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Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India

Pug marks hide the truth

Science & Technology - Briefs

Printers' devil

The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer's polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure …

Action against polluting units gives Goa villagers some relief

Fissures in West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition

A look at world urban population

New EIA process stumbles at start

Mumbai port's coal handling jeopardises public health

Women, children worst victims of indoor air pollution

Mills pollute Uttaranchal hills

Rural expenditure up by 33 per cent: NSSO

Around 83 million rural people still live on less than Rs 20 a day

Kolkata tanners unhappy with new relocation site

Polavaram project in legal wrangle

Namibia continues to struggle to check infant mortality rate

Chances of bringing down infant mortality rate from the current 44 deaths per 1,000 live births to 30 by the 2015 deadline for millennium …

Rise in biofuel demand could trigger food, water crisis

Highest in 650,000 years

Saving Amazon rainforests

Indians spending less on food, says national survey

Total consumer expenditure on processed foods, beverages, and refreshments level has increased

Mahan at all costs

How government bent all rules to ensure Mahan forest in Madhya Pradesh goes to Essar and Hindalco for mining coal

Eastern Europe feels cheated on carbon quotas

Reason for Bhutan’s happy face

The Himalayan kingdom has managed to significantly reduce its poverty level, but a section remains at risk of falling back into poverty

How vulnerable are we to mental disorders?

Jobless growth comes to haunt beleaguered UPA government

Any job creation policy will have to refocus on ecology that has been giving employment to a large section of the population