The way ahead
Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development
Good values are necessary for achieving balanced social and economic development
In the last 50 years, India s population has registered a three fold increase
Certification in India is a sham. It is done in the most non transparent manner
The Swedish experts have identified traces of over 40 substances in diesel exhaust that are listed by the <font class='UCASE'>epa</font> as hazardous air pollutants and by the California Air Resources Board as toxic air contaminants.
Of your waste, the government needs to tell the plastic industry. Other countries have done so. At times, to developing nations detriment. India needs to learn and adapt
If tourism revenues are generated by the quality of natural goods like a healthy tiger habitat or an excellent coral reef, then should tourists not be asked to pay an ecotax to conserve them? This
The threats from aerosols are all pervading
The tribal people in Kotagarh, a
DELHI: Bus route rationalisation; bus priority lanes; introduction of high capacity buses; electric trolley buses; trams for the walled city; feeder bus service for the metro; increasing parking
1990 Houston Summit of G-7 asserts the need to negotiate a tropical forest convention. Malaysia opposes the move. So do Brazil Gabon and India. 1992 US announces Forests for Future
Behold: eco development is here, again
It is a bumper crop that has raised quite a few eyebrows. Much to the chagrin of those leading the international fight against the drugs menace, Afghanistan harvested a bountiful poppy yield of 3400
Sleeping fisherfolk and idle trawlers at the Visakhapatnam harbour bear testimony to the fact that India's east coast is rapidly being deprived of its fish population. The average catch has
The worldwide slump in prices of primary commodities has claimed another victim
The government is mulling over changes in the legal framework that would facilitate foreign direct investment (fdi) in the mineral sector. In the third week of November, the mines ministry held its
The Kerala government has taken another decentralising step. It has handed over exclusive rights of mining and sale of sand from riverbeds to local bodies. The state's minister for revenue, K M Mani,
What was designed as a hangar for 21st century airships will soon be converted into the world's largest indoor rainforest. German officials have permitted Tropical Island Corporation, a uk-Malaysian
Microsoft Corporation is in the soup, or should we say sushi, again. This time a controversy embroiling the software giant has erupted in Japan. It is suspected of having violated the country's
An unprecedented outbreak of rabies in a northeastern province of the Amazon basin has left 15 people dead around Portel, a sparsely populated region of Brazil. Seven cases were diagnosed by
Conservationists in Tasmania, Australia, have locked horns with the fishing industry to protect the orange roughy fish species. The Humane Society International (hsi) has issued a call for