Medicare perverted
"THE limitations of present health activities are only a reflection of the modern system of medicine (which) has not yet developed a way of dealing with health problems at the social level," says the
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A tale of two districts
Why is Jhabua, and not kalahandi, a success story?
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Miffed neighbour
Sri Lanka has raised many questions about the Sethusamudram project. About 125 NGOs had submitted a memorandum raising many concerns. "It (the Sethu project) is being implemented according to the
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South Asia
Titas gas leak Bangladesh Gas Field Company Ltd has initiated operations to stop uncontrolled gas leaks from the country's biggest gas field Titas in Brahmanbaria district. Though the gas started
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Planting trouble
No, no and no again. At a meeting organised by Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment (cse) on July 7, environmentalists firmly rejected the proposal of the ministry of environment and
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Performance pays
The chief ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim, who were rated as the greenest chief ministers in a CSE survey, have retained power in their states
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Echoing Bush's call
Influential northern NGOs joined hands to demand a "comprehensive strategy" on forests
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No Go
The South managed to make its presence felt, but this was due to the US Europe rift
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Ministry of Environment and Forests
Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it
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Here, not there
A new atlas classifies some districts into zones based on their ability to absorb pollution
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Earthquake rocks Indonesia
An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale hit the Indonesian island of Java in the early hours of May 27, 2006. More than 135,000 houses were destroyed and an estimated 647,000 people were
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Hope in sight for indigenous people
The UN is finalising a draft declaration on special rights for indigenous people, but this is being opposed by some governments.
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Feeling the heat
The Justice department files a mammoth civil lawsuit against cigarette manufacturers in the US
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Opinions
DTE sought the comments of legal luminaries and journalists on some issues that emerged out of this analysis. The individuals whose opinions appear here are P N Baghwati, former Chief Justice of India, A M Singhvi, additional solicitor general of India; R
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Fast order
The Madras high court seeks to evolve a mechanism for the quick settlement of environmental disputes
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At a standstill
The outcome of the fourth and final mini-ministerial before the Cancun conference in September was on predictable lines. No breakthrough was made on contentious issues regarding agricultural and
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Species At Stake
Illegal trade threatens plant and animal species native to India
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INDONESIA
The orang-utan, one of human's closest relatives, may be extinct in the next 20 years if the uncontrolled destruction of Indonesia's forests continues in its present manner, according to a report by
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The small big polluter
Small-scale industries: Where regulations are meaningless and pollution control an unaffordable luxury. Can they leapfrog to cost-effective technologies and find shelter in policies that provide reservation in pollution-free sectors?<p> <font face=arial
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CEC to stay, says SC
the Supreme Court ordered the continuation of the Central Empowered Committee (cec) on September 7. In doing so, the court struck down the centre's appeal to scrap the cec. "The cec will