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
Rising from the ashes
Today more than two-thirds of Japan's land area is under forests as a result of a state-sponsored afforestation drive which actively involved the …
Damning the Danube...
...is yet another example of monstrous short-sightedness on the part of governments bent on addressing their needs without a thought for the …
The Colour of GERMANY
For the first time in German history, the Green Party is part of the ruling coalition. The country is all set to embark upon new environmentally-…
Quarry in quagmire
Caught in a death trap, Jharia residents await doomsday. While BCCL openly displays a let-them-die attitude and the government remains silent, …
Eaten hollow
The sal heartwood borer is all set to destroy sal forests in Madhya Pradesh. But this would not have been possible without the assistance of an …
Tall Blunder
In 1996, industries in Delhi were hit by a series of court orders requiring them to take measures to reduce pollution 1,328 industries were …
White gold rush
Despite several government programmes, cotton cultivation is riddled with problems
Deadly concoctions
Farmers are not fully aware of the consequences of using chemical pesticides
China remains heavily polluted, despite regulations
Yet another white paper but little work on the ground
Panchayats to get poverty alleviation funds
India's fertiliser subsidy policy favours the industry
Government's subsidy policy remains pro-industry
Food and malnutrition
Protest damned
The first tremors of ego clashes have rattled the anti-Tehri dam movement
THE TEMPEST
Hurricane Mitch leaves Nicaragua and Honduras devastated, and over 10, 000 dead
Diesel: no answer to global warming
Reserved for no one
Many reserved seats remained uncontested in first-ever panchayat elections in Jharkhand
Missing: One-third of India’s recorded forests
25.87 million hectares: That is the size of forest missing from the latest assessment of India’s green cover. Does this land exist? Is it …
Africa warming faster than rest of world: IPCC Sixth Assessment Report
Frequency and intensity of heavy precipitation events projected to increase across the continent
Fight for biosimilars
Roche’s injunction against Biocon’s breast cancer drug signals the tough road ahead
Stark facts: Forest destruction
“What we are doing to the forests of the world is but a mirror reflection of what we are doing to ourselves and to one another”- M K …
Copper unit comes a cropper
Sterlite Industries' proposed copper smelting unit and jetty are a threat to the well-being of the people of Ratnagiri. A recent report on the …