Oil tanker carrying crude to India from Kuwait catches fire off Lanka

An oil tanker carrying crude from Kuwait to India burst into flames off the eastern coast of Sri Lanka on Thursday, leaving one of its 23 crew members missing and another injured, a navy spokesman......

'India should not wait for the clock to act'

'Keeping the global temperature below not just 1.5 degree Celsius, even 2 degree Celsius is beyond our reach now. Both are impossible.' IMAGE: A woman uses her bag to protect herself from the sun......

Sikh officer plans to sue US Marine Corps for full religious freedom

A 26-year-old Sikh-American officer in the US Marines who has been allowed to wear the turban -- the first person in the 246-year history of the elite force allowed to do so, but with a few......

Group of scientists seeks President's intervention to withdraw proposed LDAR

The proposed Lakshadweep Development Authority Regulation of 2021 is highly problematic and will work against existing legal provisions that safeguard the resilience of Lakshadweep's ecology,......

'Melting Ice: A Hot Topic'

Countires across the globe celebrate World Environment Day on June 5. And the theme this year is 'Melting Ice a Hot Topic.' The World Environment Day theme for 2007 is 'Melting Ice - a Hot Topic?......

Why the Rs 322-crore/km Mumbai highway may be a 'disaster'

Govt says coastal road is meant to decongest Mumbai, experts believe it would be counter-productive At a public meeting convened by the Mumbai Waterfronts Centre (MWC) on June 24, the Dutch Consul......

The WTO tug of war

World trade Organisation always reminds me of what some clever economist said a long time ago. The world, he said, is divided into three groups of countries:those that make things happenthose that......

A subsidised cover

For Nestle, the Swiss foods multinational it was a great bargain. A few months ago Nestle struck a deal with a private sector insurance company to renew its marine insurance -- for a mere Re 1.How......