Science and Technology - Briefs

Nature cure from India

Science and Technology - Briefs

US, Japan & others to fund Indonesia’s transition to clean energy

Just Energy Transition Partnership’s $20 bn finance can help freeze the country’s per capita emissions at 2.4 tonnes by 2030

‘No foreign players will bid in India’s auction of coal blocks’

It does not make sense to auction coal blocks when most blocks do not have environmental clearances, says Tim Buckley, Institute for …

Why shouldn’t I be intolerant?

The circles of information have shrunk to what is most agreeable to listen to. It is no surprise that in all environmental conversations there is …

Plastic Peril

Waste management is key to keeping the oceans free of plastic waste, new research suggests

Cipla's audacious move

Why generics maker Cipla has asked government to revoke Novartis patent on respiratory ailment drug

Monsanto does it again

The biotech seed giant sues a farmer for planting unbranded commodity seeds bought in the open market for patent infringement

The natco-pfizer test

Natco’s demand for a voluntary licence from Pfizer will establish how well the compulsory licence process works in India

Race to kill kyoto protocol

As Copenhagen nears, Obamas America sees new hope Yes, we can...dump climate multilateralism. In Bangkok, most developed countries joined the …

A cosmetic leap of faith

Industry ignores perils of using nanotechnology in beauty products

Memories of Agent Orange

News 360°

World shrinks for oysters

December In Copenhagen

US Matters

The world is already celebrating the US' emissions reduction framework. Our research shows the US climate change action plan is neither ambitious …

No evidence of policy-driven fall in US emissions post-2005, says new book

'Capitan America', a comprehensive analysis of the US climate action plan, says US INDCs are neither equitable nor ambitious  

World headed for water crises by 2040

Two studies suggest immediate change in the water use by power sector to avoid global drought

Gunning for green tech

US continues to target India over its intellectual property regime, especially in pharma, green tech sectors

Coal politics in an unequal world

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

How useful is genome decoding?

Scientists decode pigeon pea at the cost of Rs 11 crore  

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

Climate inaction