"The digital divide is also about a divide in the mindset"
Sam Pitroda, regarded by many as the father of India’s telecom revolution, was in India recently for the Fourth Annual Baramati Initiative …
Cacophony in Telecom sector
Tug-of-war between basic service providers (MTNL, Reliance, Tata) and cellular operators has intensified after wireless in local loop (WLL) launch
Pesticide politics
As the endosulfan controversy erupts afresh, the Kerala government finds itself in a tight spot
"Future of local population rests on tiger-related tourism"
Jim Knight, UK's minister for biodiversity, landscape and rural affairs, responds to Kushal Pal Singh Yadav's queries on the British government's …
Soft drinks do contain pesticides
The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the …
One Track Mind
The Union government's ineptness in dealing with technology finds a new victim: Delhi's metro rail project
A ritual offer of nothing
On June 16, Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's exhortation to "implement the river conservation programme with a greater sense of urgency and …
Taj corridor project compromises heritage
Sadly, preserving Taj Mahal appeared to be the last thing on the authorities' mind when they allowed land reclamation work to continue for six …
A mountain to climb
Cash-strapped Uttaranchal embarks on industrialisation. However, its policies are frightfully blind to green issues
Mine games
Haryana's politics-mining nexus plays havoc with the environment (Read full article)
Pesticide industry thriving on legal loopholes
The CSE's recent expos has blown the lid off the bottled water industry's tall claims on the purity of its products. Simultaneously, it has …
Not just water
Mineral or drinking water? Government sets new standards to reorganise the bottled water industry
Forest states want money in lieu of felling
On August 1, 2003, Madhya Pradesh made a plea in the Supreme Court seeking a fund-generating mechanism for forest protection. Earlier, in June, …
Endosulfan declared not guilty
Good news for the ever manipulative pesticide industry: the Dubey committee -- a panel of experts set up by the Registration Committee of the …
Bioprates in the dragnet
Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim
Out with asbestos!
September saw a slew of developments giving renewed impetus to the global movement against asbestos
Race to kill kyoto protocol
As Copenhagen nears, Obamas America sees new hope Yes, we can...dump climate multilateralism. In Bangkok, most developed countries joined the …
Trouble at sea
From imposing restrictions on harvesting of shark species to having second thoughts about them, the authorities seem utterly confused
Sitting Ducks
As polluting asbestos units and illegal mining thrive amid lax laws, lakhs of workers become easy prey for dreaded diseases
Printers' devil
The Jaipur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has ordered the relocation of Sanganer's polluting dyeing and printing units within a year. Failure …
BHOPAL: the bad dream continues
Bhopal is a metaphor for disaster, industrial and human. It has been the object of much speculation and typically endless litigation. A case …
Pro-industry food safety and standards bill does not address safety concerns
"We may find in the long run that tinned food is a deadlier weapon than the machine-gun." -- George Orwell in his 1937 novel The Road …
Waiting for the toll?
Asbestos mortality data makes Japan go for total ban by 2008
Retrograde
Projected future: more clearance, less environment