Development aid meet a damp squib

Bush justifies 'largesse' by linking poverty with terrorism

Hard-selling a hotspot

UN report wants cash-strapped Chernobyl to be projected as an ecotourism site

Protests against regulation of solvent levels in paints

NASA to nuke space

Don't "name and shame"

US EPA proposes dilution of pollution reporting

Land locked

Clarification dispute puts brake on Hero Honda project

Agra's water woes

Agra civic authorities have the hardware, but can't deliver

The declining forest cover

Dismayed at the state of the forests in tiger reserves, foresters are beginning to realise the need to review the country's conservation strategy.

Struggling for their rights

Local people dependent for their survival on forests, now part of protected areas, are beginning to organise themselves to fight for their rights …

Logging banned

The Supreme Court passes order to preserve the vanishing biodiversity of Andaman and Nicobar islands

Genetic crime

GEAC orders destruction of transgenic cotton grown illegally. The affected farmers demand compensation

Going the CNG way

German auto manufacturers and oil companies show interest in CNG as a result of government policy

A burning problem

The recent CNG bus accidents in Delhi have not prompted the government to set up safety mechanisms

Bulk trading

A Melbourne city council shows interest in bulk purchase of renewable electricity to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions

Dolphin remains...

Gangetic dolphins may get a new lease of life with Uttar Pradesh government's decision to save the river dolphins

Fights for space

The human-elephant conflict takes a violent turn in Orissa. Two persons injured in police firing

Tennessee farmer punished for storing GM seeds

In perhaps the first case of its kind, a US farmer has been handed out a prison sentence for saving transgenic cotton seeds sold by Monsanto …

A case for plant patents

No small issue

UK's deal: Waste for welfare

Jatropha germplasm investigation nears completion

Investigation into jatropha germplasm nears completion

Chhattisgarh govt's ad for engineers follows two-child norm

Microsoft accuses Linux of patent violations

New York to get its first public toilets