A fragile peace
North Korea agrees to allow inspection of its nuclear sites, defusing a potentially explosive situation
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Sustainable development is an oxymoron
WOLFGANG Sachs, born in 1946 in Munich, studied theology, sociology and history and taught at the University of Berlin for several years. At the end of the 1970s, he set up a research group called Energy and Society at the Technical University of Berlin,
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The economics of empowerment
"For a long time now, we have been calculating the number of people below and above the poverty line. And, these numbers have become a hot political issue. But the important thing is to eradicate
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Trapped in a quagmire
Pollution, disorderly urban growth and inadequate basic services are plaguing the Kathmandu valley and adversely affecting tourism, the valley's major revenue earner. Tourism itself is a burden on the valley's resources. Attempts are being made to stem t
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Leading the way to brain damage
India has yet to tackle the problem of leaded petrol, which causes brain damage in children
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Substituting natural gas for diesel
Buses in the northern and western parts of the country may soon run on a mixture of diesel and natural gas
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Grasim Industries Ltd
One Leaf Company<br><br>SCORE 20.65%<br>RANK TWENTY FIVE
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Where India stands
The demand for paper in India far exceeds its supply <br>
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Chekhov's hell: Sakhalin faces ravages of oil majors
LAUREN ALLAN-VAIL When the writer Anton Chekhov described Sakhalin as a hellish place, he could have scarcely anticipated the ravages wrought by big oil companies on
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As clean as coal
India dithers on cleaner coal technologies. But it has the technology to help the thermal power sector clean up its act
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Commotion over a ban
The government bans the use of BHC. The industry files a petition and the issue hangs fire
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The polluting reaper
the book explains how farming, in its modern avatar, has acquired the dubious distinction of becoming a major polluter from its benign position of an activity in harmony with nature. The book
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Beyond progress
compulsory acquisition of land by public and private sector companies often displaces people, forcing them to give up their homes, assets, means of livelihood and even vocation. More often than
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Urban Wilderness
A study on urban biodiversity is relevant to understand the human impact on environment
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Healer extraordinaire
The death of Arun Kumar Sen, the inspiration behind the Students' Health Home, the biggest medical insurance scheme run by students in the country, has left an irreplaceable void
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Cleaning up the frontyard
Some Delhi residents tackle the Capital's mountainous garbage problem as civic authorities apathetically look on
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Democratising access to data
INDIA'S politicians and bureaucrats have often been compared to the five blind men and the elephant, with the difference that they have consciously chosen to be blind. For years, they have woven a
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Coast Guard mops up another oil spill
The oil pipeline burst at Bombay High exposes maintenance lapses and highlights the urgent need for environment management plans to tackle such mishaps.
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Clauses of deceit
DuPont slimes out of catastrophe responsibility
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Hear, hear!
The industry begrudges being left in the dark about the Cabinet s decision to form an environment appellate authority competent to tackle complaints and hearings on developmental projects