The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus - one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times - in Gujarat
Vanishing woodstocks
British green campaigners direct their wrath on Scandinavian timber suppliers who are ravaging the last of the region's verdant tracts
The water war
The watermark offailure on the Government of India's mantle glares everybody in theface, as two warring riparian states flex their muscles in …
A whole new world!
Why are we and the universe around us made of matter and not antimatter? Scientists at last create antimatter particles to lead us on to a …
Nuclear day-dreaming
A cloud o criticism forms over the proposal to set up a high-power nuclear plant at Kudangulam in Tamil Nadu
Valley revisited
To help chart afresh course to conserve the Silent Valley National Park, activists who stopped a dam's installation in the region met in the Park …
Future tense
Asian countries voice concern over the irresponsible attitude of the North in reduction of greenhouse gases
Rings and wings
Information gathered by the spacecraft Cassini may solve many riddles about the next-most interesting planet after Mars
A chance to waste
Political parties want the government of India to ratify the Basel ban on import of hazardous waste
Your action plan may not clean Ganga in 200 years: SC tells Centre
Apex court directs government to present a time-bound action plan in power point in three weeks
Getting away with pollution
The recent exercise of expanding the list of polluting industries has come under flak as industries already on the list get away with defaulting
Stretch the small horizon
A recent survey conducted by the Confederation of Indian Industries has proposed sweeping policy changes in the smallscale sector to enhance its …
A dose of patent power
In this GATT era, Indian drugs and pharmaceutical scientists have belatedly begun to focus on drug, rather than on process, development
Butterflies are not for free
Indian authorities were shaken out of lethargy by the recent attempt by foreign nationals to smuggle valuable species of insects out of the country
Troubled waters
A draft national policy guideline for the allocation of river waters has run into strong opposition from the states
Hi-tech exchange
Indian industries have created a forum where technological research organisations can come face to face with the world of commerce
People goaded to save their forests
Fed up with government inaction on mining and deforestation in the Aravallis, the people of the region are taking it upon themselves to end the …
Research in S&T hindered by high cost of journals
The number of international science and technology journals available in Indian institutions has drastically and his may affect research adversity
Much-maligned bats need more protection
Scientists insist bats are a muck-maligned bats mammal that in fact plays a crucial role in the propagation of several plant species
A Cash-hungry Russia eyes its Siberian coniferous forests
The Siberian forests are facing the axe from a Russia eager to top the financial potencial of its timber.
'Luring' migrants to the Capital
The per capita subsidy for Delhi has doubled over the 1970s, greatly encouraging the influx into the city.
When science is fun
Children are more likely to develop the spirit of scientific inquiry when they treat science like a game than when they have to study it.
Tribal rights to the fore
The veryfirst scheme to recognise the intellectual property rights of the Kani tribals in Kerala, ran into rough weather, only to bounce back …
The general folly
Recently, the US-based General Motors has rammed into a controversy involving nearly half a million of its luxury cars spewing alarming amounts …
Killer industries
Government- industrialist nexus and public apathy have become incentives for norm-flounting industries in Gujarat