Hope sets in

As government starts drafting land rights bill for tribals

Sour about Stevia

Is it a threat to the artificial sweetener market?

Three private radio stations to operate in Guinea

Caviar emptor

Submerged in rhetoric

Narmada evokes emotions, not negotiation

Vox popul

Kerala HC quashes Union ministry's clearance

Still vexed

Regulating access to biodiversity and ensuring justice for its traditional knowledge holders

No bullying

Scientists slam new US conditions on nuclear deal

In UK, images to accompany anti-smoking warnings

Message in bottle

Goa disbands panchayats

Radio killed the songstar

Messengers of dirt

Andhra Pradesh passes microfinance Act

Vote in panchayat polls or else...

Gujarat brings back draconian bill

Rooster’s call for sensory heritage

Months after a couple filed a case against a rooster crowing early morning, France has passed a law with profound ecological meaning

Coconuts: Goa's trees or grass?

Goa government's decision to derecognise coconut palm as a tree has left the state's trademark tree at the mercy of developers

EU votes down countries’ proposal to opt out of GM imports

Half of the European Union’s 28 countries had decided to go against the cultivation of genetically modified crops

Exhausting alternatives

The Indian Parliament has passed legislation that promotes the use of vehicles using alternate fuel

'Spare parts' for sale

Unless Indians realise the nobility of donating their organs after death, the illegal trade in organs from living people will continue to flourish.

Tissue transplant: by whose consent?

The removal of the corneas from the body of an accident victim in France, shocked the public and exposed the legal and ethical failings of the …

Government sets limited role for proposed tribunal

The government's decision to set up a tribunal to decide compensation cases is being seen as an attempt to compromise the establishment of …

Greens scream blue murder

Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws

Leaf storm

The issue of allowing tribals to use forest produce is under debate in the corridors of power

Foliage fever

Galvanising support for the unconditional withdrawal of the new Forest Bill, NGOs and a fifth column within the bureaucracy are harrowing the …