Shock treatment

Nightmarish laws and an insensitive government keeps thousands in the dark

Global grid

Whether it is Asia or Europe, countries find a new mantra: decentralise and electrify

System error

The death of India's cancer control programme and the rise of cancers

Classified ?

The data is rudimentary. The analysis is poor. And is kept secret

As for the future

Is there hope?

Andhra pradesh

TAC betrays tribals at some tribal leaders' instance

Koel-Karo: Jharkhand

Leaders renege, but tribal collectivism holds forth

Singhbhum: Jharkhand

Jungle andolan amidst state repression

In Short

MOEF defination of waste, material etc. skewed

Diversion route

States may get back CAMPA money

Maharashtra to divert employment guarantee fund

Indo-US deal undermines food safety

At the crossroads

As the debate continues, the Northeast must stamp the decision: log out of forest bureaucracy and log in to local-based prosperity

The verdict

Read between the lines: the Supreme Court order has a development model hidden for the Northeast

The accused

Governments clinically interpret the ban to make space for the forest bureaucracy, alienating people from their own habitats

Deadly Dimensions

Diesel may be the most commercially viable fuel at present, but one that raises serious doubts on the future of urban health. Sundeep Salvi of …

Regulatory battle

Industry and activists have expressed conflicting opinions on GM crops. GEAC has a difficult decision to make

Micropowerful

A microhydel project a day. Communities snatch the initiative from the government to electrify rural Nepal

Meta Outstripped

The pace of construction at a controversial copper plant in Goa has not slackened despite protests from the people and the church

Impotent plan?

In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega). The latest avatar of state-financed employment …

Of forests and wealth

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In Short