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Health

Why is there a witch-hunt against doctors in India?

Representational Picture. Photo: Getty Images

So asks a doctor as he narrates the plight of his tribe, which he feels, is being …

Energy

Green energy ministry prods RBI to push for investments

MNRE wants banks to eliminate the Rs 15 crore lending limits set on RE projects …

Science & Technology

Engineering this fungi may produce eco-friendly alternative to synthetic dyes

Lab-cultured Rhodosporidium toruloides produces 86 grams indigoidine per litre

Waste

Was Goa’s burning Sonsoddo landfill a stunt or something else?

The burning Sonsoddo landfill in Margao, Goa. Photo: Josephine Dias

Uncannily, the fire at the waste treatment plant came just a day before Malaysia announced …

Videos

Climate Change

Researchers studied US spy-sat images of Himalayan glaciers. What they found is alarming

The third pole has been losing 8 bn tonne ice every year during 2000-2016. Blame global warming

Climate Change

At snail's pace: 2019's southwest monsoon

Governance

There will be 2 billion more people on Earth by 2050: UN report

Agriculture

Desertification is one of the biggest challenges for Indian agriculture

Science & Technology

India plans to launch a space station

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Economy

गढ़बो नवा छत्तीसगढ़…

राज्य सरकार नए छत्तीसगढ़ को गढ़ने की कोशिश कर रही है, जिसका रास्ता गांवों से होकर गुजरता है। देखना यह है कि सरकार कितनी सफल होती है

Governance

जान जोखिम में डालकर रोज सफर करते हैं बरगी बांध विस्थापित

बरगी बांध के विस्थापितों का कहना है कि 25 साल बाद भी उन्हें मूलभूत सुविधाएं उपलब्ध नहीं कराई गई है, इसमें स्टीमर सर्विस भी शामिल हैं। स्टीमर न होने के कारण हर साल लोग मर रहे हैं

Agriculture

खेती किसानी छोड़ रहा है ग्रामीण भारत, आजीविका के लिए कहां जाएं किसान

ग्रामीण भारत अब कृषि पर निर्भरता कम करता जा रहा है, लेकिन क्या गैर कृषि क्षेत्र में उसके लिए संभावनाएं हैं

Sunita Narain's Desk

Director General of Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) and the Editor of Down To Earth magazine. She is an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets