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