By the beginning of the next financial year, consumers in India would have over 10 companies to choose from while buying petrol and diesel. The new entrants in this segment include private players like

Reliance, Essar and Shell, and three psus, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemical Ltd (mrpl), ongc and Numaligarh Refinery.

Chief minister Vasundhara Raje seems determined to extract a windfall for Rajasthan and has at the same time opened a new chapter in the area of oil and gas exploration in her desert state.

The Digvijay Singh government in Madhya Pradesh paid the price for ignoring the demands of those displaced by the Narmada Valley project.

Windmills make a comeback across windswept wastes in several states, as this alternative form of energy returns to favour

Though touted as a statutory body with teeth, the National Wildlife Board was tamed by Union minister for environment and forests T R Baalu at its very first meeting in New Delhi on October 15. Baalu allegedly thrust upon the board a decision to drastical

A lament for forest change at Sariska

Down To Earth gauges the ground reality before assembly elections

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