When the water begins to stink...
...Yet another rainforest disappears and a way of life dies as "development" catches up with the Guaranis of Paraguay
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Computers go off - track
The Indian Railways has raised a stink by opting for an outdated Canadian software programme for controlling its freight operations
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'We have to make population growth compatible with development'
DEVELOPING countries have accepted the inarguable importance of the link between population and economic and social development and natural resources, says NAFIS SADIK, secretary general of the International Conference on Population and Development, 1994,
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Charges of poisoning
Using automobile batteries both Indian and foreign, Clandestine lead smelting units near the Delhi border have played havoc with the health of villagers
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Imminent deluge
Asian countries risk becoming the dumping ground for the world"s burgeoning waste trade
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Business nonsense
The Globe is getting warmer. But the only contribution of US businesses is an advertising blitz and political arm twisting to discredit climate science
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'India is close to aquaculture disaster'
JOHN KURIEN, a faculty member at Thiruvananthapuram's Centre For Development Studies, which devotes itself to developing linkages between research and action, finds teaching the economics of fisheries to researchers as important as teaching economics t
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No truck with green
WE HAVE a perspectivebut nopolicieson environmentdeclares Sitarain Yechury, the suave Communist Party of India-Marxist (cpi-m) politburo member. Green causes, till now, have lain low on the
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Here come the "number crunchers"
India's attempts at developing supercomputers have not only paid off, they have sparked intense competition.
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Caught between boars and bureaucracy
Authorities of a wildlife sanctuary propose to curb the menace of rampaging wild boars by providing affected villagers with, among other things, volleyball and television sets.
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Countdown to self reliance
Indian space scientists have been forced on the indigenisation track to launch communications satellites
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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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Urban wildlife and disappearing commons
"What are we supposed to feel when a sarkari animal carries our children away? Are we still supposed to love the animal and the sarkar?" This plea by an activist working with poor people living in
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The four pillars of non conventional energy
After initial success in deriving energy from water, sun, wind and biomass, India is poised for a great leap in making these the energy sources of the future.
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OBSERVATION: Mercury rising
With lax regulations and a huge mercury loss unaccounted for, a disaster is waiting to happen in India
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Playing dice with development
Like all such meetings before, the UN World Summit in Copenhagen had to address the needs of the commoner, the bedrock of all nations
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Time for India to take stock
The new trade order ordained by GATT affects India's entire economy. Some consider it a new form of colonialism, but others see it as a bountiful opportunity.
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The computer plays postman
India seems ready to cash in on electronic mail, a cheap and fast way of communication in which messages are exchanged through computer networks.
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Clothing the desert
A sturdy mountain tree could transform chilly deserts into lush fields
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When the land shouts
Van Gujjars in the Shivalik foothills vociferously claim managing authority of the Rajaji National Park