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25 years on, Govt wakes up to Bhopal waste but can’t find any one to clean it up

Sunday 15 June '08

Who will clean up the waste lying at the site of the Bhopal gas disaster? And when?
TOXIC QUESTIONS

Sunday 15 June '08

Did the deadly chemicals contaminate the ground water after the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal?
Bhopal seeks more aid, memorial for gas victims

Friday 13 June '08

Nearly 25 years after the Bhopal Gas tragedy, Madhya Pradesh is asking the Centre to declare 20 wards as “gas affected...
Green formula: exceed to succeed

Tuesday 10 June '08

Can you earn money by making your industry energy -efficient? This may be possibile in India, going by the most recent draft of the national action plan on climate change.
India’s climate change action-plan takes the safe way: no to caps, yes to efficiency

Wednesday 4 June '08

India has decided to stick to the safe path on dealing with climate change.
For the farmer?

Tuesday 27 May '08

While announcing the guidelines for the farmers’ loan waiver scheme last week, the government added an extra slice of waiver for larger farmers...
New rules: Existing construction along coast comes above board

Saturday 17 May '08

The much-awaited verdict on regulation of construction along the seacoast is out: all existing construction will not be illegal under the new Coastal Management Plan...
GM on trial

Thursday 8 May '08

As Bt brinjal awaits clearance in India, SONU JAIN explains the status of Bt crops in India and the nervousness over GM brinjal getting the nod
Trouble on the plate for Bt brinjal

Thursday 8 May '08

Scientist P. Bhargava, special invitee to the regulatory body on GM crops, says Mahyco’s field trial data on bio-safety “shocking”
For tur farmers, the math just doesn’t add up

Tuesday 6 May '08

A short drive from Bhopal towards the banks of the Narmada leads you to what was once the tur (pigeonpea) heartland of Madhya Pradesh.
Rs 5000 cr, 18 yrs, little to show

Saturday 3 May '08

The four-room office of the Directorate of Pulses Development is tucked away in a decrepit wing of a building that houses several Madhya Pradesh government offices.
To get pulse yield racing, all eyes on this Kanpur lab which gropes in the dark

Friday 2 May '08

There's a 20-hour power-cut in his lab and Subhajit Datta is trying hard to take it in his stride.
House panel finds over 50% leakage in PDS

Wednesday 30 April '08

In the light of rising foodgrain prices, a Lok Sabha Public Accounts Committee report has found significant deficiencies...
Orissa feels the heat but it’s not a ‘wave’ yet

Thursday 24 April '08

The Met Department isn’t declaring a heatwave yet but unconfirmed reports say 28 people have died in the state.
Give credit where credit is due

Thursday 10 April '08

In his column in this newspaper earlier this week, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister P.K. Dhumal rued the fact that his state...
Saran uses N-stick to tackle rich polluters

Saturday 5 April '08

Former Foreign Secretary Shyam Saran knows more than a thing or two about tough negotiations. Considered a key player in hammering out the Indo-US nuclear deal...
SC to hear pleas against Forest Act

Friday 28 March '08

Does Parliament have the right to distribute land rights when land is a state subject?
'We cannot expect Burkina Faso, Niger to cut emissions'

Wednesday 26 March '08

When the last UNDP report was launched, it raised eyebrows as it suggested that developing countries like India...
Our study on health & asbestos also funded by Asbestos Inc: Govt

Friday 21 March '08

In a clear conflict of interest, the government today admitted in Parliament that the first comprehensive study to find out the environmental and health impacts...
Soz to Lalu: waiver virus spreads

Wednesday 5 March '08

With the Government announcing waiver of farmer loans to the tune of Rs 60,000 crore, a loan-waiver virus is sweeping the political establishment...
Till the very last rupee

Monday 3 March '08

The budget this year provided 15 per cent higher allocation for health and 20 per cent for education.
Rs 60,000-cr farm loan waiver: some relief in suicide country, banks laugh all the way to govt

Saturday 1 March '08

Defending the Rs 60,000-crore loan waiver over three years for farmers, Finance Minister P Chidambaram called it a “historic decision...
Debt waiver alone can't solve farmers' woes

Friday 29 February '08

Though the government is expected to come up with huge debt waiver for farmers in the budget tomorrow...
Chickpea, sorghum: India sends seeds to ‘Noah’s Food Ark’ deep in the Arctic

Tuesday 26 February '08

Halfway between the northern coast of Norway and the North Pole in an archipelago called Svalbard...
Why the icy chill? The answer is blowing in the Central Asian wind

Friday 8 February '08

Why was winter so severe in the entire North and Central India this January?
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