Forest title claims of over 50% tribals, forest dwellers rejected: report
Where titles have been granted, average size of land holdings much smaller than what the Forest Rights Act provides for, says status report on …
Diesel exhaust linked to lung cancer
WHO agency says there is compelling evidence to classify diesel fumes as deadly carcinogen along with tobacco, asbestos
Maharashtra bans 15 seed companies permanently
25,000 farmers await compensation from firms that supplied soy seeds with very low germination rate
Real estate: Market happy, but civil society finds it lacking
External commercial borrowings in low-income housing projects will become unaffordable, they say
Health goals of 11th Five-Year Plan unmet. 12th Plan hopes to achieve them
Planning Commission's working group recommends repeating last Plan targets in the 12th Plan
Supreme Court not inclined to hear plea for stay on nuclear plants
Petitioners seek time to produce documents showing they have exhausted all other avenues of grievance redressal
Salwa Judum
The face of state government’s counter-insurgency strategy
Dengue on the rise: global burden is three times WHO estimate
Study shows India contributed more than one-third of burden in 2010
Five-in-one vaccine now available for free in Delhi healthcare facilities
Activists concerned about deaths caused by pentavalent vaccine
Nutri-farms to fight hidden hunger
In a first, bio-fortification technology gets Rs 200 crore in the Union Budget
Cauvery dispute: Karnataka delegation urges prime minister not to notify tribunal award
State delegation demands reassessment of water needs of Tamil Nadu
Green tribunal decides to evaluate Nirma cement plant site afresh
Says project needs to be reassessed in view of conflicting reports of experts
Eyesores to city attractions: plans afoot to develop Delhi nullahs into eco-corridors
Pilot project cleared to convert Barapullah drain into an eco-mobility corridor
Andhra bans gutkha, paan masala
Becomes 17th state in country to impose ban on them
Sewage treatment wetland in making
IARI develops wetlands that treat sewage water for irrigation
Partial relief for agitating sugarcane farmers in south Maharashtra
Sugar factories in Sangli and Kolhapur offer Rs 200 more than the earlier price
Health ministry fumes over ads terming gutkha ban unfair
Calls them misleading and unjustified
UN report warns of effects of urban expansion on biodiversity
Urban areas set to triple by 2030; population to touch 4.9 billion
Manmohan fails to settle row over Cauvery water sharing
Disgruntled Karnataka likely to approach Supreme Court
Giraffe, 3 tigers die in Patna zoo
Authorities fail to provide treatment on time
Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board revises its consent order to Kudankulam plant
Madras High Court had questioned the heat tolerance limit for effluent discharge
High court questions permission to make Kudankulam plant operational
Judgement in related case on nuclear safety is likely on August 29
Doubts persist over Green Climate Fund taking off at Doha
Workshop on climate finance gives hope, but a lot of work remains to be done
NHRC raps states for denying silicosis deaths
Issues show-cause notices to Jharkhand and Delhi for payment of monetary relief
Kolkata to host parallel AIDS conference after US denies entry to sex workers
Country’s laws do not permit granting visa to those involved in prostitution