Andhra HC dismisses petitions against law to regulate micro-finance companies
Suggests state government should review the law enacted in the wake of suicides by rural borrowers
Use technology to make PDS transparent, efficient: Wadhwa committee
Supreme Court-appointed panel recommends phasing out private dealers from supply chain and doing away with above poverty line list
Land acquired for SEZs in Maharashtra to be turned into industrial hubs
New industrial policy follows denotification of SEZ land after promoters backed out of 16 deals
Developing countries unanimously reject LCA text
None of developing countries' concerns reflected in the negotiating text; closure of LCA in Doha looks difficult
Fight over finance: where's the money, ask developing countries
Developed countries shy away from promising more money to developing nations from next year till 2020 for mitigation and adaptation measures
Plans for Andhra's scheduled castes, tribes remain on paper
No vision, no planning, no adequate allocation and utilisation of funds, says Cabinet panel report still under wraps
Public hearing for Bhushan steel plant ends in fracas
Company did not consult village council or obtain its consent as mandated by law for scheduled areas, complain residents
Climate conference: developed countries push for closing talks under Long-Term Cooperative Action
They make no promise on extending financial and technology support to developing countries
CAG finds lapses in dental education
Slams health ministry for granting permission to dental colleges with inadequate infrastructure and faculty
Government closer to signing deal to dispose of Bhopal waste
Most differences over clauses in the contract with GIZ to airlift waste to Germany for incineration resolved at GoM meeting
Death knell sounded for dirty carbon credits from coal
CDM Executive Board decides to put the methodology used by coal power plants to earn carbon credits under further scrutiny
Gurgaon expansion halted
High court bars authorities from sanctioning new real estate projects to curb rampant groundwater exploitation
The future we do not want
World leaders attending Rio+20 did nothing to tackle the interlinked crises of economy and ecology, says Sunita Narain after attending the …
‘Clean Ganga and Yamuna mission a failure’
Parliamentary panel says that not involving people living on the banks of the river is the reason for it
CAG tears apart Antrix-Devas deal
Former ISRO chairperson Madhavan Nair took advantage of the many positions of power he held to push deal through, says Comptroller and Auditor …
To fast track India’s industrial growth, FM gives sops to mining
Environmentalists say ministry of finance apathetic towards social environmental consequences
Green tribunal suspends environment clearance of Scania sponge iron plant in Raigarh
Environment ministry granted clearance even though mandatory public consultations were not held
Residents protesting Adani's Tiroda power plant fear eviction, violence
Company started construction work around village settlement without rehabilitating affected people
Experts demand regulator for nutrition institutes
Standard training would ensure nutritionists prescribe diets suited to Indians, and not those set by western countries
Maharashtra forest department to go hi-tech
Satellite images and information technology will be used to check poaching, tree felling
Goa public accounts committee blows the lid off mining scam
Fifteen million tonnes of iron ore extracted and exported from the state illegally in last six years
Vedanta's expansion plan hits road block
Environment ministry wants fresh environmental impact assessment for mining giant's Lanjigarh alumina refinery
Bt Brinjal – the war goes on
Pro Bt Brinjal group releases a report challenging contention that the vegetable is used in medicine
Rs 212 crore for Omkareshwar dam oustees
Activists allege farmers being shortchanged; demand strict implementation of rehabilitation policy and Supreme Court guidelines
CAG report reveals only partial truth about sewage discharged into Yamuna
It does not take into account sewage generated from areas that consume water from private borewells and private suppliers