Environmental activists as politicians

World Heart Day: Cardiologists insist on 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products

The measure is also critical to meet the sustainable development goals 

Two more vulture species under threat

Is it diclofenac?

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Ebola vaccine closer after scientists discover key protein

Presently, there are no authorised treatments to cure the disease

Water at the drop of a coin

An experiment in north Karnataka promises to solve rural drinking water woes

SC stays own decision to transfer environmental cases from high courts to green tribunal

Adarsh housing case underscores lack of clarity on which cases can be decided by NGT

Policy vacuum

In the absence of norms, political expediency becomes the norm for water transfers

Florida moves closer to ending 20-year-old ban on bear hunt as attacks rise

Final decision would be taken by wildlife authorities in April and June

Olive Ridley turtles disoriented, lay eggs in villages away from nesting sites

Such turtles are at risk of being attacked by jackals and dogs or dying of dehydration

Seven people die of suspected anthrax in Jharkhand

State health officials say they probably caught the infection from cattle

Vulture nemesis returns in new avatar

New painkiller used on cattle gets metabolised into diclofenac

Community forest rights for Gondia's tribal villages

Improved claim formats; no unfair caveats

New species of snake discovered in Western Ghats

It is named after Varad Giri of Bombay Natural History Society who brought it from Goa

Forest fires singe Maharashtra

Officials say peeved tendu contractors are causing them

Phailin keeps migratory birds away from Chilika lake

Only 120,000 birds have congregated at the Nalabana sanctuary in Odisha this year

How Nepal ignored threat of imminent earthquake

Unplanned growth despite the region being quake-prone led to massive destruction

Another suspected poaching incident in Pench

Authorities fail to keep check

Defiant Japan to hold annual whale hunt

Ignores threat from conservation activists who have vowed to disrupt the programme

Indian companies' CDM projects pollute environment

Most clean projects cleared on face value and are based on tall claims

“Women being denied forest claims’

Report by non-profits highlights gender disparity in Forest Rights Act implementation

Mitigate man-animal conflict: tiger conservation authority

Chhattisgarh tigress could have been saved from mob death on September 24

Perhaps yes, minister

Call for policy to check drug abuse, overuse

Public health experts suggest ways to curb drug resistance

Use of toxic chemical HBCD severely restricted under Stockholm Convention

The persistent organic pollutant is used in building insulation, especially in the EU