An impressionistic view of international debt
PATRICIA ADAMS attributes the current environmental imbroglio of developing countries to their debt crisis, which has been aggravated by loose lending, corruption and anti-democratic policies.
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Rio fever hits the networks
The mother of all summits grabbed a good deal of telecast time recently
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Caught between athletes and technology
Technology is taking sports to new highs, triggering a debate on whether competitions should be between people or between machines.
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A cocktail of chemicals
...that"s what New Bombay residents seem to be consuming daily, with thousands of chemical industries and lakhs of vehicles burping out pollutants and snuffing out a dream
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The verdict
What the judiciary needs to do is to put the heat on the regulatory and executive agencies of the country and improve the country's environmental governance systems
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Puberty too soon
Chemicals resembling oestrogen, may be causing sexual irregularities in adolescent girls
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Win some, lose some
The Uruguay round of GATT resulted in a severe backlash by small farmers all over the world, but made exporters and big farmers happy.
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Missing the bus
The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy
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Bioprates in the dragnet
Illegal smuggling of insects from the Himalaya comes into focus with the arrest of two Russians in Sikkim
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Caught in the crossfire in Nepal
The Bankariyas, a forest dweller community of central Nepal, have been uprooted from their traditional habitat and are living like refugees in their own country. Several other indigenous groups have suffered the same fate. The eight year old war between t
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Green drive
A new cycle rickshaw, that is easier to drive, has hit the roads of Agra. A zero emission vehicle at last
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Polluters take a fall
Heavy polluters have to pay heavy fines. Truck manufacturers realise this the hard way
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Heavy cotton
Following suicides by cotton farmers in various parts of the country, the National Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Delhi, the National Commission on Farmers and the Centre for Science and Environment, Delhi, organised a one-day meet. Institutional, soci
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Telephony regulators cannot stay speechless
The recent imbroglio on interconnectivity between cellular and fixed/WiLL CDMA subscribers left many speechless. The response came via a proxy war involving MTNL and BSNL. This is worrying; for interconnectivity is the basic technical and legal requiremen
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Mission impossible
Post Tsunami Sri Lanka traverses the snag infested path to disaster management
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Cosmetic concern
At a time when USA is banning MTBE , Indian public sector companies, with the blessings of the petroleum ministry babus, are promoting its use
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Ecological poverty
As a first step, the new chief ministers should declare themselves the chief environmental officers CEOs of their states
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Sinha's trick
Sinha will make life even more miserable for Indians. Wealth will come about but at the cost of the environment
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Learning from mistakes
I have written this before and I want to repeat it again: The Western economic model which we are following with such keenness is a highly toxic model. Toxicity is inherent in it. It is built
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SIAM's small step forward
Strict environmental standards will prevent air pollution and safeguard the auto industry s interests