Environment
Bhopal tragedy: Congress opposed compensation enhancement in 2007
17 Jun 2010
With the Congress Party scrambling to control collateral damage by the day it is now revealed that it opposed applications filed by victims to have the compensation amount enhanced as recently as 2007.
Delhi assured Anderson “safe passage”: ex-US diplomat
16 Jun 2010
A revelation by an ex-US diplomat that it was Delhi which had assured "safe passage" to then Union Carbide chief Warren Anderson squarely contradicts all creative explanations being offered by the Congress Party.
BP’s US chief to be grilled over ‘shortcuts’
15 Jun 2010
Not yet commissioned, Kolar solar power plant up and running
14 Jun 2010
The power being generated is being supplied to farmers to pump groundwater for crops in the surrounding arid and backward villages, which have no irrigation
MPs thwart govt attempt to dilute N-liability bill
11 Jun 2010
With New Delhi’s chicanery in the Bhopal gas disaster still making daily news, now comes the shocking revelation that it is attempting to dilute the liability factor for global firms in the civil nuclear liability bill as well.
Bhopal fallout envelopes Congress: GoM reconstituted
09 Jun 2010
Faced with universal condemnation on the outcome of the Bhopal gas tragedy the UPA government has scrambled to control damage by reconstituting a Group of Ministers which will go into all issues pertaining to it.
Bhopal verdict: Jittery US looks ahead to nuke liability bill
08 Jun 2010
An anxious United States of America has said it hopes the Bhopal gas tragedy case would not affect its growing ties with India or impact the pending nuclear liability bill.
Climate change leading to major vegetation shifts around the world
08 Jun 2010
Vegetation around the world is on the move, and climate change is the culprit, according to a new analysis of global vegetation shifts led by a University of California, Berkeley, ecologist in collaboration with researchers from the US Department of Agriculture Forest Service. By Sarah Yang, media relations, University of California at Berkeley
Bhopal gas disaster: 26 years later, eight convicted
07 Jun 2010
Twenty six years after a gas leakage left an estimated 15,000, and more, people dead, all the eight accused, including former Union Carbide chairman, Keshub Mahindra, have been convicted.
Carrier Aircon developing safe CFC substitutes
04 Jun 2010
Sanad reborn as first Nano rolls off the blocks
02 Jun 2010
As production of Tata Motors’ dream car Nano begins at Sanad, this little township has been transformed into a realtor’s dream and an environmentalist’s nightmare. By Jagdeep Worah
China to subsidise purchase of greener vehicles
01 Jun 2010
Sustainability awards: PepsiCo lauded as Coke gets brickbats
By Jagdeep Worah | 28 May 2010
Even as soft drinks giant Coca Cola finds itself pilloried over allegedly reckless groundwater extraction, its principal rival PepsiCo has won a CSR award for its water management practices. A number of winning entries were operations in India. By Jagdeep Worah