Sunita Narain

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Director General of CSE and editor of Down To Earth, an environmentalist who pushes for changes in policies, practices and mindsets

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Health

It’s sugar, honey; and it’s a crime

Tests from a German laboratory found that Indian honey is adulterated with sugar syrup

Health|Non Communicable Disease

अपराध है शहद में चीनी की मिलावट

कोविड-19 के समय में शहद में चीनी की मिलावट स्वास्थ्य के लि�…

Climate Change

Biden’s transformational challenge

Though the US is no longer addicted to coal, it is completely sold on the idea of cheap energy, writes Sunita Narain

Climate Change|Climate Crisis

बाइडन के सामने बदलाव की चुनौती

अमेरिका में बाइडन-हैरिस जीत चुके हैं यह सच है, लेकिन ट्रं…

State of India’s Environment 2020

The State of India's Environment 2020 is the country's most credible annual statement on the state of affairs in environment and …

Body Burden: Antibiotic Resistance - State of India’s Health

Body Burden is a theme-based, biannual report. This year’s theme is antibiotic resistance. The book will look at the state of antibiotic …

Air

Delhi and the winter air: Hold your breath, it’s still unsafe

The rush of traffic is a key cause of air pollution — let's not lose sight of this. Dust exacerbates the problem, but&…

STATE OF INDIA’S ENVIRONMENT 2018

State of India’s Environment 2018, India’s much awaited annual statement on environment and development, is now available at a special/…

Health

COVID-19 : A New World Disorder (eBook)

A frontline review of how the pandemic changes the world and us; Editor: Sunita Narain

Pollution|Air Pollution

पराली के लिए किसानों को कोसना कितना सही?

धान की पुआल को हम वाहनों का ईंधन में बदल सकते हैं। पुराने…

Pollution

Last straw to stubble burning

Straw can be converted into fuel for use in vehicles. It can also replace coal in old power plants, reducing …

Governance

UN@75 vs multilateralism & democracy

The United Nations was set up after World War II, and today, we are at the beginning of a new one — only this time,…

Governance

Post COVID-19 pandemic: Hybrid-work model in the new-normal

We discuss the digital divide, but the new-normal induced by COVID-19 should make us discuss the living divide as well

Water

MGNREGA: Today and tomorrow

The programme can provide a safety net for the poor, not just in COVID-19 times, but for times to come

Health|Communicable Disease

कोविड-19: इस बार लीपापोती से काम नहीं चलेगा

भारत अपनी जीडीपी का 1.28 प्रतिशत सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य सेवा…

Pollution|Plastic

प्लास्टिक पुनर्चक्रण की राजनीति

उद्योग जगत ने एक बार फिर नीति निर्माताओं को समझा दिया है…

Governance

COVID-19: Let’s not paper over this time

As India restarts the economy, its top agenda should be public infrastructure and health services

Governance

COVID-19: Headline management will not work

If the poor are hit today, the rich — who started this transmission in the first place in most cases — will be …

Waste

Plastic recycling: What it means

What do we really mean by recycling? What happens to the waste we can’t recycle?

Governance

New global order (or disorder)

Fixing weaknesses in democracy is not about less, but more democracy

Climate Change

On Greta Thunberg and the protesting students

Sunita Narain on the lessons from the ongoing #FridaysForFuture demonstrations

Development|Sustainable Development

कोविड-19 संकट के बाद मिलकर बनाना होगा एक बेहतर कल

कोविड -19 केवल एक भूल या दुर्घटना नहीं है, बल्कि यह उन कार्�…

Pollution

Remembering Kirk R Smith (1947-2020)

Kirk leaves us with the power of imagining change and hope

Health

Antibacterial resistance: Don't compromise

The only way to combat antibiotic resistance is to keep the environment clean

Climate Change

Multiple crises: the cost of wasted time

Much like COVID-19, when WHO procrastinated, FAO too is “considering”when to declare the locust upsurge as a plague

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