Choking access to drugs

Drug prices are likely to increase as rich countries and their pharma companies squeeze Indian generics out of the market. How can India’s …

Who is watching GM crops?

As India gets ready to unleash a vast number of genetically modified (GM) food crops, politicians have joined activists in opposing engineered …

FIGHTING FOR AIR

Weighed down by extremely high levels of particles in the air, some Indian cities seem to be coming of age with regard to vehicular air pollution.…

US sets mercury emission limits

India still far from setting standards for toxic pollutants from power plants

Changing basic nature

Countries move from labs to seas to study the implications of ocean acidification

The MTBE joke

The way to clean up the air is to pollute groundwater, according to the Indian government

Logjam ban!

Logging bans fail to rectify the fundamental causes of deforestation

Taking the US to democracy

INDIA

In Short

News - In Short

Any cheers for Doha pact?

The Doha Declaration on protecting public health is a decade old, but developing countries have not been able to make use of TRIPs flexibilities

Going off course

As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed

Have India's tribal leaders failed their people?

India has the largest tribal population in the world. But they are also the most marginalised section of society. What is it in India's political …

The political economy of defecation

This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India's richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The …

Forestry, the Mexican way

Amendment without correction

Mines and minerals amendment bill falls short of meaningful reform

Losing ground

HYDERABAD Stalemate

There is a large support of a passive nature, but no outcry against air pollution

BANGALORE waking up

There is a need for better communication between the government and the people

A sticky label

US biotech industry gears up to play dirty in Europe

INDIA

The dumber number game

Beyond Tsunami

Time to focus on preventing the next disaster

Tigers and tribals