In Brief

Not mine, says India

India, the US, and a handful of nations have decided to keep out of the agreement to ban anti personnel landmines

Birds under threat

Nepal is becoming an important centre for illegal traffic of wild birds

Rejection of Dunkel proposals is a farce

Observers say the government's rejection of the Dunkel proposals on seed patenting is just an eyewash.

The aid for forces

A debate rages over proposed Dutch development aid

Domain of Liberty

Questioning the system

Filing an environmental audit

A CPCB official on the various tasks an environmental audit entail

Lost identities

In dire straits!

Plugging pollution

Fuel cell buses to clean air in six smoggiest cities

Habitat crunch

Marauding elephants face villagers' vendetta

Licence to aid

Aspen gets power from GSK to produce anti-AIDS drugs

A serious start...

...has been made to convert APSRTC buses to CNG

Clean cruise

Treaty on restricting toxic ship paints reached

Land of contention

The Karnataka government's plan for a biotech park on UAS campus runs into rough weather

New deadline

Supreme Court stands by its decision to change entire bus fleet into CNG mode

Carry on the clamour

The government is coaxed by Maharashtra MLAs to relax noise rules

Nuclear mania

The Union government goes for a nuclear reactor despite protests at a public hearing

Driving out cars

Car usage fell by 14 per cent in Perth simply by convincing people

Clean move

Natural gas-driven vehicles will get tax rebates in Singapore

Not Putting The Brakes

British government pulled up for failing to curb use of cars

A spotless dream

Civil society groups to maintain roads in Mumbai

CSIR to be leaner

Two council bodies merge as part of flab-cutting exercise

Polluters' haven

CAG report exposes Orissa government's feeble attempts to control industrial pollution