Cauvery row: SC directs Karnataka to release 283 cumec water to Tamil Nadu
Asks Cauvery Monitoring Committee headed-by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to meet within two days and decide water sharing between the two states
Only 22 housing projects for poor completed under JNNURM, says CAG
Comptroller and Auditor General raps urban development and housing ministries for failing to bring about urban governance reforms
Where SAIL's profits come from
State-owned steel giant’s profits are increasingly from raw material subsidies, not real economic value addition
Indian laws adequate for ensuring biosafety, says MoEF special secretary
But they do not provide for liability and redress if damage occurs due t release of GMOs by biotech giants, point out civil society groups
NHRC raps Centre, Madhya Pradesh for insensitivity towards dam oustees
People affected by Omkareshwar and Indira Sagar dams had staged jal satyagraha to demand rehabilitation rights
Kundankulam: police fire teargas to chase away protesters
The commissioning of the two 1,000 MW units of the plant has been delayed since December last year due to protests
'Mumbai trans-harbour link won't be shifted'
Metropolitan region authority proposes temporary bridge to carry out construction so that flamingo habitat in Sewri is not disturbed
American thermal power plants under mercury regulation
US Environmental Protection Agency's mercury and air toxics standards will be effective from December 2014
Forest dwellers march for their rights
State governments reject 50 per cent of the 3.15 million claims filed under Forest Rights Act
Supreme Court lashes out at Centre and Madhya Pradesh for lax attitude towards unethical drug trials
Gives eight more weeks to file their responses
India takes cue from China; to mine rare-earths
Will add two research vessels for the mining
Case of profiteering from coal block comes to light
Company allotted captive coal block sold stakes; coal ministry issues show cause notice
Government bans blood test for TB
Move comes a year after WHO said the test leads to misdiagnosis
Are Goa's village panchayats following high court orders on garbage disposal? State pollution board to enquire
Panchayats may face contempt proceedings
Nail paint could lead to diabetes
Finds study in elderly
Draft organ donation rules propose stiff penalty on illegal trade
Small health centres to get licence for organ retrieval
South Africa to phase in carbon tax from 2015
Tax to increase at 10 per cent per year; draft policy sets relief limits
Cabinet approves National Policy for Children
Health experts say it has many shortcomings
Mixed signals for vehicles, transportation
SUVs to be expensive but not diesel cars
Tamil Nadu aims for 1,000 MW solar power; falls short by half
Uncertainty over payment and short time frame keeps developers away
“It is not religion but the state that is insensitive 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
How to increase earning from fisheries
Team from from Tripara's College of Fisheries show the way
State mining departments turn tech-savvy to track mineral ores
Odisha takes lead, sets up robust system to monitor minerals produced and transported