The see-saw approach
The Central Public Works Department has banned the use of wood in its construction projects, ignoring the fact that the substitutes are more …
Railroad Blues
Illegal logging is being carried out in the Northeast under the guise of laying railway tracks
Which way out?
Industry and people's rights organisations in India are at loggerheads over the shaping of the biodiversity bill and amendments to the existing …
Stemming the root ?
While there are many who welcome the Supreme Court's ban on non-forest activities within forests because of its obvious advantages for the …
Opinions
DTE sought the comments of legal luminaries and journalists on some issues that emerged out of this analysis. The individuals whose opinions …
The verdict
What the judiciary needs to do is to put the heat on the regulatory and executive agencies of the country and improve the country's environmental …
Span Resorts: motel mayhem
Was the motel owned by a former environment minister's relatives really responsible for destroying the pristine banks of the Beas? The apex …
Delhi ridge: a lifeline in danger
Encroachments - by the poor and the rich alike - are proving to be the ridge's bane. The malady is monumental, and the court's healing touch has …
Patancheru: water woes
While the apex court has brought to Patancheru's effluent-riddled land some relief in the forms of compensation and drinking water, it has not …
THE GREEN CRUSADE
Over a year has passed since Germany's Green party came to power in 1998 by joining hands with their allies, the Social Democrats. Looking back, …
Outsourcing drug trials
The international clinical trial business could come to India in a big way. The most advanced drugs might be available to Indians as soon as the …
Orissa okays mining in tribal territory
In a move that threatens to dislocate the lives of millions of Orissa's tribal people, the state government has decided to allow transfer of land …
Yamuna clean-up project - Inaction plan
the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court (sc) for cleaning the 22-kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the …
Well-oiled racket
Two incidents of illegal handling of waste oil have come to light recently, underscoring the fact that trade in the hazardous product continues …
Stop trade
Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to
The madness of software patents
India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted
Modi and `mass movement'
As Narendra Modi's regime enters its mid-term, it is time to assess: has he turned governance into a mass movement?
Wasted e-waste
Electronic waste is a mine of precious metals, but poor regulations simplify its squandering away
HIV bill at risk
Health ministry keeps draft bill under wraps. Activists fear provision of free treatment is diluted
Reveal or go to jail
New Collection of Statistics Act comes into force. Makes furnishing information mandatory
Courting green
When the executive fails, people seek redressal from courts. In some cases, the courts have merely put the seal of approval on the actions of …
Technical Problem!
Procedural delays on the part of implementing agencies will ensure that the Supreme Court deadline for the conversion of old Delhi Transport …
Feeling the heat
The Justice department files a mammoth civil lawsuit against cigarette manufacturers in the US
Breathing time?
The automobile industry can breathe easy with the Supreme Court lifting its earlier restrictions on the sale of cars; plea for extending …
Applying the brakes
Environmentalists score a major victory as the Supreme Court tightens emission standards in Delhi,