Is new land bill up to mark?

Draft land bill proposes higher compensation for land acquisitions, but complaints persist  

High-speed derailment

Indefinite closure of Delhi airport metro line dashes faith in public private partnerships

Battle against TB

Latest WHO report highlights the advances made by countries in controlling the spread of tuberculosis and recommends ways to achieve eradication 

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

What now ?

Desperate measures are the call of the day. Common people need to have a greater say

The failure

Nationalisation of coalmines has failed badly

Making hell-holes

What slaughter mining and power plants have done to the people and the environment

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Manipulating research

Gas distress

Budget can't bring change

The finance minister pleased the growth brigade with three letters "PPP" but failed to bring change where it was most needed. Down …

Rajasthan scraps seed pacts

ICAR tells Rajasthan to wait for guidelines on benefit sharing, biosafety

Licence revived, production halted

Government-run vaccine units fail to resume supply for immunisation programme

Scientifically invalid

Inter-Academy update on GM crops does little to redeem Indian science

Cosmetic concern

Into the abyss?

The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report

Whose germplasm is it?

NBA struggles to frame case against Mahyco in first biopiracy case

Public private prank

Indian thermal power plants got Rs 7.62 lakh crore in loans in 17 years: Report

Tamil Nadu got the most loans at over Rs 84,000 crore; followed by Telangana, Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh

Perilous port

Proposed seaport in Vizhinjam can spell disaster for fishers, tourism and biodiversity in Kerala

Mineral development PSU snaps ties with Rio Tinto

Joint venture with Anglo-Australian firm to explore iron ore yielded no result

RTI reveals 13 of 14 operational coal mines allotted to PSUs being run by pvt contractors

Of the total 35 coal mines allotted to PSUs between 2015 and 2020, 21 have been given to mines developer and operator contractors

Can business be responsible

Salvage science

Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector

Nepal needs SEZ booster for its floundering economy

Left wing parties prove a major hindrance in enacting SEZ law