No stock, nuclear energy programme in crisis
No plutonium to go on
Into the void
A partial success
US of Arrogance
A farewell to farms
Ladakh survives on its farms. But can agriculture survive government policies?
An attractive Place to go
Tourism's footprint is too big for Leh's infrastructure
Re-schooling ladakh
Eight years of reforms have turned government schools around in Leh district
More energy, Less wastage
Solar is Ladakh's way out of the diesel trap
Panchayati Raj: A good beginning
But will there be a place for traditional institutions in modern local self-governance?
High altitude, high pressure
Ladakh's leadership is alive to many problems. But, challenges are not easy
"Subsidy culture has killed local agriculture"
Thupstan Chhewang, Chief Executive Councillor and chairperson of the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC) speaks to Down To ...
Ladakh on the move
Ladakh is the one region in India where sustainable development is the only way ahead. Dry toilets, water efficient ...
DELHI: Focus shifts
To environment, development
Environmentally friendly process to produce hydrogen
After 250 research articles, Jim Dumesic, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA, would ...
Learning from the Gujarat quake
It is more than two years since the terrible earthquake struck Gujarat. In this period the catastrophe-struck areas have ...
The way out of energy and climate change dilemmas
Providing energy to the poor does not make good business. Take electricity. Connecting the 2 billion in the world ...
Renewable spirit and purer energy
An extension of the 'pursuit of inner purity' to purer forms of energy
Ivan Illich (1926-2002)
"His thought leads out of the prison of routinized, sterile, preconceived notions"
Oil that glitters
Petroleum fuels the engines of the global economy. So there is never enough of it. Oil politics dictates international ...
Energised by oil
Energy policy has always been of vital importance in the US. That's why oil and gas executives have taken ...
The Caspian affair
The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas
High and dry
India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market
Beyond oil
Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better
From barrels to battlefields
Today, it is oil politics that dictates international relations and alliances. Several international conflicts in recent years have been ...