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,

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 …

Power to the people

The Biodiversity Bill to empower local communities under scrutiny of parliamentary standing committee

Rapped for inaction

SC takes governments to task over tardiness in executing food-based employment schemes following starvation deaths in Rajasthan

For children's sake

Public pressure forces US agency to reconsider proposed move to suspend paediatric drug testing rule

Directive dumps diesel

As Mumbai High Court delivers its final verdict, CNG is set to replace diesel in taxis and three-wheelers plying in the city

Paving way for a clean future

Released recently, the Bellagio memorandum advocates best practices for policies on vehicular emission reduction worldwide

Reaping rainwater

The innovative use of stormwater drains to harvest water has meant a new lease of life for water-starved Chennai

How to make Swajaldhara work

Intention and execution are not always related. That's the Swajaldhara lesson. Swajaldhara is a national-level rural water supply scheme that …

Beautification drive

Civic authorities like to demolish slums. And, as NIDHI JAMWAL finds in the case of Delhi's Yamuna Pushta, such moves invariably also flout all …

'Community rights must figure in the Forest Bill'

The raging controversy over the regressive draft Forest Bill has dumped the onus of defending it on minister of state for environment and forests …

New plastic waste management rules leave out vital points

One aspect that was not dealt with was the informal sector of waste collection

A year later, the government’s promises on mental health still unfulfilled

No update on Mental Health Care Bill, other promises

Governors in the dock

They turn a blind eye to laws overriding tribal rights, complains national commission

Recycled paper up on global popularity chart

SOUTH AFRICA

Monument Case