One of Brazil’s most noted indigenous voices, Sonia Guajajara, speaks on the Amazon fires
Nudge for better policy results, but cautiously
Goa’s private forests, a last defence against global warming
India’s 5G fantasy: The future looks decidedly dim
The digital human: The cyber version of humanity’s quest for immortality
If it were possible to download the neural networks of a human brain, could we preserve a computer simulation of that person?
Will climate change bring back the age of famines in Kashmir?
A quick glance at government data shows that climate change has eaten into the output of top food crops in Jammu and Kashmir
BSIV muddle in stimulus package for auto-industry
Why Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's stimulus package for auto sector states the obvious that BSIV vehicles registered before BSVI roll out in April 2020 will live their lives. Why unfounded fears in the market confusing clean vehicle pathways?
Not ‘go slow’, need more certainty in electric vehicle pathways
The auto industry slow down must not provoke reactive posturing but spur a firm policy roadmap and a legal mandate in consultation with the industry to bring more certainty in the ambitious zero emissions target and the market
Tax avoided by corporate groups can eradicate global poverty
As economic slowdown murmur becomes loud across the world, the debate over income inequality gains volume
Red wolf: A canid’s cautionary tale
The story of America’s red wolves is a warning and one we will see retold again and again by other species if the new Endangered Species Act rules are allowed to go forward
Farmers in this Nepal district struggle to cope with crop raiding by wild animals
Almost all farmers in Aiddhungra, Budechaur and Bagargot villages have abandoned maize and millet farming due to increasing incursions by wild animals
Sri Lanka Court of Appeal to intervene in UK waste trade scam
Since east Asian countries are closing the loopholes in their waste trade laws, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh seem to be the new targets
Can plastic packaging be avoided? This initiative shows the way
Interweaving sustainability, responsibility and social welfare, some enterprises offer and induce customers to choose and become eco-conscious
Canada goose, a prominent symbol of North American wildlife
The species that feeds predominantly on aquatic and terrestrial vegetation has a pan-continental distribution
How Chandni and her friends scripted the saga to success
On this Independence Day, let’s recount the story of a girl from Samastipur whose idea of a free India was much different from reality
Climate change: More Tamil Nadu children at diarrhoea risk
The relation between warmer and wetter weather and diarrhoea has been well established in other parts of the world
WIPO’s piracy blacklist is flawed
Why is the UN body putting a stamp of approval on a system that is patently unjust and dangerous
Memory, attention difficulties often part of normal life
There are two main reasons healthy adults experience difficulties with their memory and/or attention: highly demanding lives and normal age-related changes
Forest rights: Forgotten histories or deliberate ignorance?
Incomplete verification of rights under FRA fail to redress the historical injustice meted out to forest dwelling communities
International Youth Day: Education needs transforming for children’s mental health
The younger generation has to be equipped with resilience and ability to handle pressures and challenges by inculcating academic excellence and building better life skills
Saving the degraded river basin
Assam shows how water needs can be met without disturbing a river’s ecology
World doesn’t have bandwidth to handle climate change-led migration
Every year is the hottest when immigrants are already living on the margins of survival
Regulating CSR policy a directionless experiment
The Companies (Amendment) Bill, 2019 still has not laid out any provisions to capture impact of CSR projects
What commuters want
Rather than a top-bottom framework which assumes what people need, a bottom-up framework involving user perceptions will help in re-designing urban transport infrastructure to suit their needs
Planting forests no panacea for the climate crisis: IPCC
The IPCC’s Special Report on Climate Change and Land says land-based carbon sinks are not limitless
