Limit upheld

Is the Babudom reformed?

Decoding Indo-US nuke deal

Caste discrimination at work place, says ILO report

Nothing gay about section 377

Less invasives from ship

Doctors rush for village posting

CMZ dropped

Mine owners, loosen purse strings

New mining bill proposes sharing 26 per cent profits with affected people

Rajya Sabha passes Mental Health Bill

Under the legislation, every individual will have the right to get affordable and good quality treatment with easy access to services

Supreme Court provides breather for iron ore miners in Odisha

Asks Odisha government to consider re-commencement of mining leases, following amendments to the MMDR Act

Revising an antiquated legislation

The environment ministry is updating the Indian Forest Act, but getting all the states to agree to it may prove to be tricky.

A change in scene

Victims of the Bhopal gas tragedy have filed a lawsuit in the US against Union Carbide Corporation and its former head Warren Anderson

Rulling deferred

The Supreme Court postpones its decision to ban the registration of private disel vehicles in Delhi

Smoky future

A US jury holds tobacco companies liable for manufacturing a product that causes lung cancer and other diseases

Price of patents

Experts believe that the Patents (Amendment) Bill 1999, which was passed recently by the Indian Parliament may give rise to an escalation of …

For clean air

Vikrams are out, electric vehicles are in. Still, the Nepal government's decision to import minibuses could put their clean air campaign back to …

Not fine!

Once again the Supreme Court cracks the whip on erring ministries. This time it is accompanied by a fine

Apex court gets tough on entry of trucks

Supreme Court pulls up Delhi government and police for not following directive on polluting goods vehicles

...And ancient wisdom prevails

The Valencia water tribunal has stood strong for a thousand years; will modern-day pressures crush its influence?

Deep Concerns

Environmental groups wage legal war to contain mining operations in Karnataka's Kudremukh National Park

Soft drinks do contain pesticides

The Joint Parliamentary Committee has finally delivered its verdict. Affirming that the Centre for Science and Environment's findings about the …

Models of development

Code of conduct for space

EU drafts law to govern space activities as countries increase explorations

Now farmland reservation

Rural development ministry suggests land reservation for agriculture