Carpet industry in UP faces boycott threat
Foreign buyers of Indian carpets insist that if child weavers are employed, they will not accept the product. The Indian government and …
New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae
Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an …
Insuring against gene erosion
Experiments by the Academy for Development of Science in Karjat have led researchers to conclude that gene banks are best created and controlled …
Green Rio-toric
Will the European Green parties' long agenda to change the world's environment have any takers?
The fly that got away
The American serpentine leaf miner that infiltrated into India about two years ago is destroying agricultural crops
People's forests
A workshop in Nepal on community forest use brings to the fore environmental gains of the concept
Driven up the barren hills
Scientists working on department of science and technology's high altitude projects face a bleak future
Success is a mindgame
A memory drug developed by Indian scientists could hold the key to a ultimillion dollar global market
Bangalore parched
The garden city will have to walk on a bed of thorns with water supply becoming a scarce commodity by the turn of the century
"Thou shalt inform..."
Eleven years after the Bhopal gas catastrophe, the Government of India finally recognises communities' right to know about neighbourhood …
In which the count fell
A recent study establishes that sperm count has fallen drastically since the 1930s in the US and Europe
Can life exist sans DNA?
Stanley Prusiner, winner of the 1997 Nobel prize for medicine, devoted two decades of research to answer this question
Sea strikes
Continuous pounding of the coasts of Victoria island in Nigeria by the Atlantic ocean threatens its safety
Skeletons in the closet
South Africa's racist regime was developing high-tech gizmos to eliminate unsuspecting black activists
Epidemic at hand
Thanks to El Nio, east and central Africa is reeling under a deadly onslaught of killer diseases
Vicious cycle
The Union government dilly-dallies on an expert committee recommendation to ban recycled plastic bags
Fish in troubled waters
Several fish species in Kerala are threatened by overfishing and the release of effluents in the coastal waters
The price of populism
The Punjab government avoided tough decisions and resorted to populist measures. Now, the economy and the environment are both in tatters
Nepal's dirty air
A recent study reveals that air pollution levels in Nepal is one of the worst among South Asian countries
Free from fluorides
A Jaipur-based doctor claims to have developed a technique to clean fluoride contaminated water
War and ecology
NATO strikes on chemical plants and refineries around Belgrade could lead to an ecological disaster, warn Serb officials
Car-free smog-free!
As cars keep off the street following a French call for European car-free day, air quality in some cities shows improvement
People first
The Sri Lankan Supreme Court rules against a mining project that would have displaced thousands of people
Troubled times
As the Lok Sabha gears up to vote on the crucial Aquaculture Authority Bill, thousands of fisherfolk launch an indefinite stir
Disparate returns
The government's improper policies have foiled attempts to develop the biotechnology industry in the country