Bickering scuttles power-saving project

Two non-resident Indians blame inter-organisational rivalry for the rejection of their proposal to use compact fluorescent lamps, which will …

Death pits darken green fields in Haryana

Carbon dioxide trapped in pits built for tubewell motors in Haryana's green revolution districts have killed hundreds of farm-workers. Scientists …

High court grants round one to railways

A high court order in favour of the Konkan railway corporation has provoked much anger and resentment among those who oppose the controversial project

Koel Karo battles on

Tribals have been fighting the Koel Karo dams for the last 20 years - the longest struggle against a project. Now, a fresh budget fuels the …

For the people

Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people,…

Vanishing breeds

While debating the ways to attain global food security, national governments ignore the most pertinent issue: rapidly disappearing agro-biodiversity

Pest of a problem

Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector

Forecast: Clement climes

Given proper economic policies that fuel technological change, the world can rapidly switch over from fossil fuels to solar energy. In that case, …

Let the drylands bloom

By maintaining terrestrial forestation to improve the soils, drylands can be saved from being further degraded

Quarry in quagmire

Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …

Eaten hollow

The sal heartwood borer is all set to destroy sal forests in Madhya Pradesh. But this would not have been possible without the assistance of an …

Tall Blunder

In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were …

White gold rush

Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems

Deadly concoctions

Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides

China remains heavily polluted, despite regulations

Yet another white paper but little work on the ground

Panchayats to get poverty alleviation funds

India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry

Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry

Food and malnutrition

THE TEMPEST

Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead

Protest damned

The first tremors of ego clashes have rattled the anti-Tehri dam movement

Diesel: no answer to global warming

Reserved for no one

Many reserved seats remained uncontested in first-ever panchayat elections in Jharkhand

Stemming the root ?

While there are many who welcome the Supreme Court's ban on non-forest activities within forests because of its obvious advantages for the …

IN TUNE WITH THE MASSES

Before the elections, Congress's chances in Madhya Pradesh looked dismally thin. But an unusually high tribal turnout ensured that Digvijay Singh …

Fight for biosimilars

Roche’s injunction against Biocon’s breast cancer drug signals the tough road ahead