FRA guidelines to help forest dwellers freely trade in minor forest produce

Tribals and forest dwellers don’t need to obtain transit passes to cart away the produce; minimum support price scheme for MFPs to be in …

Probiotics market thrives sans regulations

Indian food safety authority yet to specify deadline for notifying regulations for food products containing 'friendly' microorganisms

Idols immersed, fears surface

The 10-day Ganesh Chaturthi festival that ended this week has once again brought to limelight the environmental hazards of immersing idols of …

Rajasthan belatedly wakes up to health crisis among mine workers

But there is no credible data available on the number of people suffering from silicosis, an incurable disease

How true is Horlicks ad hype on boiled milk?

Experts say advertisement is misleading

Idol immersions after Durga Puja leave rivers polluted yet again

Central Pollution Control Board guidelines and court directions are yet to achieve the desired result of keeping rivers and lakes free of …

Home ministry delayed Plachimada bill

RTI response reveals why bill meant to secure compensation from Coca-Cola has not received president’s assent till now 

‘Possible carcinogen’ bromate found in Mumbai’s packaged water

Study by BARC scientists stresses the need to define safe limits for by-products like bromate in bottled and drinking water in India

Himalayan states also face risk of glacial lake outburst floods

The region is surrounded by 8000 glacial lakes, 200 of them potentially dangerous

New guidelines for national solar mission power projects

Reverse bidding retained, small changes like use of domestic content raises technology concerns

UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection spark controversy

Is virtual dissection an effective learning tool? 

Green tribunal halts land acquisition for POSCO

South Korean steel giant acquired 1,093 ha without waiting for environmental clearance

Don’t take any ad hoc decision on cell phone towers, IIT profs request Centre

They say radiation from these towers too low to be harmful; health activists accuse them of conflict of interest

Sikkim at risk of devastating floods from glacial lake outbursts

State drags its feet over installing early warning systems

Lessons from London

How cities can improve mobility

Dark twist to bright tale

Three tigers die in a week under mysterious circumstances; total 32 deaths in two-and-a-half years; all in the forests of Corbett, a showpiece of …