Vaccine units need booster shots

Health ministry orders them to resume production but offers no action plan

Proposal to airlift Bhopal waste to Germany in jeopardy

GIZ says its reputation at stake after details of proposal were leaked in German media

Railways pulled up over scavengers

A draft bill allows employing manual scavengers if they are provided protective gears

Union Cabinet approves disposing of Bhopal waste in Germany

Actual disposal of waste may take up to a year

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

Google, Facebook officials exempted from personal appearance in trial court

High court defers hearing till May in view of similar ongoing cases in Supreme Court

Court questions sealing relief law

Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development

Supreme Court reserves verdict on Exxon Valdez for July 30

'Gujarat authorities violated apex court order banning entry of ship into Indian waters'

Supreme Court asks government to ban import of toxic waste

Seeks changes in hazardous waste rules so that it complies with provisions of the Basel Convention

Oriental Nicety denied entry into India

Supreme Court cites Basel Convention on trans-boundary movement of hazardous waste to stop toxic-laden ship, infamous for the Alaska oil spill of 1989

Property is a right: SC

Analysis of judgement shows State retains supremacy

World Bank alarm on growing garbage burden

First-of-its-kind report projects exponential increase in municipal solid waste; questions reliability of available data and waste disposal methods

Ground reality

Official report confirms presence of toxins in groundwater near Bhopal’s Union Carbide

Hazardous delay

Environment ministry submits unclear status report on hazardous waste directives

‘Handling toxic waste is a matter of science, not administration’

Whether it is the dismantling of toxics laden ship from the US, Oriental Nicety, or the clean up of the 350 tonnes of waste lying at the defunct …

Attempts to allow toxic ship to beach at Alang

Gujarat government should decide fate of Oriental Nicety: MoEF to Supreme Court

Chidambaram leaves Bhopal gas disaster survivors disappointed

Survivors' organisations demand corrections in curative petition

Groundwater contamination around Union Carbide factory is now officially confirmed

Indian Institute of Toxicology Research says the contaminant levels are not a public health concern because drinking water is supplied by …

Supreme Court seeks status report on hazardous waste directives

The directives were issued by a monitoring committee appointed by the court on October 14, 2003

Ban toxic imports: court

Supreme Court wants hazardous waste rules aligned with Basel Convention

Supreme Court order triggers NREGS wage debate

How much should workers under rural employment scheme be paid if minimum wage fixed by a state is more than that of the Centre?

Supreme Court presses for better health facilities for Bhopal gas victims

Asks Centre and Madhya Pradesh government to implement standard treatment protocols, and make public studies on the disaster-affected people

Supreme Court slams Centre over apathy to Bhopal waste

Government says delay is because disposal of the waste is “a highly emotional and politicised matter”

Bhopal waste to be disposed of in the sea?

Taking cue from disposal of chemical weapons in 2009, Supreme Court-appointed monitoring committee suggests incinerating the waste on a floating …

Supreme Court orders incineration of Bhopal's toxic waste at non-functional treatment facility in Dhar district

Madhya Pradesh government and activists fighting for Bhopal gas victims to file review petition