Losing light

Bachat Lamp Yojana flounders. Investors say faulty mechanism makes it a bad deal

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

The flyash burden

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Sewage stink

Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

India set to grow biofortified crop

Four states to cultivate iron-rich pearl millet by 2012

Mercury in air, water

Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand

Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink

Bias is in the law

Revived acquisition and rehabilitation bills offer little relief

Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Scrap godown fire in Ghaziabad kills one

Touch that heals trees

From the blurbs

Expert panel report on brain fever deaths in eastern UP gets flak

Doctors say treatment protocol recommended by expert group may harm patients

CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh

How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

The nectar poison we drink

Drought fails to crush a Bundelkhand village

Property is a right: SC

Analysis of judgement shows State retains supremacy