Hills of greyville
Fast-expanding steel industry yet to find an effective way to reuse its waste product, slag
Legal landmine
Government support to Vedanta's alumina project in Orissa creates more uproar; company pays token fine
Industries to pay for pollution study
Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each
Indian bridges on their last legs
A recent survey by the Union,ministry of surface transport has revealed the pitiable state of bridges in India
Less fuel, less smoke but more jaggery
Sugarcane farmers in rural Karnataka are making jaggery using an efficient and smoke-free stove designed and promoted by a school headmaster.
Death on its agenda
An expert team report exposes highly dangerous pollution inflicted by a chemical plant on the environment of Sayala in Gujarat
Occupational hazard
At a Gujarat chemicals factory, workers have holes in their noses. Apathy of the owner is to blame
Tropical pill
Medicines are for the rich, not for fighting tropical diseases afflicting millions in developing nations. Pharmaceutical companies seem to have …
For children's sake
Public pressure forces US agency to reconsider proposed move to suspend paediatric drug testing rule
Hope in a heap
Farmers benefit as a factory in Maharashtra fuels its turbines with different types of agrowaste
No sweat over this shirt
A fabric developed at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, promises to keep sweat from being a bother
A little common sense
Recycling water and chemicals has resulted in drastic reduction of effluents from Surat's textile units.
Bringing the cinema home won't be easy
Electronic companies worldwide, who are trying to develop a new generation of televisions, are finding the going tough
Evolving into the danger zone
The Earth's atmosphere has been evolving ever since the planet was formed about 4.5 billion years ago. But, with industrialisation, human activity,…
Presidential criticism stings biotech firms
The days ahead are gloomy for the biotechnology industry in the United States, if the present downturn in the market persists.
New ventures offered computerised overview
A computerised information service on the relevant technology and potential for an industrial venture will soon be in the market.
Child weavers toil till the day is done
Trapped and exploited by dollar-hungry exporters, a child carpet-weaver's work ends when the sun goes down. Only then is he free to have his …
Agra agitation falls flat
The impasse at Agra reflect poorly on the goverkment's efforts to relocate industries and save the Taj
The price of Power
The powerful monopoly caucus that rules electricity supply industry a heavy-handed ragulatory -structure to protect the consumer interest
The blacking out of Enron
How serious was the Maharashtra chief minister when he mentioned environment as a reason for scrapping the gas-based Enron project?
As good as the real thing
Indian scientists have developed synthetic granite tiles that compare well with the natural stuff
Reform begins in the factory
scores of books have been penned on sustainable development, but David Wallace's study provides a short and critical appraisal of global …
Small, smaller
A wristwatch-sized mobile phone will be introduced in the market by ad 2000
A fibre for all seasons
The manufacturer of a newfibre claims that it combines the qualities of cotton and synthetics. But the price may not be right
Reshaping the future
STEERING BUSINESS TOWARD SUSTAINABILITY·Fritjof Capra and Gunter Pauli (Ed.)· United Nations University Press, Tokyo·1995&…