Gassed into surrender
Excise duty imposed on methane produced by effluent treatment plants has been withdrawn
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THE MONEY MAKERS
ENVIRONMENTALISTS in Bangkok, Thailand, who are seriously worried about the high level of hydrocarbons that Thais breathe, can now heave a sigh of relief. The ubiquitous tuk-tuks -- nifty little
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Bribery in high places
Malaysian prime minister Mahathir Mohamad strikes back with tough trade sanctions against Britain for allegations of accepting bribes
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A stale session of scientists
The 81st session of the Indian Science Congress failed to inspire interaction among scientists and was reduced to a forum for criticising the state of Indian science.
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Unholy deeds in the woods
Human greed is putting an end to the traditional sacred groves in Kerala
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We don't smell the air
I smelled the air of Bangalore last week. It was foul. I remembered how in the late 1990s, when Delhi s air was dark and dirty, we had run an advertisement in the newspapers Roll down the window of
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The call of the wild
The Maldhari community of Saurashtra, reputed to be among the oldest inhabitants of this region, were traditionally livestock breeders, pastoral nomads roaming the wilds in search of the elusive
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Building on wrong premises
The plan to rehabilitate the victims of the devastating earthquake that shook Latur last year ignores the needs of the villagers and introduces alien construction techniques
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The joke's on the panchayat
The recent <i>panchayat</i> elections in Madhya Pradesh was the latest edition of the mock ritual of decentralisation
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Keep your waste
A ban has been imposed on the export of hazardous waste despite strong Northern resistance
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Only ripples
The latest international meet on water nearly drowned in platitudes
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Four Engineers and A manager
We are at the gateway of the Indian Thar desert. Domes dot the sandy fields of the village of Lahsedi in district Churu, Rajasthan. At the edge of each dome are little holes, surrounded by a clean
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Qualitywise, India is miles ahead
The Indian entries in a recent development video competition held by the British Council, far outpaced their competitors in production quality, pace and purposefulness.
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Unprepared
Conventional thinking has it that floods are caused by excessive rainfall. ARCHITA BHATTA finds out that wasn't necessarily the case this year While people in the flood-affected areas are
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Countdown to safety
In the face of mounting criticism at home and abroad, Japan's fast breeder reactor programme is on the mat
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The closing of the gates
A controversy boiled over when the construction sluices were closed abruptly and affected scores of people
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No milking the super cows
The European Community has opposed injecting cows with the controversial hormone bovine somatrophin to boost milk production
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Working magic
IN HER short but bitingly relevant play, Mridula Garg places the exploitation of children in the carpet industry in an equally horrific context of deforestation, outmigration and rural poverty --
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Money plants?
How green is your money? Investors try to figure out as plantation companies take them for a ride
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Fighting "green imperialism"
India and Brazil strongly protested the North's attempts to link environment with trade