Law and border

Teaching the taught

Eighty lakhsmaliscalefishworkers went on a strike allover India in January 1996, to protest against the government issuing licenses to …

Climate change a market failure

Time was when climate change was a debate among scientists. Now, economists are looking at its costs. There is a warning -- or two -- for India. …

Disjointed and confused

Because it means too many things to as many people, joint forest management in India will remain elusive to all

Borne again

Why is malaria, an easily preventable ailment, showing signs of resurging in all its fury, and what are we doing to contain its marauding steps?

CALCUTTA Let sleeping dogs lie

A unique case of state government taking the lead but slowing down in the face of opposition from trade unions

Air pollution: a shift in crisis

While air pollution from the coal sector is coming under control, vehicular emissions are becoming the bane of Chinese cities

All bottled up

An exclusive survey shows Chennai's reliance on private tankers and bottled water is increasing

MADHYA PRADESH: Bureaucrats rule

Why was a chief minister praised for bringing in decentralisation voted out? RICHARD MAHAPATRA finds out

KERALA: 7 years on

A programme in crisis. RICHARD MAHAPATRA and E VIJAYALAKSHMI find out the many ways decentralised planning is faltering

Orbital correction

Beginning 1975, ISRO has been involved in several indigenous space utilisation initiatives. We take a close look at two of them, Edusat and the …

Substandard

The ExcusesSugar: Companies say there are pesticides in sugar. They want a study on how much and standards to be set on the raw material and not …

Mosquitoes storm the desert

A cerebral malaria epidemic in Rajasthan has its source in the Indira Gandhi Canal

'Ours by right'

For a few units more

A high-tech power station foreign companies are building in Maharashtra is being touted as the "perfect solution" to its anticipated …

Setting up shop

First, the government shook scientific institutions out of their lethargy by applying the brake on funds. Now, its asking them to tie up with …

Running on empty

Indian farmers are entering the GATT era riding on the bogey of ignorance. Some see GATT as the golden opportunity that will unshackle them from …

Back To Swadeshi

The Year 2000 bug

Diesel pricing

Watershed

Industry in Northeast

Government vacancy

Wanted: administration in UP

Jab in the dark

A vaccine programme: ill-planned, badly done

Dying like mosquitoes

Pigs amplify the JE virus. A bad government amplifies the disease