For cleaner air
The US Environment Protection Agency has launched new air pollution standards for particulate matter. Industry will have to gear up
Brain drain
Consuming vegetables contaminated with heavy metals and pesticides can lower a child's intelligence, warns a study
Children under threat !
Rising cases of respiratory ailments in children, due to air pollution, fail to stir the Indian government
Wasting Away
Despite the deadline for hospitals to set up bio-medical waste disposal methods having expired, nothing has changed
Tanned Order
Authorities and the leather industry owners in Tamil Nadu dodge court orders, while a few individuals raise voices to save their ecosystems from …
Nobody's waste
Kerala's capital wants a solid waste treatment plant in a nearby village. This has created a rural-urban conflict
RED ALERT in nuclear India
India's pampered nuclear power programme is losing steam. Uranium stocks are almost over; people won't let the government dig new mines; all …
Super Bug found in the Arctic traced back to Delhi
A scientist has found a “Superbug” gene in the Arctic region, Soil samples from Norwegian archipelago, a place which lies between …
Misleading ad endorsements by celebrities: Consumer Protection Bill, 2018 has loopholes
On one hand, the Bill has penalty provisions for the endorsers and on the other it is giving them a route to get away
When I abandoned movies, yoga came to my rescue
For Aashiqui actor Anu Aggarwal, yoga brought happiness and also provided tools to find it
UN General Assembly discusses antimicrobial resistance
This is only the fourth time a health issue has been taken up by the UN General Assembly
Scientists suggest cap on yearly antibiotic use
They also propose phasing-out use of antimicrobial growth romoters in animals with a deadline of five years
World Cancer Day: 'Toxins in the environment are a major problem'
With the rise in the number of cancer cases reported in India every year, prevention and affordable treatment will become critical in battling …
Pollen rain
Breaking past records, the city Atlanta was enveloped by a coat of pollen from the trees of northern Georgia
Cipla's bitter pill for MNCs
Several eyebrows have been raised over the Cipla offer to supply anti- aids drugs at one-third the current price to developing countries like …
Curative resolve
A dose of political will, backed by communication skills, can help combat infectious diseases
Deadly Dimensions
Diesel may be the most commercially viable fuel at present, but one that raises serious doubts on the future of urban health. Sundeep Salvi of …
Default drinking water
'Corporate Responsibility' has died a fancy death at the altar of public relations. A recent chemical analysis of branded packaged drinking water (…
GM food debate hots up again
Gilles-Eric Seralini, one of the first scientists to warn the world about the dangers of genetically modified food, counters pro-GM scientists in …
Picture imperfect
Fertile and picturesque, that is what Bellary was before companies started indiscriminate mining for iron ore
Walk the talk on carbon tax, Mr Finance Minister
Is this carbon tax, imposed on the carbon content of fuel, doing what it should—reduce greenhouse gas emissions that are responsible for …
Sterlite fined Rs 100 crore
Supreme Court fines Sterlite Industries for polluting environment but refuses to shut it
Modified situations
The Philippines introduces stringent laws for GM products; six European countries in the dock for lax GMO laws
Manufactured Chaos
How the Delhi government evaded the Supreme Court order on CNG to engineer a state of anarchy?
Mercury rises early
Heat waves follow a dry spell in Orissa and West Bengal, killing 80 people in April. Dust storms take Assam by surprise and Malwa scrambles for …