Left Hanging
The DTC's plan to buy new eco-friendly buses is left hanging as Delhi government stalls the deal. Manish Tiwari and Anumita Roychowdhary report
Business nonsense
The Globe is getting warmer. But the only contribution of US businesses is an advertising blitz and political arm-twisting to discredit climate-…
The boat people
Thousands of people in Bihar are trapped between the Kosi and its embankments. They have been suffering for decades. But the state government is …
TOXIC TRAIL
A small area in northern Vadodara is cluttered with nearly 200 industries, most of them dealing in chemicals. This has created serious …
Who ate my house?
A bird found in the Andaman islands is under grave threat as its edible nest -- one of the most expensive animal products in the world -- is …
An uphill task
How do you define and measure sustainable development? A host of non-governmental organisations led by the Switzerland-based World Conservation …
Chaos theory?
Science takes on nature as climatologists try to predict El Nio patterns in an attempt to warn governments of climatic anomalies
Deluge of foreign patent applications in India
Scare tactics
Violence mars Bihar’s efforts to empower women, promote self-governance
Flood for thought
The people of Baluchistan don't let nature's odds stop them from growing crops
Where have all the people gone?
The ministry of environment and forests' plan to conserve biodiversity excludes the people.
Is pregnancy a disease?
The development of birth-control methods that use the body's immune system may be more convenient than condoms and pills. But several groups …
Not merely a numbers game
Although the recently held world population summit emphasised population control in the developing countries as the main block in the path to …
Political hand behind tribal encroachment
Tribals displaced by the Salandi river dam in Orissa are encroaching on the Hadgarh sanctuary, allegedly at the instigation of the Socialist …
Anti-AIDS treatment aims at tolerating virus
Ayurveda practitioners in Kerala are experimenting with a novel approach to tackling AIDS: herbal medicines that increase the patient's immunity …
Bickering scuttles power-saving project
Two non-resident Indians blame inter-organisational rivalry for the rejection of their proposal to use compact fluorescent lamps, which will …
Death pits darken green fields in Haryana
Carbon dioxide trapped in pits built for tubewell motors in Haryana's green revolution districts have killed hundreds of farm-workers. Scientists …
High court grants round one to railways
A high court order in favour of the Konkan railway corporation has provoked much anger and resentment among those who oppose the controversial project
Koel Karo battles on
Tribals have been fighting the Koel Karo dams for the last 20 years - the longest struggle against a project. Now, a fresh budget fuels the …
For the people
Conservation policies practised in the developing world need to tread cautiously on territories which had for generations, belonged to the people,…
Vanishing breeds
While debating the ways to attain global food security, national governments ignore the most pertinent issue: rapidly disappearing agro-biodiversity
Pest of a problem
Despite stringent criticism directed at its safety standards, DDT still rules as the major pesticide used by India's health sector
Forecast: Clement climes
Given proper economic policies that fuel technological change, the world can rapidly switch over from fossil fuels to solar energy. In that case, …
Let the drylands bloom
By maintaining terrestrial forestation to improve the soils, drylands can be saved from being further degraded
New hope for the hirola
Kenyan Somalis use the court to prevent the Wildlife Services from translocating the endangered hirola antelope