In custody

E-choupal in legal thresher

Tamed for good

CITES ban forces India to hasten formulation of legislation to protect endangered species

ONLINE

Sri Lanka's edible oil units shut production

Sri Lanka floods Indian market with vanaspati

Wheat and chaff

Grain import policy quixotic, lacks logic

Aiding self

Book>> AID and Other Dirty Business by Giles Bolton Ebury Press 2008

US for higher standards in trade deal, India resists

Red sanders is now free of export restrictions

Earlier 3,000 Indian farmers involved in cultivating the red-coloured wood couldn’t find any takers in domestic market

Red sanders not endangered anymore

This is the first time since 1997 that red sanders has been placed under the ‘near threatened’ category by International Union for …

Lift ban on shahtoosh trade in Kashmir; provide livelihood options: panel to Centre

The panel has urged Centre to conserve and breed chiru goats as that will revive the shatoosh industry and also the chiru population

Smokescreen

The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes

Southern trade losses offset gains in capital

Financial transfer estimates that generously portray Northern largesse are deceptive for they camouflage huge payments triggered by the Gulf war.

Wielding the green whip

Mexico can't sell its "dolphin-unfriendly" tuna to USA. Japan faces punishment for exporting jewellery made of hawksbill sea turtle …

Road to Cancun - Waivers on paper

The only semblance of fairness that exists in the various agreements of the World Trade Organization is contained in their 155 "special and …

Unfair trade barriers will hinder climate consensus

Carbon border agreements are in many ways modern instruments of imperialism that punish developing nations for making slower progress towards …

‘Unhappy’ India might not block WTO protocol

But wants talks on food security to progress at the same pace as trade facilitation

China biggest polluter, says Dutch study

Climate change, disruptions in supply chain due to geopolitical tensions threatening global economic growth: UNCTAD

Slower economic growth for third consecutive year; India’s growth expected to be marginally lower than 2023

Rush for rare earths

Countries explore sources of the metals to counter China

Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: Wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high

Across 51 dark web marketplaces, the authors found 153 wildlife species were being sold

World Cheetah Day 2022: Social media fuels illegal trade in the species

World lacks environmental awareness, resources to stop the menace

Recycled paper up on global popularity chart

Bhotiya's show the way

Vanishing herbs

Many varieties of medicinal plants and flowers in Darjeeling are facing extinction

Nothing left to catch