Waves of despair
Electromagnetic interference, due to radio waves emitted by gadgets like cellular phones can create widespread havoc. For instance, they can …
Book Review
Accountability in the Pesticide Industry - A report based on a forum held at the Pocantico Conference Center . June 25-28, 2002 . Paper No 5
Get your own vaccine
Down To Earth filed an RTI application to find out the reason of vaccine shortage in India. The response revealed how a plan to promote private …
Yours unilaterally
Nepal suffers as India builds dykes along a trans-border river without informing the neighbour
Cabinet committee approves shale gas exploration
Will the government look into the environmental problems associated with hydraulic fracking to obtain gas?
Greener Shades
The Indian pulp and paper industry reacts positively to the first Green Rating Project conducted by Centre for Science and Environment
Maharashtra forest department to go hi-tech
Satellite images and information technology will be used to check poaching, tree felling
Keeping Internet global and free
With the US pulling out of the control of the Internet, the world is debating a multi-stakeholder model of governance
Earthquake in Indonesia triggers tsunami fear in India
Centre for ocean information services later withdraws tsunami warning for Andaman and Nicobar islands
Fresh gram sabha meet ordered for Mahan coal block
Move follows close on the heels of high court order to probe earlier gram sabha resolution of Amelia village allowing mining, which residents …
Evacuation after Fukushima disaster mishandled, finds survey
Many residents shifted to areas with high radiation; system for issuing safety warnings on radiation failed
Bamboo liberation day
According to former environment minister Jairam Ramesh, minor forest produce is a ownership right vested by Parliament under Forest Rights Act
POSCO asked to revise plans for fresh environment clearance
Environment ministry's expert committee seeks new layout plan; fresh studies on environmental and social impact
WB report on Alaknanda dam kept under wraps
Findings on possible adverse impacts of Vishnugad Pipalkoti hydropower project may not become public till Maha Kumbh gets over
Fate of Lokpal Bill hangs in balance
Opposition parties and ally Trinamool want states to decide on appointing lokayuktas
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
Righting the copywrong
Amending the Copyright Act to give directors, composers and musicians rights over their work has corrected a historic wrong but trouble is brewing
Eye on accuracy
Realisation to make meters error-free may have come late to India, but technology is making rapid strides
On wrong wavelength
Twenty years after the Supreme Court asserted that people have a right over radio waves, community radio continues to struggle. Instead of …
US court frees Union Carbide of liability in Bhopal gas disaster case
Company need not pay for environmental remediation or pollution-related claims, says district judge
The pirates come ashore
German Pirate Party’s strong showing in the May elections is a sign that anti-IPR movements resonate with the people
Bringing Google to book
Google’s digital library project went too far, creating a monopoly over the heritage of books
When flu turns fatal
In the past two months, as many as 1,198 people in India have died of swine flu, a disease which is only as threatening as seasonal flu. Jyotsna …
AAP, woh aur hum
Aam Aadmi Party’s metamorphosis from a civil movement into political party is not a lone instance; such experiments started in rural India
Political parties come under RTI Act, says Central Information Commission
Terms political parties public authorities as they are substantially funded by Central government