Cool ACs are not so cool

Getting the AC maths right is the real energy game-changer

Time for a shake-up

Scientists suggest local-level mapping as India upgrades its seismic map

Electricity grid to get smart

Performance-based funds to half power distribution loss

Time for bright switch

India set to introduce standards to ensure quality imports of LEDs

Centre's new draft for RO systems not what NGT asked for

Green Bench sought ban on ROs for water with TDS below 500 mg/l

India rejects Microsoft's Office Open XML

Cosmetic concern

Bad boy phthalate implicated in eczema in children

How the chemical causes the skin disease still a puzzle

Watertight

Rate water fixtures for efficiency to cut wastage

Water business

Honey trade just got stickier

US industry shows distrust in India, sets its own certificate to ensure source of honey

BIS finalises street food norms

Standard to ensure vendors follow hygienic practices and serve food safe for health

Bureau of Indian Standards failed to prescribe safety norms for mobile phones, towers: CAG report

Revised radiation limit to be in force from September 1 

E coli in a bottle

Environment ministry notifies construction & demolition waste management rules

Construction and demolition waste is not a waste but a resource, says Prakash Javadekar

India pushes for micro-level earthquake vulnerability maps

Launches seismic microzonation manual

A cosmetic leap of faith

Industry ignores perils of using nanotechnology in beauty products

New safety norms for toys

Meant to check use of toxic phthalates

Ban recommended on import of cosmetics tested on animals

Thin end of wedge

Why Vedanta's success will be bad news

Big impact

Mining will tax area's natural resources

Industry sets the rules to dispose of CFLs safely

Proposes pilot project for collecting, recycling CFLs in three cities

Lift your head from the sand

Ratlam’s toxic legacy

Hazardous waste kept in shut factories continues to contaminate groundwater

India bans animal testing for cosmetics

Standards for alternative tests to be set; amendments to acts and laws required