Vaccine Eloquent
Universal vaccination became part of government policy in 1978. A quarter of a century since, progress has been fitful. In some parts of the …
Meltdown
Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …
‘Watershed conservation can benefit 700 million people in 100 big cities’
Indian cities are struggling to fight water stress. Cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Jodhpur are going to areas located far away to source …
Enter -The green rating project
Indian industry is huge. But most environmentalists believe it has done little to reduce pollution, which will only rise as the economy grows. …
Sunshine sector loses sheen
About 40 kilometres from Delhi, in the bustling real estate market of Noida-Greater Noida, lies the biggest irony that the renewable energy …
Deconstructing science
Nature uses lean sources to get work done. The environmental crises we face today are a result of ignoring this simple paradigm for two centuries.…
Republic quaked
Gujarat is paying a heavy price for a calamity that is by far the biggest government-made disaster since Independence. As the state crawls out …
The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective …
Nothing to bank on
The government’s much-hyped Direct Benefit Transfer programme has hit a roadblock. Banks have failed to meet the huge demand for opening …
Dirty fuel
CSE's Clean Air campaigners ANUMITA ROYCHOWDHURY and CHIRAG SHAH expose the dirty, intelligent and systematic business of fuel adulteration:…
Pure myth
When was the last time you drank water straight from the tap at your house to slake thirst on a hot summer day, without hesitation. Chances are …
Future compromised
The Earth Summit was a historical opportunity to set the world on the correct development trajectory. Negotiators from 191 countries came …
Future shock
As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…
Small, smaller
A wristwatch-sized mobile phone will be introduced in the market by ad 2000
Hotbeds of energy
Simmering rocks found several kilometres beneath the earth's surface hold the potential to meet our power needs
Ticketless travel
Electronic tickets are fast becoming popular in the us and Canada
Natural is in
Synthetics are no longer coveted as natural fibres are being used for making everything from cars to tennis rackets
An ink to baffle cheats
Secret documents are now safe from the threat of being duplicated as a new ink has been developed which disappears when exposed to the bright …
Mighty magnets
Smaller and more powerful than the conventional, 'neo' magnets may capture half the world market for permanent magnets by AD 2000
Syringe safety
Clinical safety comes of age with the devising of a new equipment to dispose of all infected "sharps"
On the dot
A magnetically guided neurosurgical technique called magnetic stereotaxis could enable the performance of delicate brain surgery without …
Combination of rays
For the first time, scientists have combined two complementary imaging techniques to peep inside the human body. Though still in the infant stage,…
Pie in the sky
A towering structure, proposed for generating eco-friendly power in the Netherlands, has run into trouble with engineers and energy experts who …
Fading prospects
With dangers of nuclear pollution looming large over the world, there is an imminent need for an open debate on pushing nuclear option as an …
One of the world's largest radio telescope being set up near Pune will look for incontrovertible evidence for the Big Bang theory on the origin …