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Timber travails

After completing two years as the chief minister of Arunachal Pradesh Mukut Mithi is proud to relate his government's achievements while …

Tussle over land

Land acquisition Bill should take into account demands of those dependant on natural resources

One-sided deal

Contract farming is increasing in India, but laws are not in place to protect farmers  

Strangers in their own land

The final notification of the Great Himalayan National Park has jeopardised the livelihood of a tribe of migratory pastoralists. It has also …

Shawls, an antelope and the law

The question is not just of farming chiru. It is about the policy that a country should have towards wildlife conservation, forest dwelling …

A public eyewash

The inspection and maintenance programme is nothing more than testing tailpipes of vehicles in India. The government should stop wasting …

Accountable automatically

Emission warranty and recall system have compelled the automobile manufacturers in the US and Sweden to take serious anti-pollution measures

Weed them out

The challenge is how to isolate "gross polluters" from the vehicle fleet and send them back to the manufacturers

Bridging the gap

Pressured by a highly active civil society, the Kerala state government is actually giving power to the people. The decentralisation theory has …

Whose responsibility is it anyway?

Two years after the Supreme Court directed the setting up of two independent fuel testing centres in Delhi, one is yet to be commissioned

Toxicitea tangle

Safeguards have been erected to weed out the supplies of tea laden with high pesticide residue levels. But when governments use these benchmarks …

Raw Deal

Scepticism hangs over Kerala's Tribal Rehabilitation and Development Mission and its master plan

Small in size, big problem

Nanoparticles, as tiny as a billionth of a metre, pose a challenge to scientists and regulatory authorities alike. It may also be a huge health …

The meat you eat

A behind-the-scene look at how slaughterhouses in India dispose hazardous bio-waste by endangering the environment

Truth is more Slppery

Hydropower is northeast India's biggest resource. But the manner in which the Subansiri Lower Project (SLP) is being implemented forces nitin …

Just dump it

Acids of arsenic. Organo-mercury compounds. Batteries. Bristles of boars or hogs. More potent stuff: asbestos; slag dross; ash and residues of …

The inside story

Bad health is good business. The pharmaceutical industry knows that. But now bad health is turning out to be good business for the food industry …

Legislation for a few

Benefits of the Act that encourages conservation of plants reach few farmers

How rural kitchen pays

Local procurement for anganwadis can revive rural economy in a big way