People forget food is about land, water, labour

Producing food simply to dump it is a waste of land, water, energy required for growing, processing and transporting it. Tristram Stuart,author …

Menopaused 20-somethings

Hysterectomies on a high since the launch of insurance scheme for BPL families in Andhra Pradesh  

Targets or diktats?

India: aim, hope high

Opting for renewables

Of fixing price for natural gas

US relaxes emission norms for ethanol plants

South American energy summit agrees to set up energy council

Argentina scraps deal with UK to share oil found off Falkland Islands

In short

Eskom takes a sceptical U-turn

Singapore gets a clue in energy security

White House coddles big oil

Venezuela's oil politics

Argentina bans petroleum export

China offers incentive for non-food biofuel

Nicaragua to nationalize oil imports

Crank it up

Fuel inefficient India heading towards energy crisis

Energy insecurity is India's latest tryst with her post-liberalised destiny. It began in July 2006. Crude oil prices rose to all time peak, at US $…

Global food crisis: causes and implications for India

Is there a global crisis unravelling? World food reserves are at their lowest in 25 years and the prices of most food crops are at a record high. …

Rajasthan’s Right To Health Bill lacks teeth, say experts

Implementation timeframe, process missing from document

‘Allocation for health services should be double of what it is’

Innovation in medicine and vaccine research a must now

Flawed legislation

Centre’s law to regulate healthcare system faces resistance in many states

Maharashtra dumps SEZ for real estate

Its new industrial policy appears to benefit industrial houses

New science policy brings in PPP

Makes provision for public funding of corporate research and development