How images can break or make corporations
HOW IMPORTANT is a chief executive's personality in the way a corporation works? Very, says Matthew Lynn in this book. In a game with billions at stake, it is a rare breed of people who have the
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A zero effluent project
Faced with a water shortage, Madras Refineries Ltd has opted for cleaning up sewage water and recycling its own effluents to meet its water needs.
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The same stale nostrums
EVER SINCE the Earth Summit last year in Rio de Janeiro, there has been a spate of literature on sustainable development. Suddenly there is money aplenty for seminars, conferences and publications on
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Bogged Down
Waste generation is not rare in urban areas, nor any other part of the world. The only difference is in the management of wastes. An effective, efficient and sustainable waste management system is still rare in India. "The scenario is bad in India and not
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The ultimate power over nature
Apart from the inherent problems of genetic engineering, the brave new technology is also plagued by questions of ethics and safety
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State of despair
Criminals followed corrupt politicians into grabbing contracts related to earthworks. Today, they fund political parties and virtually run the state
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Study flouts basics in privatizing healthcare
CII study recommends greater private role in India's healthcare sector, but the document centres around the lucrative tertiary care market only
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The deadly public sector
It is clear that the state does not function in India. Politicians and bureaucrats can go hang themselves
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Farmers take on multinationals
Small farmers protesting the monopoly of multinationals over the world's food resources take to the streets in Bangalore.
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Rise in exports is at the cost of the environment
With the pollution conscious West pushing large scale production of toxic chemicals to India, the result is more exports and more environmental damage.
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New biopesticide conquers mosquito larvae
Malaria is attaining near epidemic proportions in the country but researchers in Madras hold out a ray of hope. They have produced an environmentally safe pesticide that kills mosquito larvae.
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Wetland crisis
Industrial activity threatens the wetlands of east Calcutta
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Natural jeans, clean gasoline and organic cures
Manufacturers across the world are busy developing environment friendly products and minimising pollution in production process. A select list
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Country s waste, Gujarat s wealth
Industrialists who have been shown the door elsewhere in the country find welcoming arms in Gujarat. The state seems to be allowing industries that have been rejected elsewhere due to environmental concerns to set up shop
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It s money, stupid
Waste can fuel savings in cement plants
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Karachi's garbage plans
ignoring the growing worldwide concern over waste-to-energy plants and incineration, the district administration in Karachi has tied up with a Malaysian firm to build a similar plant. The project
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World Bank indicted for meddling with India's policies
criticism against the World Bank (wb) has just become strident. At a time when India has become the biggest recipient of wb loans, a people's tribunal in Delhi has accused the bank of trying to
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Malls in Ahmedabad violate green norms
an ngo has asked Gujarat's pollution control board for details of the clearances granted to over 12 large-scale shopping malls in Ahmedabad. It has alleged that most of the malls in the city
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Changing gears
Automakers are realising the advantages of four stroke engines. But fuel cells and electric vehicles remain the industry s orphans
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ISO 14000
The introduction of a purchase preference policy for iso 14000 certified companies in the draft national environment policy is a questionable procedure (iso 14000 is a global standard of