Which way out?

Industry and people's rights organisations in India are at loggerheads over the shaping of the biodiversity bill and amendments to the existing …

Stemming the root ?

While there are many who welcome the Supreme Court's ban on non-forest activities within forests because of its obvious advantages for the …

Opinions

DTE sought the comments of legal luminaries and journalists on some issues that emerged out of this analysis. The individuals whose opinions …

The verdict

What the judiciary needs to do is to put the heat on the regulatory and executive agencies of the country and improve the country's environmental …

Span Resorts: motel mayhem

Was the motel owned by a former environment minister's relatives really responsible for destroying the pristine banks of the Beas? The apex …

Delhi ridge: a lifeline in danger

Encroachments - by the poor and the rich alike - are proving to be the ridge's bane. The malady is monumental, and the court's healing touch has …

Patancheru: water woes

While the apex court has brought to Patancheru's effluent-riddled land some relief in the forms of compensation and drinking water, it has not …

THE GREEN CRUSADE

Over a year has passed since Germany's Green party came to power in 1998 by joining hands with their allies, the Social Democrats. Looking back, …

Yamuna clean-up project - Inaction plan

the March 31, 2003, deadline set by the Supreme Court (sc) for cleaning the 22-kilometre Delhi stretch of Yamuna river has come and gone. Yet the …

Well-oiled racket

Two incidents of illegal handling of waste oil have come to light recently, underscoring the fact that trade in the hazardous product continues …

Stop trade

Soligas harvested forest produce. For them, it was a sustainable business. Then, irrationally, government moved to

The madness of software patents

India’s patent law excludes software per se, yet over a thousand patents have been granted

The Method Behind The Madness

When the official system learns to loot the official treasury, it also targets the natural estate, the biggest property of the modern state. Good …

"Right should belong to scientists"

For the first time in India, the draft of the Plant Varieties Protection (PVP) Act is being finalised by the ministry of agriculture. India, as a …

Approval attracts flak

GAP II CLEARED

Placing the onus

New bill contains provision on making US industries liable to report their emissions

Chocolate caution!

Row over research

Controversy over use of animals for medical experiments hots up

SOUTH AFRICA

JAPAN

Permits revoked

Follow Up

GENSET EMISSION

Legal salve

As palliative for AIDS