Easy drugs
A Study on the Availability and Prices of Medicines in India
A Study on the Availability and Prices of Medicines in India
Plant Resources of Karnataka
The Karnataka government has reiterated its commitment to control the growing air pollution in Bangalore. One of the steps it plans to take soon is the banning of 15-year-old transport vehicles in
An evaluation of the Government of India's NPIC (National Programme of Improved Cookstoves) was undertaken in six states to learn lessons and assess impediments to future stoves programmes. The programmes were assessed on the basis of stove design, consumer satisfaction, capacity for quality control, and the role of subsidies in reaching a greater number of people.
Validity of Kudremukh National Park questioned
As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed
Why is everything important reduced to a dramatic farce in our country? Take the Cauvery imbroglio. The issue is serious and important. Namely how will states, regions and people share increasingly
Bt cotton farmers in Karnataka are an insecure and confused lot, and neither the government, nor Mahyco or the anti Mahyco groups are any help at all
Ecological impact of joint forest management (JFM) in India was assessed using the studies undertaken at national, state and forest division levels. It was found that there are very few studies that have
Why has private participation in the urban water sector failed to take off?
Government does little with records that could help reduce effect of drought on agriculture
Toilet rule fails in Karnataka panchayats
A few forgotten villages in remote corners of India have declared themselves self ruled republics to gain control over their natural resources. <b>Down To Earth</b> meets the villagers to discover how they have kept their tryst with destiny <p> <font fa
India s first alliance of women affected by mining takes shape
Farmers ready to sow GM cotton in Andhra Pradesh
The millions affected have many to curse
"I am hiding because I don't want to go to work today. But they will come and drag me. Look, here they come!" This is 9 year old Pyaari, a child labourer who wants to play, not work. This
The precarious conservation status of the tiger has aroused global concern in recent years. Tigers are under threat from many factors include depletion of prey, direct killing and pressure on their habitat due to fragmentation and degradation of habitat quality.
<font class='UCASE'>Ashok Jhunjhunwala</font>, professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai, is the man behind the wireless local loop technology cor <font class='UCASE'>dect</font> and the TeNeT Telecommunications and Computer Networks group. <f
The farmers of the Bheema basin near Bijapur in Karnataka are in a jubilant mood. They have reasons to be happy. The Supreme Court recently admitted a public interest litigation (PIL), seeking to