Unprepared
GM crops have been introduced into India. But the country lacks a comprehensive policy to regulate them
Visible impact
Scientists and policymakers may choose to believe global warming is too remote to worry about, a mere projection by a computer that often can't …
Polarised
Is global warming for real? Is it natural, or human-caused? Who will benefit from its effects? Suffer? The scientific debate on climate change …
Reaching for the Skies
New Delhi has become the hub of the burgeoning air traffic in Asia. But does it have the mathematical precision to avoid traffic snarls in the air?
A plague on this country
The plague today holds the same threshold of dread that it did in the 14th century. So when the Black Death struck India late last month, the …
Disjointed and confused
Because it means too many things to as many people, joint forest management in India will remain elusive to all
Borne again
Why is malaria, an easily preventable ailment, showing signs of resurging in all its fury, and what are we doing to contain its marauding steps?
CALCUTTA Let sleeping dogs lie
A unique case of state government taking the lead but slowing down in the face of opposition from trade unions
Air pollution: a shift in crisis
While air pollution from the coal sector is coming under control, vehicular emissions are becoming the bane of Chinese cities
All bottled up
An exclusive survey shows Chennai's reliance on private tankers and bottled water is increasing
MADHYA PRADESH: Bureaucrats rule
Why was a chief minister praised for bringing in decentralisation voted out? RICHARD MAHAPATRA finds out
KERALA: 7 years on
A programme in crisis. RICHARD MAHAPATRA and E VIJAYALAKSHMI find out the many ways decentralised planning is faltering
Orbital correction
Beginning 1975, ISRO has been involved in several indigenous space utilisation initiatives. We take a close look at two of them, Edusat and the …
Substandard
The ExcusesSugar: Companies say there are pesticides in sugar. They want a study on how much and standards to be set on the raw material and not …
For a few units more
A high-tech power station foreign companies are building in Maharashtra is being touted as the "perfect solution" to its anticipated …
Setting up shop
First, the government shook scientific institutions out of their lethargy by applying the brake on funds. Now, its asking them to tie up with …
Running on empty
Indian farmers are entering the GATT era riding on the bogey of ignorance. Some see GATT as the golden opportunity that will unshackle them from …
The second coming
Claims of successful regimes go flying out of the window as malaria and TB, aided by fresh drug-resistant traits, play havoc across boundaries
For a whole new world
The cyber revolution is swamping the world. But what is it engendering - concept of the global village or information elitism?
Green is the colour of money
While the 21st century promises to herald the advent of the era of ecological reality, a sustained emphasis on resource efficiency stands out …
Between the lines
Veerappan's history has been written in red in official records. But support from high places as much as from the ordinary people has sustained him
Trial by terror
Is Veerappan playing his last ace? Or is he having the last laugh on the incompetence of the State machinery?
CNG bus market
If it is laid down that diesel is a bad fuel on environmental grounds, TELCO's interests in the diesel car market would suffer. Hence it is …
Deadlines to break
The September 30 deadline to convert all buses to CNG is likely to be botched up if the Delhi government is not quick on its feet
Fuelling a crisis
A recent, innocuous check-and-tally exercise by the Delhi administration unearthed a giant racket diverting to the transport sector heavily-…