Indore’s tragedy underscores that clean water will remain elusive until cities put wastewater management as a core urban priority
The latest dispute around the Aravallis concerns a narrow legal definition for their geological antiquity and raises the vexed issue of reconciling development with conservation
If an exercise is undertaken of identifying the Aravallis using the 100-plus metre definition, the forests in the range will be subsumed and on the block for mining
The Aravallis’ most critical function lies in acting as a biological corridor, enabling species movement, genetic exchange and long-term landscape-level biodiversity persistence
Earthquakes in the Aravallis provide a cautionary tale
Does the VB-G RAM G Act address structural weaknesses long observed in MGNREGA’s implementation?
India’s rural employment guarantee law is replaced with a centrally controlled, budget-capped scheme. Is this an attack on the right to work?
A new comprehensive law opens up the nuclear sector to private players, while diluting disaster liability and safety provisions
What US control of Venezuelan oil means for India and the world
As the first national income survey rolls out, experiences of past haunt
Surge of vibrant pink water lilies in Kuttanad, Kerala, provides socio-economic benefits, but the plant’s ecological impacts must be understood
Field and academic evidence shows sharp falls in casual agricultural employment at places where groundwater access declines