THE MONEY MAKERS
US drug companies are responding to criticism of the high cost of prescription medicines by putting out a new message for consumers: "We are not out to fleece you. We are, in fact, toiling hard to
US drug companies are responding to criticism of the high cost of prescription medicines by putting out a new message for consumers: "We are not out to fleece you. We are, in fact, toiling hard to
it is heartening to note that in the present decade, the intellectuals and academicians of the nation are not pontificating and publishing in just the realm of abstract theory but are directly
Scientists are trying to make designer solids substances whose molecules they assemble according to a predetermined plan
Fertilisers accelerate growth not only in plants but also in certain microbes that feast on oil
In India, the issue of food security has always been intimately involved with that of ecological degradation. In 1he late '60s and early'70s, the green revolution was introduced to increase food
LPG is a long way from being used as a fuel in automobiles
New draft environmental clearance process full of gaps
the environmental protection movement as we know and see it today was launched by sensible, rational people who had begun to discover early in the 1960s that the present pace of development,
Manufacturers across the world are busy developing environment friendly products and minimising pollution in production process. A select list
People infected with the AIDS virus are more susceptible to tuberculosis, and this further reduces their chances of survival.
A hypothesis that radiation from a nuclear plant caused leukaemia in the children of its employees has been trashed
Litigation against unscientific and environmentally dangerous mining activity brought Himachal Pradesh lime quarries into national prominence.
Cash-strapped Uttaranchal embarks on industrialisation. However, its policies are frightfully blind to green issues
The government has finalised a strategy to get industries to reduce their waste
Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG
High costs discourage the use of low sulphur fuels
THIRTY years of deforestation in the temperate regions has caused more pollution than 140 years' use of forests in the tropics. When' temperate forests were cut down in the 19th century by the
A German company claims its silicon based technology can restore the Taj Mahal to its past glory. But some experts doubt its effectiveness
Goa pays a price for unchecked mining, says a study
A UK based engineer is making money out of a device that saves energy by tapping waste steam