Where SAIL's profits come from
State-owned steel giant’s profits are increasingly from raw material subsidies, not real economic value addition
Indian laws adequate for ensuring biosafety, says MoEF special secretary
But they do not provide for liability and redress if damage occurs due t release of GMOs by biotech giants, point out civil society groups
NHRC raps Centre, Madhya Pradesh for insensitivity towards dam oustees
People affected by Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams had staged jal satyagraha to demand rehabilitation rights
Kundankulam: police fire teargas to chase away protesters
The commissioning of the two 1,000 MW units of the plant has been delayed since December last year due to protests
Centre favours manufacture of endosulfan
Says disposal will cost Rs 210 crore while using existing raw material stock to manufacture the pesticide will increase crop production
India overexploiting fish resources: Greenpeace
Report released on World Oceans Day, says 15 million people affected; will hit export growth
Centre eases rules for accessing watershed programme funds
States that are currently facing severe drought are the ones who have spent the least on soil conservation and water conservation
IMD rolls out national monsoon mission
Will collaborate with weather research organisations across the world to improve monsoon forecast all over the country
Cabinet secretary takes stock of swine flu preparedness
35 swine flu deaths reported in past one month; Union health ministry trashes media reports of H1N1 virus becoming virulent
Ground water levels plummet in Andhra Pradesh
Farmers in distress dig deeper for water
Green tribunal begins hearing appeal against POSCO steel plant
MoEF says its decision to grant clearance cannot be challenged
Committee recommends restarting clinical trials in Madhya Pradesh
Says is in interest of people
Cancer kills 400,000 each year, but screening for the disease yet to take off
Lack of trained manpower main hurdle, says health secretary
Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade
Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval
South Africa to phase in carbon tax from 2015
Tax to increase at 10 per cent per year; draft policy sets relief limits
Cabinet approves National Policy for Children
Health experts say it has many shortcomings
Mixed signals for vehicles, transportation
SUVs to be expensive but not diesel cars
Tamil Nadu aims for 1,000 MW solar power; falls short by half
Uncertainty over payment and short time frame keeps developers away
“It is not religion but the state that is insensitive to the environment”
“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”
Maha Kumbh to be a dry run?
Religious organisations say there is not enough water in the Ganga to take the holy dip
How to increase earning from fisheries
Team from from Tripara's College of Fisheries show the way
State mining departments turn tech-savvy to track mineral ores
Odisha takes lead, sets up robust system to monitor minerals produced and transported
Jharkhand Assembly adjourned for lack of quorum
MLAs protest non-release of development funds
Vidarbha gets its first generic medicines shop
Challenge to popularising these stores is to get doctors to prescribe low-cost generic drugs