COLANISATION'S DIRTY DOZEN

12 brands of cold drinks put to the test the coolest event of our times. They put to the test the most aggressive, glitzy, gutsy, premium, …

Busy preludes to biodiversity meet

Crucial issues such as protection of traditional knowledge, and creation of an international regime on access to genetic resources and benefit …

Legal landmine

Government support to Vedanta's alumina project in Orissa creates more uproar; company pays token fine

Wash out

In the guise of making washing easy, detergents are directing a chemical fusillade at the environment in the absence of regulation, discovers …

Profiting from disaster

Zoramthanga , the chief minister of Mizoram, has many reasons to reminisce the birth of his party, the Mizo National Front, an insurgent group …

The negotiators

Of India's 18 major rivers, 17 are inter-state. In all cases, the water is intensely fought over. In all cases, there seems no resolution. In …

GOT IT!

Think tourism in India and the first images that will flash through your mind is -- the Taj Mahal and the Indian tiger. Tigers, and the protected …

Harmful combo drugs flood market

Irrational drug combos flood market; regulator does little to remove them

Seeds of discontent?

India's first legislation aimed at protecting farmers' rights raises many apprehensions

Mercurial gift

India is all set to receive a deadly cargo from USA

Dumping worries

Waste, by any other name...

In Short

Painful entry for Poland into the EU

ZOE YOUNG travels through Poland to find that its farmers dread integration with the EU

Fuelling a crisis

Revised urea policy rekindles debate on just allocation of cleaner fuels

Yesterday once more

Unsafe cleanup of the Carbide factory revives memories of Bhopal's tragedy

Want to be fried?

US municipalities to abolish rights of corporations

On hold

Land acquisition, rehabilitation bills cater to corporate interests

Tiger trouble - balancing act gone awry

Cabinet push to nuclear bill

Multinationals will make profits, government will bear liability

Centralisation of powers, diluted laws: Weak Water Act further diluted by latest amendments, say experts

Environment minister claims impetus to industries, improvement of environment protection while moving bill in Parliament

'Failing to support GM crops single most damaging element for growth'

The European Association for Bio-Industries (EuropaBio) says the decision by 16 EU nations to opt out of GMO crop cultivation has taken away the …

Ignore US bullying on IPRs

Countries should not be stampeded into changing laws by the USTR's arbitrary Special 301 report