Can we declare ourselves ODF, without managing the collected excreta?

A lowdown on how to clean India and keep it that way

Why the winners of this year’s Nobel Prize for Economics matter for me

The puzzle of who receives the novel prize is in itself a bit like an equation  

World Food Day 2019: Why we must prevent food wastage

It is a moral and technical failure in a world where hunger and malnutrition have yet to be eradicated

The world is warming and we don't know how much carbon can it take

While questions have been raised about the inherent imprecision of the concept of carbon budget, its most important function is to convey the desperate need for energy transitions around the globe

The deficient design of India's streets

The designing of Indian roads, from carriageways to sidewalks, leaves much to be desired

Delhi battles for clear skies and lungs

The Capital needs to completely transition to clean fuel and address local sources of pollution

Swachh Bharat Mission: Need focus on citywide sanitation, clean Ganga

Safe and equitable access to sanitation and ensuring behavioural change necessary for sustenance

Decentralised wastewater solutions the need of the hour for India

With the country hurtling towards a water crisis and treated wastewater a possible alternative, using models that are different from the centralised approach, is a sustainable and cost-effective solution

Action on climate change: Environmental activism or citizen lobby?

Scientific evidences alone cannot suffice, public policy decisions on climate must be made after careful assessments of economic costs and benefits

Urban flooding: The case of drowning cities and rising vulnerability

Overburdened drainage, frenzied and unregulated construction, no regard to the natural topography and hydro-geomorphology all make urban floods a man-made disaster

Community-based natural resource management in Himachal still weak

A host of measures are needed to ensure community-based natural resource management and better provisioning of ecological services for the state's hill communities

Abiy Ahmed has won the Nobel Peace Prize: but big challenges still await Ethiopia

Abiy is the 12th winner from Africa to be awarded the prize. Last year it was won by medical doctor Denis Mukwege from the Democratic Republic of Congo

UNFCCC Pre-COP: Restoring faith needs proactive agenda on loss and damage

Loss and damage offers the process of the UN body an opportunity to signal desperately needed empathy with the most vulnerable

The government needs to midwife Indian agriculture to an organic revolution

Instead of making it difficult for the organic farmers, government should devise methods to reduce the complexity of the certification process

How music psychology can boost mental illness identification

Researchers from IIIT Hyderabad use datafication of music to find how listening strategies reveal about our current mental state

US not doing its bit to reduce emissions

Without strong federal funding, targets and commitment, it will be very difficult for the US to become a low carbon economy, a new CSE report says

Why is transgender community unhappy with Trans Persons Bill?

They call August 5, 2019, the day Lok Sabha passed the Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Bill, as ‘Gender Justice Murder Day’

Outbreaks of measles: compounding challenges in the DRC

Weak spot of prevalent strategy: Accessibility of routine preventive health services

Faecal sludge and septage management key for a clean Ganga

There is also a need to address the issue of greywater — the water from bathroom and kitchen — which continues to pollute water bodies and is a public health concern  

Pure patriarchy: Hymenoplasty commodifies women, breaches privacy rights

Women are expected to retain their virginity prior to marriage and continue to be subjected to the patriarchal doctrine of the Indian society

On climate, focus on what Putin does, not what he says

The Russian president's backyard has literally been on fire