
When Europeans first arrived in Australia's Southwest, they found vast tracts of huge jarrah trees. Now, after logging and dwindling rainfall, …
Net equality
A campaign to protect Net neutrality has sparked a debate on how to keep the Internet open to all. There are differing views on what neutrality …
China goes car crazy
The land of proletarian bicycles might soon be taken over by cars, which will bring in their wake the problems of pollution and dwindling energy …
Rushing into cyberspace
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Face to face
Leading firms are using various technologies to grab a share of the gigantic market created by the need to provide the Indian electorate with …
Naivete makes little sense in business
TECHNOLOGY AND COMPETITIVENESS: THE CASE OF BRAZILIAN AND INDIAN MACHINE TOOLS Jan Peter Wogart, Aasha Kapur Mehta, Arun Mehta Publisher: Sage …
On the verge of a breakthrought
The electronics industry is poised for a quantum jump as a group of Indian scientists claim to have developed a silicon-based, light-emitting diode.
Biochemicals sweep US free of petrochemicals
Growing environmental awareness is making the Americans switch from chemicals derived from fossil fuels to those made from plant matter.
Maruti's eco-friendly car for export only
Alto, the export model launched by Maruti Udyog Ltd, features engines that run on unleaded petrol.
Submission date postponed for green audits
India was the first country in the world to make environmental audits mandatory, hoping it would encourage industry to shift from pollution …
Technology policy draft is irritant to many
The department of science and technology has initiated public debate on ways to stimulate the country's stagnating research and development activity.
Bickering stalls formation of R&D authority
Scientists and industrialists are trying to give final shape to a body that will select and fund projects.
How images can break or make corporations
THE BILLION DOLLAR BATTLE Matthew Lynn . Publisher: Mandarin Paperback, London . Price: 5.99 (pound)
Industrialising agriculture dooms the sources of life
Greens contend that agricultural productivity can be increased many times with minimal use of water and a few external inputs, but most …
Why are we begging for eco-clean technology?
If industrialised countries were legally barred from exporting anything considered eco-unfriendly, industries in the developing countries would …
Glamorous and profitable, too
Biotechnology, which holds the answers to many persistent problems such as controlling disease and increasing food production, has tremendous …
