Die hard
Identified a century ago and viciously attacked by pesticides and drugs, the Anopheles mosquito and the malarial parasite still survive to prey …
Killer Ape
Another murderer comes to town. There is no dearth of Western murderers because our government lets them roam free
Law and disorder
The present unrest in Delhi has little to do with industrial pollution or loss of livelihoods. The way in which the government has chosen to act …
Making a killing
Only poachers profit from rules and regulations that alienate local people from natural resources
Of shikaras and slums
The colony that has mushroomed upon the Dal Lake is the only slum on water in Srinagar. A byproduct of the proxy war between India and Pakistan,…
Nuclear madness
The closure of Chernobyl sends a clear message. Nuclear power is dangerous and unprofitable
Ban diesel
There is no such thing as safe diesel technology as of now. The only option, therefore, is to ban the manufacture of private diesel vehicles and …
Vindicated
The Magsaysay award for Rajendra Singh has meant volte-face by critics of community-based water harvesting
Coma after death
Child victims of a frayed medical service and a government programme gone wrong raise a mute question
Contemptuous moves
Do Arundhati Roy and M L Khurana understand what they are doing by undermining yet another institution of our democracy?
Reason to celebrate?
The biodiversity bill has finally been approved by the Parliament standing committee on science, technology and the environment. But is the way …
Australia axes carbon tax
Prime Minister Tony Abbott justifies the decision, saying tax cost jobs and forced energy prices up
Devil quotes the scriptures
The absence of a clear position on the transfer of nuclear energy technology under the clean development mechanism amounts to doublespeak
Back like a bad penny
115 nations, 12 dirty chemicals and a compromise that leaves DDT free to further pollutethe foodchain
War over water
Mismanaging water can create a crisis and lead to panic. This is exactly what led to a water riot near Jamnagar in Gujarat
National Green Hydrogen Mission will establish India as global market leader: Experts
Target of 60-100 gigawatts (GW) of electrolyser capacity by 2030, heavy investment needed
Union Cabinet clears formation of Telangana
Hyderabad will go to Telengana after 10 years; GOM constituted to discuss threadbare the modalities of bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh
Day after mid-day meal deaths, vitamin A dose kills child in Bihar
Another incident of poisoning caused by mid-day meal reported from Bihar's Madhubani district
India, KFC blamed for bird flu spread in Nepal
Free dumping of farm produce and import of poor quality chicken by Kentucky Fried Chicken from India is causing spread of disease, say politicians,…
‘Why develop profitable waterways through private firms?’
Parliamentary Standing Committee questions shipping ministry’s proposal to develop National Waterways 4 and 5 through public-private-partnership
UK House of Commons passes Energy Bill sans decarbonisation target
Opposition, green campaigners call it missed opportunity for stimulating investment in low-carbon energy
Polavaram ordinance: protests by adivasis intensify
Over a dozen MLAs go on indefinite hunger strike in support of adivasi communities impacted by Polavaram irrigation project
SC slams Gujarat minister for illegal sale of agricultural land
Gujarat government had gone out of its way to allow Mumbai-based company to sell land to bauxite processing unit
Second palli sabha in Niyamgiri deals double blow to Odisha government
Kesarpadi residents cancel government’s settlement of community forest rights; unanimously reject Vedanta bauxite mining proposal
Rs 1,400 MSP for wheat disappoints Maharashtra farmers
Demand minimum support price of above Rs 2,000 per 100 kg; say present MSP does not meet even cost of cultivation