Toxic tales from God's own country

As deformity cases swell in Kerala's Kasaragod district, the silent screams of the victims fall on the deaf ears of the government

High yields in Andhra's pesticide-free village

After the People met

The Union ministry of home affairs wants to know: what is the Meghalaya government going to do about the 'People's Budget'?

Default drinking water

'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…

Home truths

Most popular paints in India contain high quantities of lead, a toxin especially dangerous to children. The Centre for Science and Environment&…

The vanishing lakes

There is more water than land in north Bihar. The rivers that ramble down from the Himalaya feed numerous depressions scattered all over the …

Back in f(l)avour

Entry of high yielding hybrid rice has spelt doom for traditional diversity in the Konkan belt. Thanks to a science academy, the ancient legacy …

Beyond The Billion

If post-Independence leaders of India had ensured full literacy, a solution would have been in sight for a lot of problems. Population, for one. …

Mark Lynas and the demeaning of science

He’s fuzzy on facts and low on science, but the campaigner gets big media support

Children of endosulfan

Several unusual diseases afflict a Kerala village. Residents blame aerial spraying of the pesticide endosulfan by the Plantation Corporation of …

Growing organic tea in northeast India is a difficult task

Cotton conundrum

The powers that be are hanging fire on Bt cotton despite long and intensive research. Indira Khurana delves into the baffling issue

Industry's Nemesis

A report by the National Institute of Occupational Health nails endosulfan. Is that why the pesticide establishment wants to keep it under wraps?

The age of discovery

Research in rice genomics could be the key to eradicating hunger through environmentally sustainable methods, says Latha Rangan

Cola gets an artist going

A mastadon rages on

A hurried job

Karnataka government’s survey to estimate the scale of endosulfan tragedy is a half-hearted attempt

YAWN!

The Indian Science Congress 2001 represented the state of science in India

Bird populations in India dwindling at alarming rate

Pesticide trap

India extensively uses pesticides banned globally, show RTI responses  

Memories of Agent Orange

Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs

Pollution pays

Whenever the issue of how to end pollution is raised, it hits a block: technology. Take the case of air pollution: among other things, the issue …

Pesticides in our food

There is never any end to learning. And so, surprises. We have learnt, over 20 years, that environmental governance in India is lackadaisical. …

New endosulfan ploy

Industry is sidestepping issues by pitching the proposed UN ban on endosulfan as the battle between generics and patented pesticides

Rescued or doomed

Nations adopt a diluted agreement at Bonn on implementing the Kyoto Protocol. 180 countries finally reached an agreement on the rules to …