How recycled water could revolutionise sustainable development

Collecting and exploiting waste water is both technically feasible and financially justifiable

Land injustice, Aadhaar problems dog Jharkhand. Is the Opposition listening

Activists under Jharkhand Janadhikar Mahasabha highlight issues that should make a buzz before the Lok Sabha elections

India’s first forest-certification scheme gets global recognition

A Geneva-based non-profit recently decided to endorse the Certification Standard for Sustainable Forest Management designed for Indian forests

Teens have less face time with their friends – and are lonelier than ever

US teens started spending more time with their friends as smartphone usage surged

Smoking marijuana daily increases psychosis risk five-fold: study

The research adds to previous studies that have found links between cannabis and psychosis, but does not definitely pin point cannabis as the cause

Premise of SC ruling on forest dwellers wrong: UN Special Rapporteur

Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, UN rapporteur on the rights of indigenous people, says tribals are treated like squatters all around the world

Duty on minor produce will violate forest rights: Experts

The first draft to amend Indian Forest Act proposes to impose duty on minor produce that several tribals depend on for livelihood

Why Malawi is failing to protect people from floods and what needs to be done

Severe floods in Malawi have affected about a million people and claimed 56 lives

Breaking the mould

Mathematics has always been considered as a young person’s game. And to win one of the top award in the field at 76 is a greater achievement for Karen Uhlenbeck than being the first woman to do so

Forest Rights Act: Evicting the gaps

To protect traditional forest dwellers, the Forest Rights Act, 2006, needs to be enforced properly and not be used against them

Forest Rights Act: Are state govts the real land mafias?

State governments want to divert forest land for industrial expansion. That's why they reject claims of forest dwellers

Second guilty verdict against Monsanto in the US

Federal jury finds that Monsanto’s Roundup herbicide caused a man’s cancer

Resolution on nitrogen can lead to a carbon-like framework

The resolution for sustainable nitrogen management in the United Nations Environment Assembly was led by India for the first time

Haryana police encroaches upon forest land to build training centre, residential complex: RTI

At both the sites, the cops have not procured any permissions and cut thousands of fully grown trees

MGNREGA scheme failed on many counts: report

In the last five years, the average person days of work generated per household under MGNREGS remained less than 50 across years

New discovery paves way for ‘silicon of the future’

Researchers placed 2 ultra-thin materials on top of each other to get a new material with hybrid properties

Indian Forest Act amendment: Govt ready with first draft

The draft, which has been prepared with focus on conservation and climate change, has been sent to states seeking comments

Why science matters so much in the era of fake news and fallacies

Science and facts are the foundational basis for rational and logical disputation and the possibility of reaching some truths

UK may ban junk food ads, should India follow?

Since India lacks regulatory framework for promotion of foods items containing high fat, salt and sugar, experts feel a similar step could prove to be very helpful

One in five voters in Odisha are tribals. But do they get their due?

Odisha's record in addressing forest rights is poorer than the national average, despite the Union Tribal Minister hailing from the state

Two-third of the world population lives in water-scarce areas

WaterAid report warns of the threats of growing water scarcity across the globe