How well are funds spent on sanctuaries and zoos
Central Information Commission wants a impact assessment report by November
7,500 child TB patients go untreated in Madhya Pradesh
Paediatric TB drugs in short supply; norms forbid purchase of medicines from non-government sources
Tribal population of Andaman and Nicobar Islands has declined: census report
Government and academic differ on reasons for decline
Public funds for private research?
Prime minister unveils new science policy at the inaugural of Indian Science Congress
Communities make oil giants pay for pollution
Indigenous people of Nigeria, Peru take on oil giants; BP pays for its pollution
Typhoon Haiyan casts gloom over climate change summit
Philippines' negotiator appeals to nations to break deadlock on climate talks; says he won't eat till a meaningful deal is clinched
State inaction
The traditional forest dweller has had very few entitlements down centuries. Guardian of the forest, he has been regarded as encroacher by the …
Utkal Asbestos sues Bihar government over Nitish remark
Case filed after chief minister takes a stand against asbestos companies
Crowd at the gate
Everyone wants a piece of the pie in the sky
Why Periyar reserve is India's best-managed protected area
Sanjayan Kumar, deputy director of Periyar Tiger Reserve, speaks to Tiasa Adhya on the place being awarded the best managed protected area in India
Climate-induced migration challenge
Study commissioned by UK government warns migration may spin out of control and cause more misery if not managed properly
Biotech industry has a new patron
Department of Biotechnology is playing venture capitalist to private companies to push biotech research in agriculture
The civil spring
Have an aggressive government and an overreaching judiciary curbed dissent?
Reality check
Include millets in PDS for food and nutritional security, demand scientists
Area under cultivation of millets is declining in spite of national Food Security Mission
Ethics on trial
Five per cent of the clinical trials conducted across the world will be in India by 2012. They are vital for confirming the efficacy of a new drug,…
UPA's development report card
A look at the progress of the Congress-led alliance's flagship programmes
Government withdraws NPPA’s power to fix prices of non-essential medicines
Prices of cardiac, diabetes, HIV/AIDS drugs likely to be affected
Green clearance test for NDA
Delhi to reuse 80 per cent sewage by 2027
With no new dams in sight, the draft Delhi Water Policy, 2013 calls for reuse of treated sewage to achieve water security in the capital
Mangrove cover getting sparser over Konkan creeks
Report of Bombay Natural History Society says three creeks lost large swathes of mangroves; rare mangrove species at risk
More Uttarakhand disasters in the offing
Soon-to-be-finalized state action plan on climate change full of extreme events warnings
Rights without benefits
Over 1.3 million tribals and forest dwellers have got rights over the land they had been using for years under the Forest Rights Act. This can, …
Wanted: rule of law
What plagues Maharashtra’s irrigation sector
Delhi, controlling air pollution is in your own hands
The cause of Delhi's severe air pollution is primarily due to geographical and local factors