Deadly generosity
Eighty four nations may have agreed to ban the export of poisonous wastes, but major players in the trade like Germany could ruin the agreement even before it takes shape
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New Genesis
The mapping of human genes opens up new frontiers and also gives rise to fresh fears
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Backs to the wall
Kerala's backwaters are one of its most prized possessions. But they are fighting for survival today, with reclamation for the purposes of development and commerce increasingly choking them off
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The great divide
For the urban Indian, upwardly mobile on auto-power, livestock means products like milk and meat. For 75 per cent of India living in villages, it means transport, power, fertiliser and food
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Eugenics in black and white
People with fascism in their genes insist again that high intelligence is a White racial trait
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A belief in tradition
It was a unique ceremony for a unique award given to a unique rural community of India. In what is perhaps the first ceremony of its kind, President K R Narayanan flew to Hamirpura, a village in Alwar district, to felicitate the village of Bhaonta Kolyala
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All about Alamatti
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation s major wrangles over river waters
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Solutions forever
Dharamitra, a Wardha based organisation, has been working on many projects and, with active participation of the local people, is ensuring a greener future
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Caught in a net
A recent coup on the Internet, which broke the monopoly held by the Netherland's state publishers over information, throws light on what is being referred to as Internet activism
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A call from within
THE curtains recently came down on the UN Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), held at Istanbul, Turkey. The event was the last of the mega UN conferences to be held in this'. century.
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Experimental protests in the lab
A week of unprecedented protests by the employees of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research indicates the deep discontent among India's scientists
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Nettin' in the bad guys
The Internet is fast becoming a powerful weapon in the hands of voluntary groups for tying up in knots the hitherto omniscient international business shoguns, forcing them to retreat ... because now the world knows of their dirty games
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Citywards ho!
Out of more than half the world population that are wannabe urban Bourbons, larger number of women and children will have to rough it out
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In the pay of plastics
India s biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West s fashion for unsustainable living
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For a whole new world
The cyber revolution is swamping the world. But what is it engendering - concept of the global village or information elitism?
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Exploring a deep gusher
Discovering Mars, a tantalisingly vast oilfield beneath the waves of the Gulf of Mexico, is petroleum giant Shell's big achievement, and the affordable way to tap its oil riches is a technological marvel in offshore drilling
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Spirit of Mandate 1996
Although women did not figure prominently in this year's elections, women power definitely proved to be a very heady potion for aspiring candidates
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Crying out for aid
With one of the highest growth rate of AIDS cases in the world, India sees a boom in 'opportunistic infections' baffling doctors
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"Bad TV is better than no TV"
'Welcome to tomorrow' seems to be ARTHUR C CLARKE's motto in life. He was the first to hit upon the notion of global broadcasting networks using communication satellites comsats in geostationary orbits. Clarke, the versatile visionary par excellen
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And quiet flows the poison
The Bichhri order has meant nothing for the polluter, O P Agarwal. A visit to his Vapi plant showed what can happen if courts issue orders only against individual units and not against the polluting process