Informational intricacies
NO INDIVIDUAL can hope to remain anonymous as integration of computing and telecommunications has vastly improved the ability to collate, classify and analyse information about each person.
NO INDIVIDUAL can hope to remain anonymous as integration of computing and telecommunications has vastly improved the ability to collate, classify and analyse information about each person.
One of the main reasons given for nationalising the coalmines of India was to protect workers from accidents. What followed was large scale destruction of the environment. Now, the danger is not just from accidents that kill. For the residents of coal tow
Draft biotech strategy favours industry; omits biosafety
MINING for minerals is one of humankind's oldest industrial activities, and one of the most complex. Only very recently have computers found their way into the mining industry. Initially,
Traditional models of architecture, especially for mass housing purposes, may yet be resurrected
India finally tries to give real incentives to stop indigenous intelligence from migrating abroad
This time round, US secretary of energy Hazel O'Leary's visit to India was a successful business trip
A cash rich municipality and a set of dedicated officials have made Surat s waste management system a successful but expensive exercise
"HISTORY repeats itself, the first time as tragedy and the second time as farce." In 1982, protests by tribal groups and urban environmentalists led to the withdrawal of a draft Forest Bill. This
A zoology professor motivates people to plant trees in memory of the deceased
Post communist Siberia has hardly any paved streets, but is brimming with cellular phones and $40,000 jeeps
why are we reviewing a book on the history of molecular biology? Not because Michel Morange, who wrote it, is a professor of microbiology at the University of Paris VI and Ecole Normale superior,
Tourism threatens the Jaisamand lake near Udaipur
The Oriya name for the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) is baula kumbhira, which literally means crazy crocodile. The moniker certainly rings true for people living in about 50 villages
I never thought I would write in defence of the Indian state. But I am. The de construction of the notion of public space and the practice of public service is evident and will cripple us enormously.
In Nagpur city, women gather outside a court. In broad daylight they lynch a local serial rapist. When four women are arrested, few hundred women own up to the crime. They say they killed Akku Yadav
Scientists pinpoint shortcomings in the new draft technology policy
From archangels to archfiends the reputation of IAS officers has certainly nosedived. Anil Agarwal, director, Centre for Science and Environment, and N C Saxena, director, Lai Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration, Mussorie, share their v
An amateur film brings out the plight of Hyderabad's child brides without making judgements.
The North will stagnate, South will grow, and the multinationals, aided by World Bank ideologues, will exploit the poorer countries for their own survival