Fate of Lokpal Bill hangs in balance
Opposition parties and ally Trinamool want states to decide on appointing lokayuktas
‘FDI will increase farmers’ earnings by 40-50 per cent’
P Chengal Reddy is general secretary of the Consortium of Indian Farmers Association (CIFA)—an organisation that claims to represent 40 …
Gopal Subramaniam, Rohinton Nariman swap places in Novartis patent case
Will take on each other in the patent case of anti-cancer drug Glivec filed by Novartis
Jalandhar village opposes waste-to-energy plant
Project developer, Jindal Urban Infrastructure Limited, could not answer queries satisfactorily at public hearing
Andhra to promote chemical free cultivation
State's rural development and agriculture departments to work together to encourage organic farming
Lessons from Japan: Diversify energy options
The nuclear mess in Japan has raised many questions. There were glaring technological errors at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. A section of US …
India's genome saviours
Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species
MoEF changes stand on relocation of Dhari Devi temple for Alaknanda dam
Supreme Court rebuffs ministry for opposing relocation of the temple at a higher level, something its own committee had approved
Uttarakhand safest for newborns: first annual health survey
Survey will help measure progress of development goals and formulate district-level plans better, says health ministry
India opposes 2020 deadline for DDT ban
Conference of parties to Stockholm Convention to allow DDT use for malaria control until alternatives become available
Subansiri dam unsafe: experts committee
Report kept under wraps shows project plan ignores flood control and compromises on design, safety
Public walk out of hearing for Mithi Virdi nuclear power project
Residents say public hearing was illegal and organised without a proper rehabilitation plan for the project-affected
Jobless growth comes to haunt beleaguered UPA government
Any job creation policy will have to refocus on ecology that has been giving employment to a large section of the population
Madhya Pradesh government lied about rehabilitating people affected by Maheshwar dam
State now tells green tribunal that developer did not release sufficient funds for resettlement and rehabilitation work
Delhi HC dismisses appeal to scrap BRT
Says a developed country is not one where the poor own cars. It is one where the rich use public transport
Forests protected by indigenous communities may get recognition under CBD
Around 370 million ha of forests across the world are conserved by communities with little support from governments
Submission to parliamentary committee on agriculture regarding GM crops
Memorandum to the Committee on Agriculture with views on “Cultivation of Genetically Modified Food Crops – Prospects and Effects&…
11 hectares of Lavasa project land to be restored to tribals
Order to return land to two tribals of Mugaon village brightens hope of 15 other tribal people fighting to get back their land
On WHO agenda: a global vaccine action plan
Health activists say new policy may not address the weaknesses in ongoing routine immunisation programmes and would flood poor countries with new …
EU's biofuel policy fuelling food inflation: ActionAid
Report predicts forced displacement of poor people from their land to meet EU targets to grow fuel crops
Water starved village caught in Bt debate
Bhamb Raja rues Bt seed major Monsanto and farmers activists exploit its plight to achieve their own goals
Union Carbide refuses more compensation to Bhopal gas leak victims
Affidavit moved in Supreme Court demands return of earlier settlement with interest for curative action
Radio-collared leopard killed by speeding vehicle in Thane
Ajoba made headlines in 2009 when he travelled over 100 km from Pune to Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park
Nagpur citizens oppose power tariff hike, load shedding
Hike proposed is fifth in a year; people blame power distributor for not recovering dues from the powerful
Trio win physics Nobel for studying universe's expansion
The laureates studied several dozen exploding stars, called supernovae and made the discovery