Why Bihar serves poor quality meals to school kids

There are no guidelines for hygienic preparation and handling of mid-day meals for children; monitoring at local level virtually non-existent

Industries to pay for pollution study

Madras high court asks companies in SIPCOT industrial estate to pay one lakh each

Could Bhopal gas victims have got more compensation?

A 1988 confidential letter by JRD Tata to Rajiv Gandhi reveals Union Carbide was willing to pay a higher compensation in case of an out-of-court …

Bhopal gas leak: curative petition downplays number of deaths

Victims threaten rail roko agitation if government fails to correct death and injury figures in a month

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

India reverses stand on asbestos at Rotterdam Convention meet

Opposes its inclusion in prior informed consent list; campaigners accuse industry lobby of influencing government

Website review: Sleuthing for information

Nosy journalists are urged to take a dekko at this website of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ). The project is …

The truth about solar mission

For the Government of India the first phase of the national solar mission has been a grand success. It not only managed to attract industry to …

Freedom from toxins: independent laboratories hold the key

Centre for Science and Environment's Pollution Monitoring Lab has been carrying out research in public interest for more than a decade now. …

Overcoming digital divide key to achieving Digital India goal

Those with gender, caste and class privileges enjoy enhanced access to technology & internet, contributing to their progress

Right to Information: Ask no questions

The amendment to the RTI Act will hit grassroots activism

Information power imperative

Democracy is not yet dead

Amnesty report nails Internet service providers in China

Kerala takes RTI a step forward

Log on to wiki site from December

Postings under RTI Act ad-hoc

Personnel department has not framed appointment rules

Seek truth at own peril

RTI applicants in Bihar land in jail

Three private radio stations to operate in Guinea

Not enough information

Awareness, implementation RTIs weak points, say audits

When will the secrets be out?

Strange carriers

Transmission of data through electric cables could soon be possible

A sound idea

Sound can be amplified using the power of wind

NETWORK

NGOs face obstacles in Eurasia, Eastern Europe on Internet

Strengthen the right

Simply put: RTI and government