Buckling under

South Africa waters down proposed ban on plastic

Towards clean air

Bangalore treads the Delhi path

Authorities clamp down on vehicles over 15 years old

Dissolution Directive

UNITED NATIONS

Fox hunting banned

A law that lacks depth

Loopholes surface in Goa's new groundwater regulation

CHINA

POLYTHENE BANNED

Shaken but not stirred

US sticks to its guns on not verifying bioweapons treaty

Outsourcing drug trials

The international clinical trial business could come to India in a big way. The most advanced drugs might be available to Indians as soon as the …

Aah Taj!

Sans science

Ideology rules the roost in USA

Orissa okays mining in tribal territory

In a move that threatens to dislocate the lives of millions of Orissa's tribal people, the state government has decided to allow transfer of land …

Fancy dress?

Bioceramic clothes in vogue in Kerala, but experts sceptical

Coke in hot water

Yamuna clean-up project - Inaction plan

the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court (sc) for cleaning the 22-kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the …

Water cess bill gets Lok Sabha nod

US environmental protection agency under fire

Well-oiled racket

Two incidents of illegal handling of waste oil have come to light recently, underscoring the fact that trade in the hazardous product continues …

Order toned down

Logjam

States miss deadline to implement emission norms

In Court

Bitter row

Over sweeteners in soft drinks

CETP standoff

Upward revision in cost of effluent treatment plants resented