The Bandipur-Brazil corridor
In Bandipur: dung sold at Rs 3,000 a lorry load.In Brazil: a ravaged coffee crop. Asks nitin sethi : what's the relation?
Looking for the right bait
Developing countries like India need to be prepared for multilateral negotiations. This is certainly true of the fishing economy
Stop all trade talks during COVID-19: Civil society to WTO
Instead, refocus on access to medical supplies and saving lives, they urge
Pangolin poaching: 2 rescued, 17 kg scales recovered in Odisha in 11 days
In the latest case, over 3 kg pangolin scales were recovered from Balasore district August 2, 2021
Chopping down the future
About 90 per cent of Arunachal Pradesh's revenue is generated by its forests. Yet these very forests are under heavy pressure, thanks to …
High on broth, low on geography
Geographical indication tags are being handed out indiscriminately—with no strategy
Threat of invasive alien species is increasing worldwide: International study
Urgent action is required to prevent, detect and control invaders at both local and global levels, say authors
Trade in good food can end global hunger: report
Food regulation should be such that that healthy food is protected, not just food in general, says a new report
Applying science to tackle illegal timber trade
Illegal trade of timber is worth US $30-100 billion annually. Scientists have developed some innovative methods to curb it
Number of jobless swelled to 197 million in 2015
Nearly 2.3 million more unemployed people will be added this year. The increase in the number of jobseekers has occurred mainly in developing …
Book excerpt: How the Suez canal was built
Bob Brier’s 2022 book sheds light on the role played by Bonaparte and his rivals, the British in one of the most important human-made …
Taste for tradition
Home delivery services are taking traditional food everywhere. And the market is catching up too
Why one of three African candidates fits the bill as the new head of the WTO
Africa represents a key bloc within the WTO and accounts for nearly 27 per cent of membership and 35 per cent of members from developing countries
WTO trumped by America
WTO's recent ministerial meeting at Buenos Aires highlights the strain on the multilateral trading bloc from US unilateralism and its own`unfair' …
New leaked chapter of Asia trade deal shows RCEP will undercut farmers’ control over seeds
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership threatens to increase corporate power in member countries, leaving ordinary people with little rights
WTO Ministerial Conference: India objects to agriculture draft text
India believes that some members are pushing for an accelerated phasing out of agriculture export subsidy
All eyes on Akatsuki Maru
As the world follows the Akatsuki Maru and its 1.3 tonnes of plutonium oxide on its controversial trans-oceanic journey from France to Japan, …
Bitten by the betel
Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …
Apples go higher in
Weather does not support traditional sweet varieties in lower regions; sour varieties replace them
The battle for knowledge
What are patents? Why have they become politically contentious and a major source of friction between rich nations and the developing world?
Fight against climate change will worsen existing inequality in global trade: CSE and DTE
In the name of climate action, countries are introducing policies which can spark trade wars
Left to die
The double-humped Yarkandi camels in Ladakh are on the route to extinction after the closure of the 'silk route'
Slipping through
Late reaction to toxic oil imports by state Pollution Control Board (Read full article)
Avian flu flitting from birds to humans
Even as India is trying to build a firewall to block out the bird flu virus, the first likely case of the deadly pathogen's human-to-human …
Foreign food trade impacts importing countries’ environment too
Soybean farmers in a country that imports soybean have to switch to other crops on a land where there is leftover nitrogen after crop harvest