As the climate change jamboree kicked off on December 7, members of an Indian NGO were stopped from entering Bella Centre in Copenhagen, the venue of the UN summit that is currently the cynosure of the world. Reason: they were wearing outer shirts with a picture of Mahatma Gandhi and the slogan

With his basic needs mounting, the sugar mills not yet operating and the window for sowing his wheat crop narrowing, Amarjit Singh of Kayastha Ganwadi village in Meerut district decided he couldn

What is India

Genetic Crops: Foods In The Pipeline
Cotton

Status: Being grown in over 80% of cotton acreage
Impact: Cottonseed oil has already entered the food chain
Brinjal

Status: Large-scale field trials completed in 11 locations
Impact: Data from field trials being reviewed, could get green signal soon
Mustard

Status: Slipped off the radar after biosafety concerns
Impact: Research under way

Roads, as much as any form of geological life, are inevitably subject to wear and tear. Just six years ago, the Delhi-Jaipur highway symbolised India's aspiration to join the league of developed nations with smooth grey runways that made cruising at over 100 km or more a reality.

Tracking rural India can be tricky at the best of times. As somebody put it, it's like looking out of a passenger train window late at night wondering whether those lights shining far, far away are for real?

GOING by the volume and intensity of India Inc's support for Ratan Tata, West Bengal would be in deep trouble if the Nano doesn't drive out of Singur. A leading industry association head went as far to say that the state could "kiss its industrial dreams goodbye".

Suggestions
Refinery gate price to be fixed on average of global petro product prices

Fuel quality to set retail price; transparency on profit/taxes charged

Segmentation of diesel according to use

Monthly hike in petrol, diesel and LPG prices; retain
targeted subsidies

Bad timing, shocking scale

Fuel From The Fields: A Balance-Sheet What are biofuels? Made from renewable sources, biofuels promise a viable, eco-friendly substitute to fossil fuels. Can be made from a variety of crops like maize, sugarcane, beetroot, palm oil, jatropha-anything that is rich in sugar and carbohydrates. Typically, blended with petrol or diesel. Why are they controversial? Countries like the US are diverting their corn and maize crops to produce biofuels, thus contributing to the tight foodgrain position and spiralling global prices. What are the types of biofuel?