Tricks of the e-waste trade

New rules offer no help to informal operators. They ignore reality and are likely to be toothless  

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UGANDA

Modified decision

Sri Lanka delays imposing a ban on GM foodstuffs

Ecuador

Banning imports

Go-ahead for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

Green light for Indo-ASEAN free trade agreement

IT's underbelly

India produces about 400,000 tonnes of electronic waste each year, growing exponentially. Handling this is a great challenge. What adds to it is …

EAST AFRICA

SOUTH AFRICA

Culling the captive

Suspect shrimps

EU detects antibiotic residues in Indian consignments

In short

Guggal faces sticky end

Ayurveda prescribes it for heart ailments; no data available on surviving plants

Unorganized players give e-bike a bad name

For a growing section of riders, e-bikes are a cool way out of increasing fuel costs. Naveen Munjal’s firm Hero Electric leads India’…

Devil is in the details

A WTO meeting of ministers is hailed as a success

Stupid growth

South Asia

Domestic industrial emissions in decline as US relies on imports

Sixty per cent of everything a US consumer bought in 2004 came from imports. In the last 15 years, imports of capital and consumer goods have doubled

Victory against all odds

Mercurial gift

India is all set to receive a deadly cargo from USA

Fall of the paragon

Century-old teak plantation business loses ground in India because of poor management and short-sighted policies

Fall of golden fibre

An inefficient industry is marring prospects of jute, paving way for plastics

Battle for beef

Single window dumpyard

India wants global waste. So it gets what it wants