The hanta phantom
Indian scientists suspect the presence of hantavirus one of the. most dreaded killers of modern times in Gujarat
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Corals in shells of death
The shores of the Andaman and Nicobar islands are losing their magnificent coral reefs because of heavy siltation caused by developmental activities
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Andaman & Nicobar turtles face extinction
The Andaman and Nicobar Islands are the third most significant biodiversity hotspot in India. With a coastline of 1962 kilometres and many beaches straddling small isolated islands, the region provides an ideal nesting habitat for primarily four species o
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BrahMos test-fired
BrahMos, the supersonic cruise missile, on Wednesday lifted off from the Indian Naval ship "Rajput' speeding in the Bay of Bengal and destroyed a target on an uninhabited island in the Nicobar group of islands situated in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. It was the 15th launch of BrahMos but this was the first time that the missile was fired from a ship towards a target on land. "We kept a target on the sand dunes of the island. It was hit. It was a precision-mission. This is an important mission for us because the Navy is acquiring the capability, with the same BrahMos, to destroy targets on the coast,' said A. Sivathanu Pillai, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited. The previous 14 flights of BrahMos were from ship to ship, land to ship, and from land to land. Dr. Pillai, who spoke from the Campbell Bay island, called it "a fantastic test.' The launch was executed by trained Naval personnel on board the Rajput. The test-firing took place at 10.30 a.m. BrahMos travels at a speed more than three times that of sound and can hit targets 290 km away. It is a joint product of India and Russia. Dr. Pillai said Defence Minister A.K. Antony phoned him up to congratulate the missile technologists of BrahMos Limited, the Defence Research and Development Organisation and Russia on the success. Mr. Antony said it was a major breakthrough in enhancing the capability of BrahMos.
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On windy shores
Since the 1950s and 60s, India s efforts to tap wind energy have seen many ups and downs. The mid 1990s saw a boom, with Tamil Nadu taking the lead in wind power generation. But nothing has moved since
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"We are starved of funds"
KALYAN BANERJEE, director of the National Institute of Virology NIV in Pune, speaks to MAX MARTIN about the emergence and re emergence of viral diseases in India. Banerjee warns that the hantavirus, one of the most lethal killers discovered till date, m
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Andaman and Nicobar: Beyond India's landmass
Excerpts from <i>Troubled Islands!</i> by Pankaj Sekhsaria
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Behind the fishing lines
Fisherfolk threaten to gut intrusive foreign trawlers despite India's recent review of its Deep Sea Fishing policy
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Sourcing Shompens
Hunter gatherers of Great Nicobar yield evolutionary clues
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Making science of mumbo jumbo
Scientists compile India's ethnic knowledge. They find a veritable gold mine
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Watered down?
The Union government plans to dilute the coastal regulation zone norms
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Congress plans rallies to cash in on farm debt waiver
Buoyed by the popular reaction to the farm debt waiver and debt relief scheme announced in the budget, the Congress has planned a series of rallies in State capitals and district headquarters. It will begin with a massive show of strength on the Ramlila grounds here on March 9. At the same time, Congress president Sonia Gandhi will meet State-wise all-party MPs from March 3 to 5 in the Parliament House. In a bid to pull out all stops to cash in on the popular sentiment, Ms. Gandhi's meetings with MPs will generally carry the message that the momentum and high ground gained by the party on the farmers' indebtedness issue, should be maintained throughout the year when six States go to the polls, and till the Lok Sabha polls next year. The States going to the polls this year are the ones where farmers would benefit the most from the Rs.60,000-crore debt waiver scheme. These are Karnataka, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chaattisgarh, Delhi and Jammu and Kashmir. A senior party leader said that the mood in the party is upbeat and the leadership wants it to be sustained. Central to Ms. Gandhi's meetings with MPs would be the message that the programmes launched by the Congress-led UPA government should be "properly explained' to the people. In particular, the Congress would like to take the credit for the National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme and now the farm debt relief issue, the sources explained. On Monday, Ms. Gandhi will meet MPs from Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Manipur, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh. On Tuesday, she is to meet MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Haryana, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand. On Wednesday, the Congress president will meet MPs from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Goa, Dadar Haveli, Daman and Diu, West Bengal and Andaman and Nicobar. The AICC has planned the rallies keeping in mind the hundreds of Congressmen who want to "thank' the Congress president for the decision on the debt relief scheme.
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Timber felling quota exceeded in Andamans
The environment ministry is in trouble in the Andaman and Nicobar islands, where it has violated timber extraction limits.
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A R Maslekar
ANIL AGARWAL has raised many important points regarding the status of India's forests with reference to the SFR 1995 by the PSI and the FAO's assessment for 1980 and 1990. The paper commends
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Power crunch in paradise
Port Blair, port city of the Andamans, is in a developmental cul de sac
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Awaiting the deluge
The question on everyone s lips is when will the monsoon commence and how extensive will it be?
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Forests faults
The area under forest cover in India has been a subject of controversy and intense debate between the Forest Department anf the environmental groups and researchers. As more and more remote sensing
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Coasting on unclarity
Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) notification 1991: The CRZ area is defined as coastal stretches of seas, bays, estuaries, creeks, rivers, backwaters, all influenced by tidal action (in the landward side). The CRZ area is up to 500 metres from the high tide line and the land between the low tide line and high tide line.
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Industries eye forest land for plantations
Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who are dependent on forest lands.
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Budget 2013-2014: speech of P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance
<p><span style="font-size:12px;">Budget 2013-2014: speech of P. Chidambaram, Minister of Finance.</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:12px;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/3INZf8nHwdY"