The auto industry will not admit it, but it s aware: if the emissions are too high, the problem area is under the bonnet

Automakers are realising the advantages of four stroke engines. But fuel cells and electric vehicles remain the industry s orphans

Diesel fuelled vehicles have pulled down the ratings of companies

Despite being clean, alternative fuels fail to become the first choice

Global automakers have topped the charts but with products that would fail the green test in their own countries

A clean environment always makes for good economics

Automakers score high on compliance. Only because the regulations are too lax

Policymakers must put public health above everything else to chart the future. Consumers must demand change so that industry can be forced to fall in line

Every year, from December to April, anthropogenic haze spreads over most of the North Indian Ocean, and South and Southeast Asia. The Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) documented this Indo-Asian haze at scales ranging from individual particles to its contribution to the regional climate forcing. This study integrates the multiplatform observations (satellites, aircraft, ships, surface stations, and balloons) with oneand four-dimensional models to derive the regional
aerosol forcing resulting from the direct, the semidirect and the two indirect effects.

Unknown, unidentified and lethal fevers are striking India. Leaving a trail of deaths and misery. A system caught unawares gropes in the dark. Whether it is Siliguri or Rae Bareli, Delhi or Mumbai, the medical fraternity has neither responded to the chall