Natural disasters are becoming more common as the average temperature of the land and sea rises
Rains & mosquito-breeding: How flooded cities become hotbeds for long-term public health hazards
Water crisis in South Africa: Damning report finds 46% contamination, 67% of treatment works near to breaking down
There’s rising need for global co-operation to decarbonise industries
COP28 side-event on carbon capture technologies in cement sector highlights key barriers and successes
Electricity demand, CO2 leakage risks to drinking water and high costs among key issues
Dissecting the discord between Guyana and Venezuela: Conflagration or pacification?
Intertwined concerns around geopolitics, economic interests and historical claims have escalated the stand-off. However, the silver lining is that the two countries have decided to keep communication channels open for negotiations
To venture or not to venture: Emerging compressed biogas sector lucrative for enterpreneurs but present dilemmas
Choice and availability of feedstock among various concerns the sector is struggling with
COP28: Leaders in attendance must channel their inner Hatim Tai on Global Goal for Adaptation
World leaders need to agree with climate finance for adaptation not as a burden, but a force to uplift
How people and private players can create a healthy ecosystem for waste management in Kochi
Residents must be educated about their role in mitigating Kochi's legacy and the untreatable waste crisis
Nomads and denotified tribes are the invisible people of India
Most Nomadic tribes were branded ‘born criminals’ during the British colonial rule; have remained on the margins of society since then
Analysing climate-induced productivity growth in Indian agriculture
State-specific policy initiatives that allow each state’s agricultural production to reach its full potential are more likely to succeed than broad economic reforms
The Himalayas are fraying — but an interdisciplinary approach can help us save it
Ecologists and agricultural scientists at recent conference in Meghalaya brought up impacts of human economy on hilly and mountain ecosystems
Socials of the pandemic
For generations, and also in the immediate future, the COVID-19 pandemic will be remembered for this: how the world lived up to a global crisis?
Pharma is getting high on marijuana
As drug companies develop cannabis-based medicines for serious illnesses, generic firms are trying to get into the act
India: How COVID enabled new forms of economic abuse of women
Economic abuse tends to involve controlling and coercive behaviour by a woman’s partner, in-laws or other family members
3 ways AI can help farmers tackle the challenges of modern agriculture
AI can help reduce uncertainty by forecasting prices
Umaru Shehu: Nigerian public health giant who played a major role in polio eradication
His efforts, with others, culminated in Nigeria achieving polio-free status on June 18, 2020
Back to farming roots: Odisha reinforced linkages among traditional grains, nutrition, resilience, food sovereignty
Thousand farmers have been supported by Odisha Millets Mission (OMM) to promote millets through a farm-to-fork approach
AMR Awareness Week: Pharma must rise to the challenge as stewards of public health
Being in the pharmaceutical field, the mantle of responsibility falls upon us to forge ahead in the relentless pursuit of solutions to the daunting challenge of AMR
AMR Awareness Week: Behavioural, organisational and environmental aspects are vital for containing resistance
Problem underpinned by complex drivers and behaviours; multisectoral and multidimensional efforts required
AMR Awareness Week: Natural livestock farming effective bottom-up approach to reduce antibiotic use in dairy sector
Crisis with AMR obliges dairy sector to look beyond maximising cattle productivity and focus on both milk quantity, quality
AMR Awareness Week: Way forward for pharma companies to ensure antibiotics manufacturing doesn’t drive resistance
The risk of AMR posed by the release of antibiotic manufacturing waste can be prevented
Remodel food systems
The climate change crisis is human-made; it is we humans who must rework our lives; we cannot go ahead with the current model of agriculture in a climate-risked world
Most NCR thermal power plants exceed MOEFCC emission norms, adding to region’s pollution problem
Recent CSE analysis found just two of 11 plants have SO2 control measures, just one compliant with standards
Big takeaway from Uttarkashi tunnel episode is do not toy with the Himalayas
Economic development is very important for any country, but it must be for the betterment of human lives
