Pilfering citizens' rights
The latest Gowdaspeak is a draft bill that would restrict people's access to courts to agitate against environmental mismanagement
A crisis breaks out
A pipeline burst in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, subjected the city's residents to a major water crisis and exposed the unpreparedness of the …
A no to yes
The Netherlands has weakened its decision to cut carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2000
Prude operator
World Bank's efforts to leverage more private investment may undermine development
Law for the jungle
Supreme Court passes an interim order banning commercial activities in all forest areas
Whose wealth?
Out of the reach of the Indian user, indigenous information is allegedly being siphoned off in CD-ROM databases for the West's benefit
A Russian roulette
The main source of the illegal trade in ozone-gobbling chemicals, the mafia in Russia is now in the line of fire
Killer genes, green beards. . .
..and other dynamic stories on the politics of genetic behaviour. The evidence, of course, is scientific
Malaria menace
Health experts warn of an impending malaria epidemic in Vadodara. But government officials are silent over the issue
When research kills
Defying an international treaty, Japan encourages its fisherfolk to exceed tuna quotas under the pretext of scientific research
Coping with biodiversity
Internal pressures weakened India's stand on funding at the Conference of Parties on Biodiversity Convention held in Nassau in November
Space opera
After years of pranged possibilities and piggyback rides, India has attained independent satellite launch capability
Education on their backs
For mysterious motives, the Central government has rejected proposals to lighten the killing load that children have to carry to be educated
Collision in space
At least 2 Indian planetaria are gearing up for a once-in-a-lifetime ogle at Jupiter as it is strafed by a comet shower
Cut and run
No one wants to shoulder responsibility for microorganisms that were brought into the country for agriculture trials
Report links human rights abuse with environment
The report of a US human rights organisation cites the example of nine countries to prove its theory that governments that violate human rights …
One goal, two roads
Non-governmental organisations are taking the government's proposal for cooperation in poverty alleviation with a healthy pinch of salt
On the fast track
The finance minister has placed his bets on growth through rapid technological development, but critics say he should proceed with caution
Ministers squabble over ecological issues
At an informal meeting, environment ministers of the world failed to settle differences on conservation concerns
Substantial decline in tiger population
With a sharp fall in India's tiger population, the ministry of environment and forests has decided to set up special teams to deal with poaching.
A stale session of scientists
The 81st session of the Indian Science Congress failed to inspire interaction among scientists and was reduced to a forum for criticising the …
Stars of wonder
Stargazers feast their ey'es on what could be the event of the century - star births - as the Hubble photographs the phenomenon
Cash-strapped UN
The global godfather of nations - The United Nations Organization is bankrupt and counting its pennies
Food for thought
A happy picture painted by a recent FAO report gives way to grim realities about global food situation
Killer on the tral
Migrating to another country may lower or raise chances of contracting breast cancer, reveals a new study