UP police withdraws charges against social activist
in what is seen as a vindication of the struggle for land rights, and a political victory, the police in Uttar Pradesh's Sonebhadra district withdrew nsa (National Security Act, 1980) charges
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Brazil
A Brazilian judge has asked the Monsanto Com pany to shelve plans to launch sales of genetically modified (gm) soybeans this year. He further ruled that the biotechnology giant's local unit must
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Why tigers fear Indian forest service officers
A forest officer "Untouchability has not been eradicated from the country. There still exist classes of people who have to perform chores for their lords with unquestioning servility. Any
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High and dry
Conservation cannot ignore pastoral rights
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Snippets
• Argentina recently filed a case in the International Court of Justice against Uruguay to stop constructing pulp mills along the shared Uruguay river. Argentina fears these mills will cause
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Snail dies in captivity in New Zealand
One of the giant snails controversially translocated to New Zealand's West Coast has died. The creature was one of the 367 rare Powelliphanta augustus snails, which were moved from their natural
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Interview Andhra Pradesh Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah
Andhra Pradesh Major Irrigation Minister Ponnala Lakshmaiah talks to S.Ramakrishna on why the state is for the Polavaram project. "We have spent over Rs 1,500 crore on the project' Polavaram
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Sea sand crisis
Sri Lanka s government flayed for mining coastal sand dunes
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South Asia
Bully's immunity: Bangladesh is witnessing a nationwide protest against the government's move to allow blanket immunity to the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). The
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Bad example
In court, Vedanta's lawyers repeatedly said they would emulate the "successful' land reforestation undertaken by NALCO, in its mining area on the Panchpat Mali hill range. The company has received
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Delhi s high tech cows
The Municipal Corporation of Delhi (mcd) has come up with a unique solution to the traffic and sanitation menace posed by stray cattle. It is implanting microchips in the cattle before they are
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A blueprint
For compulsory environmental insurance for industries
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Off the logs
Illegal logging has reached the hitherto uncontacted Jururei tribe in the Amazon forests of Brazil. The tribe has only eight to 10 members. It is the second "uncontacted' indigenous group in the area
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USEPA s ethical faux pas
Industry tests using human beings would now be accepted by the us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) in fixing standards for chemicals in food and water. The agency is about to finish
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We the regulators
Last fortnight, I said I did not know how the two Cola giants would respond to our study on pesticides in soft drinks. Now I do. I have learnt how global corporations deal with public concerns.
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Want to be fried?
I first learnt about slapp when we released a study about pesticides in colas. PepsiCo had filed a defamation case against us in the Delhi High Court and our lawyer, fresh out of law school in
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IMSians acknowledged at Debate on “Odd Even Report Card” with Rajdeep Sardesai in India Today
With an aim to provide holistic developmental exposure to our PGDM Students, IMS Ghaziabad PGDM Students along with Prof. Gaurav Dawar participated in a Debate on the 15-day trial of Delhi Government's
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Wobbly stand
With elections round the corner, the Delhi government has gone back on its decision to phase out 15 year old commercial vehicles
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Hospital waste: management morass
Every day, the country's numerous hospitals and medical facilities churn out millions of tonnes of waste. An alarming percentage of this waste lies in the open, like festering sores on civilisation's body, as breeding grounds of lethal virulences and
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Eaten hollow
The sal heartwood borer is all set to destroy sal forests in Madhya Pradesh. But this would not have been possible without the assistance of an incompetent forest bureaucracy and an indifferent scientific community. Their answer to the crisis was a