Carry on polluters
Some factories in Delhi are flouting a Supreme Court order to relocate polluting factories. Meanwhile, over 50,000 workers have been rendered …
Post-Rio progress
Is there a worldwide trend of sustained growth towards sustainable development?
Earth's last frontier
India is setting up an ambitious Antarctica study centre on the west coast
Shine a light
Researchers have come up with a promising invention to make solar power commercially viable
Leading a leaded life
Effects on human health due to lead contamination of air and water
Explained: Key takeaways from IPCC Synthesis Report on climate change
The SYR is presented in the wake of major global upheaval brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the …
Countries negotiate key messages of IPCC’s controversial ‘Special Report’
Parties are negotiating the text of Summary for Policy Makers, which is a condensed version of the key messages and findings of the main report
Beating about the bush
Many important issues were hardly touched upon at the recently concluded conference on bioresources
No to afforestation
Furious at losing their traditional rights over land, residents of a south Delhi village say...
A question of leadership
The issue of leadership and management of R&D institutions proves to be a stumbling block in making such bodies more productive.
Rao wants more opportunities for young talent
Twenty-five scientists met the Prime Minister recently and appraised him of the issues confronting scientific research in India
Mekong's miseries
A new regional treaty to usher in dams on the Mekong river has drawn flak from environmental groups
The great nuke snobbery
France obstinately plans to ahead with nuclear testings in the South Pacific just after the NPT conference held by the Big 5
Under the umbrella of eco-friendliness
Are the new ISRO 14000 environment standards industry's gift to a polluted globe, or merely the developed world's competition killing strategy
Muckraking
Calcutta comes up with the "most efficient and ecologically benign method" of re-using municipal waste and sewage
No entry to Dutch plant
Pakistan's environmentalists say no to dumping of obsolete and hazardous technology by the West
Greens scream blue murder
Environmentalists and Democrats in America gear up to tackle the Republican "onslaught" on landmark protection laws
Life strife
A recent encyclical from the Pope bolsters resurgent anti-abortionist "pro-life" groups in the US
More money, no work
The ministry of environment is lambasted by a parliamentary committee for not knowing what it needs and asking for funds it never gets to use -- …
Still in the Woods
The second Intergovernamental Panel on Forests discussed a lot of issues, yet remained more of a warm up for the final session
For a terra firma
Earth, the cradle of all lifeforms, should not be transformed into a graveyard for want of serious monitoring of soil degradation all over India …
A leaf from history
The search for easily applicable environment-friendly plant protection technologies could very well find its answer in the pages of history
Shaken innocence
The widely reported case of Matthew Eapen's death has highlighted the ignorance regarding the "shaken baby syndrome"
Fireworks follow SMOKE
Tobacco companies will foot the medical bills of smokers who have cancer under an agreement with the US state of Florida. This spells bad times …
Drinking success
While Indians rant and rave against biopiracy, Brahmi, innovatively packaged, becomes a household name in the US. In India, manufacturers …
