New ISRO rocket series takes off
A Rohini sounding rocket, RH-200, launched this week marks the beginning of a new series of rocket launches as part of MIDAS, the Middle Atmospheric Dynamics Science research programme. During the
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Where love is obscene, but not hunger deaths
In a country which has so much food grain in its warehouses that it is exporting to other countries, it is obscene that even one person should die to hunger. And, even more obscene that we should
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Gehlot seeks central aid for drought
Close on the heels of starvation deaths in Baran and the Rajasthan government's failure in implementation of social security schemes, the chief minister, Mr Ashok Gehlot, admitted that he could not
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West's tariff peaks blunt third world's edge : WTO
While the average bond and applied import tariffs in the developed countries are low, tariff 'peaks' and 'escalations can act as major impediments to the poorer countries' development and
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India 119 in index of economic freedom
India has been ranked 119th in the "2003 Index of Economic Freedom" released recently by The Heritage Foundation and the Wall Street Journal. while the country has improved its score from 3.8 in 2001
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Government distancing itself from WEF conference?
The Davos-based World Economic Forum's annual India Economic Summit seems to be running out of steam as the political leadership is conspicuous by its absence in the three-day event. Considered a
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Jogi proposes 10-year action plan
The Chattisgarh chief minister, Mr Ajit Jogi has unrolled a 10-year plan, 'Vision 2012' for transferring the state's economy into a stable one. The chief minister seems to be putting his best foot
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Plantation to gain heavily by trading carbon credits
India's rubber, mango, palm and coconut plantations can earn substantial profits by selling their contribution to cleaning the environment by absorbing the carbon dioxide. The current rate for such
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Study to link city pollution, health
A comprehensive review of studies on air pollution and its impact in Delhi will be carried out by a US-based institute in the next four years. The review will attempt to establish a conclusive
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Delhi govt. asks SC to use Bhatti Mines as landfill
Hard-pressed to find a site for dumping the solid waste, Delhi government has come up with the unthinkable. It has sought the Supreme Court's permission for dumping the city's waste in Bhatti Mines
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SC orders body on afforestation fund
The states and union territories may not be able to divert the money generated from diversion of forest land for non-forest purposes any any more as the Supreme Court has directed setting up of a
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National forest panel to be formed soon
The Centre plans to set up its very first national forest commission to reform the entire forest administration and provide a framework which can guarantee the country's long term food security.
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Losing the horn
The Sumatran rhinoceros, one of the world's most endangered species, is on the brink of extinction after a resurgence of poaching. Hungers use barbaric methods, including electrocution, to kill the
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Time for a policy review
In 1985, 12 years after Project Tiger was launched, India caught a poacher with a booty of tiger bones. This was the first such widely-publicised arrest in a surprised nation, wondering at one man's
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UK-based NGO takes up cudgels for donkeys
Bob Harrison is an associate with The Donkey Sanctuary - a UK-based NGO committed for the welfare of donkeys. The organization has been operating in village Sadhrana, Gurgaon, since 1998. Working in
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Circus maltreating animals: PFA
Colourful Australian macaw and cocatto parrots operating a toy cannon and beautiful spitz dogs and pups passing through a ring of fire might be a source of amusement for spectators, particularly
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Mild quake in Latur
The Latur district of Maharashtra, that had witnessed a devastating earthquake in September 1993, was rocked by a quake of slight intensity on Sunday evening, the meteorological office here said on
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DJB wakes up to ammonia seepage in water
The Delhi Jal Board, which had to shut down its Haiderpur plant for six hours due to excess presence of ammonia in raw water, today took up the matter with the Haryana government and the Central
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Task force to check pollution
The Himachal Pradesh Government has set up an interagency task force to control pollution from various sources and for the time-bound implementation of the Action Plan for Pollution Control in the
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Ground under our feet
Call it a chief justice's farewell gift to the nation, if you will, but Chief Justice B.N. Kirpal did the right thing by signing off his tenure with a landmark order banning mining activity in the