Novartis exposes India's weak patent laws. Will generics be kicked out?
Water woes at Allahabad's Kumbh mela
Bangladesh wants hybrid paddy, experts wary
Into the abyss?
The situation of India's farmers has only become grimmer in the past decade, according to the latest National Sample Survey Office report
Silent invasion
The more fish are introduced in Vidarbha, the more it loses diversity
Smart but pricey
Why automatic water meter technology is not the best idea for households
TB turns invincible
Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital underscores mismanagement
Good Lord! No trees
Wood used in Jagannath’s chariot vanishing fast from Odisha’s jungles
Patents Vs Patients
WTO's conundrum: cheap drugs for poor countries or protecting North's business interests
Liquid asset
What exactly is this US patent on the cow urine-antibiotic combination?
Heading Downhill
Thailand policymakers' volte-face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process
India’s ‘missing’ forests: DTE analysis exposes big gap in latest national forest survey estimates
According to a DTE analysis, there are states where over 30-50 per cent of the land classified as forests is ‘missing’ from the …
Jungle virus stirs
A lesser-known viral disease, similar to Ebola and dengue and so far confined to just five forest districts of Karnataka, has recently been …
Banking on a flimsy promise
The government is clueless about incentives it has promised under its Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana to bring every family under the formal …
Cashew apple jinx
Maharashtra farmers do not earn much from the 1.2 million tonnes of cashew apple they grow every year. But things are looking up with PepsiCo …
Public’s private peeve
Will Bihar’s failed model of outsourcing diagnostic services work in Chhattisgarh?
Lost lakes
Karnataka High Court expected to uphold agreements that allowed private firms to develop lakefronts and charge entry fee
Cotton saga unravels
Flat yields for five years and rising insecticide use are jeopardising the success of Bt cotton technology
New cancer risk
WHO links excess mobile phone use to cancer; experts divided on health impact of radio frequencies
Industries eye forest land for plantations
Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who …
Indifferent villagers, guards doom Project Tiger
Indiscriminate poaching, abetted by government apathy and sympathy from villagers displaced from their traditional forest habitats, is fast …
UCIL's end-game
With the dismantling of the Union Carbide factory responsible for the Bhopal gas leak, vital evidence in the case, which reveals the company's …
A revolution misplaced
Apathy towards China's environmental degradation may seem a thing of the past. But the damage that has already occurred places a daunting task …
The dirty dozen
Twelve of the deadliest toxins known to humans were recently the focus of a debate between 92 nations seeking ways and means to curb their use
A state in chaos
The human cost of the cyclone in Orissa is very high. So is the cost of the damage to the environment. The failure of the state machinery in …