These proxies work for everyone as people use them based on their age-group, understanding and even geographical location
Concern for increasing population in India just a political rhetoric
CAMPA funds should be used to conserve nature
Delhi rubble diaries
Huanglongbing: Curse of the yellow dragon
As it goes global, here is a primer on what exactly is Huanglongbing, a deadly disease affecting citrus trees
Why the WWF’s ‘Fortress Conservation’ model is ethically wrong
As India gets ready for the July 24 Supreme Court verdict on possible eviction of its forest-dwelling communities in response to conservationists’ petitions, here is a primer on how the biggest such organisation has actively indulged in such an approach over the years
The Indian stray dog debate: Nobody is looking at the pets
The Animal Welfare Board of India’s ABC policy ignores pets and randomly vaccinates and sterilises some homeless dogs. This policy has failed so spectacularly that the board has invented ‘street/Indian/community’ dogs that are supposedly meant to live on the streets anyway
Mumbai Coastal Road: Pathway to ruin
On July 16, the Bombay High Court ordered that construction on the $1.7 billion Mumbai Coastal Road, to be built by reclaiming the city’s inter-tidal western coast, must stop. Here is why
Underfunding, misleading claims: The story of MGNREGA in New India
Govt has made tall claims on NREGA implementation; but it is neither keen on providing dignified wages nor allocating adequate funds for the scheme
One Nation, One Ration Card and the hurdles ahead
While this scheme would bring perceptible changes to the lives of India’s internal migrant workers, challenges lie ahead in designing and implementing it
Chennai’s water crisis: A lesson for Indian cities
As India’s urban population is set to increase, the need is to consider water resource availability and carrying capacity of cities in future master plans
No shortcuts to crop diversification
Pricing policies, market infrastructure and technologies that make cultivation of alternative crops viable are crucial
Energy storage and renewables synergy: A need to go forward
To overcome hurdles and adopt large scale storage technologies for greening the power sector, India will have to capitalise on developments in the global market
Dantewada’s organic farming model promising for sustainable livelihood
The district also plans to support forest-based livelihood through DMF in the coming months
Trichomes the real heroes in natural farming
These small, smooth hair protect plants from insects and stop fungal spores from germinating
Wanted: Better governance models for India’s forests
While the Forest Rights Act empowered Gram Sabhas to manage and conserve forests, the Joint Forest Management mechanism could not succeed due to the involvement of forest officials
Is Artificial Intelligence excluding Indian women smartphone users?
Making the effort to create solutions that take a gender lens to solution design, can aid digital inclusion for Indian women
Catch where it falls: Tradition for water revolution
We have not understood the science and art of harvesting rain on land. It's time we learn from the wisdom that we have ignored and allowed to die
Union Budget 2019-20: Status quo remains for children
Allocation needed to be increased after being nearly stagnant for years
A self-evident truth: Delhi needs more public transport
The recent report by the Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority to the Supreme Court highlighting the crucial need for more public transport in Delhi has stated what is plainly visible
Depleting groundwater costs farmers heavily
The groundwater level in India has declined by 61 per cent between 2007 and 2017, according to Fifth Minor Irrigation Census
Amrabad Tiger Reserve: An Eden under threat
The recent in-principle clearance granted for uranium exploration in Telangana’s Amrabad Tiger Reserve, will destroy a landscape rich in biodiversity and one that supports a hunter-gatherer Scheduled Tribe
Doctors under attack: Govt, IMA must create safe work environment
After Kolkata, such an attack took place in Delhi’s Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan hospital on July 7, 2019 and this too led to strikes
Anxiety, angst and anger in the High Arctic
As world powers race to extract the wealth of the melting Far North, the devastating impact on its ecology and indigenous peoples requires a perfect balance to ensure their survival
Carmichael approval a death-knell for the Great Barrier Reef
The go-ahead for the Adani Carmichael mine in Australia will be the end of the world’s ocean jewel
