RTI assessment

Tannery convicted

Floods in north and east India kill 120 people

Release of flood waters from Nepal affect large parts of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar

Soor Sarovar bird sanctuary in peril

Ayurvedic drug manufacturers divided over new eu directives

Drought spreads its tentacles

UP government caught napping as state comes under dry spell

Green tribunal orders closure of 18 polluting industries in Noida

Order follows site inspections by a joint committee appointed by tribunal

“It is not religion but the state that is insensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

“Both Hinduism and modern science are sensitive to the environment”

Maha Kumbh to be a dry run?

Religious organisations say there is not enough water in the Ganga to take the holy dip

Losing light

Bachat Lamp Yojana flounders. Investors say faulty mechanism makes it a bad deal

Sugarcane growers in Uttar Pradesh short changed

Blowing out a tradition

The ban on conch shell trading has sent the industry into a tizzy

The flyash burden

Will the targets set for utilising flyash by power plants be met?

Shallow scheme

Drinking water project peppered with flaws

India set to grow biofortified crop

Four states to cultivate iron-rich pearl millet by 2012

Farm laws effect: Farmers’ protests in India increased 38% in 2020 after 3 years of decline

Number of protests increased in 12 states, with Jharkhand leading the tally

Sewage stink

Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system

Time for course correction

Congress likely to go all out to woo people in the new budget

Mercury in air, water

Bias is in the law

Revived acquisition and rehabilitation bills offer little relief

Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

Corpses rot, flow down the Ganga in Uttarakhand

Chief minister seeks permission for mass funeral; doctors fear break out of epidemic

Energy pill for renewable sector

World Bank prepares off-grid scheme to revitalise growth

What a waste

Solid waste management plant that won Kanpur an award raises a stink