Weather turns severe in Uttarakhand

Situation likely to turn worse this weekend as more rains are expected

Health infrastructure sans care

Who will run all the institutes and labs promised?

NASA satellite to track UV-B radiation

Coalition government and social spending

First-time voters

Regional parties and development politics

Civil society in politics

Welfare programmes and electoral benefits

Reworking ecological flow

A critique of the recommendations of the Inter-ministerial Group on Ganga

Sugarcane: engineering scarcity

Afghanistan defamiliarised

Book>> Minorities • Afghanistan

News Snippets

Attack on critics

Radio>> Polio • Nigeria

Hate crime

Email>> Corruption ÔÇó Azerbaijan

Matrix reloaded

Adding jute fiber to cement mix can make buildings stronger

Celebrating new media

Online>> www.techpresident.com

News Snippets

Taste of freedom

Newspaper>> Democracy • Myanmar

Getting back the voice

Community Radio>> Censorship • Haiti

Tsunami bomb

Book>> Tsunami • New Zealand/USA

Swinging both ways

Early human ‘Lucy’ walked but was good at climbing trees too

No wood is waste

Nano-onions from wood shavings can deliver nutrients to plants

Risky roads

Documentary>> Cyclists • The UK

A web around the corrupt

Website>> Politics ÔÇó Kenya

Sound track of the earth

Seismic noise can help map our planet’s interiors