Ban on pesticides: Plea in Supreme Court alleges restriction on reduced number of chemicals to protect companies

Next hearing on April 28; SC seeks reasons for the decision from Centre

SC advises states to make milk adulteration a crime punishable with life imprisonment

Food Safety and Standards Act prescribes maximum six months in prison for the offence

How to save $25 billion and more on drug costs

Patent settlements bring cheaper generics to market early and cut healthcare spending

Cabinet approves National Policy for Children

Health experts say it has many shortcomings

Supreme Court lashes out at Centre and Madhya Pradesh for lax attitude towards unethical drug trials

Gives eight more weeks to file their responses

Centre seeks view on endosulfan

States say all is well with the hazardous pesticide

Tirupur dyeing units told to close

Madras High Court orders shut down till zero discharge

Living on the edge

"Tribal leaders are mere pawns in politics"

Tribal activist C K Janu speaks on adivasi issues and the Muthanga controversy

"Non-tribals need to be educated about tribals"

Veteran anthropologist B K ROY BURMAN in conversation with SOPAN JOSHI

Orissa won't allow dam at Polavaram

Blue Lady contained radioactive waste

A debate on India's street food

A year after Kalinganagar firing, tribal India refuses to shine

CAMPA funds unlocked

No go

Dhamra port on mangrove land

Odisha government insists port is on wasteland

A walk through Mangar Bani, a sacred grove near Delhi

SC clears way for dam oustees to get land in Narmada Valley

But landless will not get it

Supreme Court questions legality of National Board for Wildlife under Narendra Modi

Bars newly constituted board from taking fresh decisions

Supreme Court relaxes deadline to transition to BS-VI amid lockdown

Deadline to switch to cleaner fuel extended by 10 days across the country

Narendra Modi flags off UN migratory species meet; brings up Joint Forest Management

PM skips any mention of Forest Rights Act in speech to CMS CoP13 at Gandhinagar

No cap on iron mining in Odisha

Centre rejects Shah Commission recommendation, says it would upset industry

MoEF opposes CEC’s recommendation on eco-sensitive zones

Says its recommendation to reduce the size of safety zones for wildlife unscientific

It’s not just about a good holiday

Making ecotourism work for all stakeholders requires a new vision