Ignore US bullying on IPRs
Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report
Rise of third sector
NGOs’ relationship with the government has been redefined over the years with changing social and political scenario
The verdict and after
The Supreme Court's decision, giving a go ahead to the Sardar Sarovar Project, has regenerated the debate.
Nurturing the future
A comprehensive set of rules is essential to regulate research and facilitate commercialisation in biotechnology. Patricia Sierra Blzquez , …
The road ahead
The current method of environmental regulation has failed to monitor industrial pollution in India. It is not just ineffective but expensive too. …
Chief culprit
Study warns that in the future climate change could be primarily responsible for ozone depletion
Waiting for a miracle
Citizens approaching the courts for protecting lakes in cities is all very well. But in the end, it is a choice between using land for water or …
Out with asbestos!
September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos
The last common property
OSCAR OLIVERA is today an icon for all people's movements to regain control of their resources. He tells RICHARD MAHAPATRA why water is not for sale
On the impacts of nanotechnology
Barry Castleman, an environmental consultant and expert on workplace health hazards, tells Arnab Pratim Dutta about nanotechnology's impacts
Fascism on the internet
The US seizure of domain names on the web is ostensibly a crackdown on online piracy but it could end up as censorship
Peta's Pet
UK-based animal welfare group People for Ethical Treatment of Animals has been campaigning against Indian leather, alleging ill-treatment of …
BIG CAT CONUNDRUM
The tiger occupies a hallowed seat in India. Ecologists believe that millions of small ecological processes live out their routine lives under …
Forests for people
Newly democratic Bhutan pushes community forestry to tackle rural poverty
Court questions sealing relief law
Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development
States’ entry ruffles GM lobby
Biotech firms object to states getting a say in approving GM crop trials
Faulty data, poor monitoring
A trading scheme for air pollutants could face the usual problem of implementation
Mining bill gets it right
Programme plugged
Courting controversy
Ram Naik passes a death sentence for Dahanu's fragile ecology
Heavy on the purse?
Measuring efficiency of electric appliances fails to take off in India
Advice goes unheeded
Hyundai rapped for violating green laws after failing to clean up its act
NO GARBAGE ZONE
"Intelligent" adulteration
Sowing confusion
Authorities speak in different voices over the fate of genetically modified crops