Drug trials in India killed 2,031 persons

Only 22 compensated in four years, admits drugs controller during RTI hearing

RTI assessment

Asbestos: it cements the government

Maya of Indian Science

Lies, denial and outright fraud have become the hallmark of Indian agricultural research because there is no accountability

Tribals play hardball on land rights

Dissatisfied with RTI answers on traditional land rights, tribals of Thane file appeals

“MoU virus” hits Arunachal Pradesh

Non-profits ask for white paper on the upfront payments received

Biodiversity—India’s other scandal

CAG slams the national biodiversity authority for allowing questionable patents

Get your own vaccine

Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …

Karnataka bans endosulfan

State appeals to the Centre for a nationwide ban

Stage set for GM crops

Centre hastily tables Bill on biotech regulation in Parliament

Commercial breach

Patna High Court restores the right of second appeal under RTI law

Orders amendment in state rule that was contrary to RTI Act

Coastal management rules under review

The information is public

Annihilation of caste and copyright claims

Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum

Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply

Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it

Punjab slips for sand mine, again

Ropar authorities plan mining in 776 hectares when only 30 hectares is allowed

Pesticide trap

India extensively uses pesticides banned globally, show RTI responses  

Koyna sanctuary plundered

Koyna Wildlife Sanctuary is threatened by ceaseless loot of land, with government help

Get your own vaccine

Maharashtra’s largest thermal power plant spewing poison over Chandrapur

Pollution control board does nothing except take bank guarantees from plant management

Victims of vaccination

Vaccine trials in a Madhya Pradesh government hospital are making children sick. Culprit: harmful chemicals in high amounts

LIC’s unhealthy choice

Life Insurance Corporation invested more than Rs 3,500 crore last year in the tobacco industry 

SC extends endosulfan ban

Pesticide makers claim inbreeding, not endosulfan, causing health problems in Kasaragod  

Environment ministry’s desperate attempts to suppress expert panel report on Western Ghats

Defies Information Commission’s order and obtains stay from Delhi High Court to keep the report out of public domain