Why three toddlers were forced to seek SC ban on firecrackers

Citing fundamental right to life, parents make their children as litigants in a first-of-its-kind PIL against the use of firecrackers during festivals

New sand mining guidelines call for robust monitoring and sustainable development

The guidelines try to create a balance between preserving ecologically sensitive river habitats and the need for infrastructure

Expect more extreme climate events in India

IPCC report says Bangladesh and India account for 86 per cent mortality from tropical cyclones across the world

Assam’s lost and found languages

Linguistic survey helps some tribes rediscover their language; 55 languages spoken in the state

‘English wiped out local languages elsewhere, not in India’

Eighty-Five years after George A Grierson, a British administrator, conducted the first survey of languages in India, another such exercise has …

Cure for yellow stream

Green algae can revitalise streams poisoned with mine acids  

Gas-based two wheelers launched to curb air pollution

As per the idle emission test, the hydrocarbon emissions from CNG retrofitted two-wheelers are 75 per cent lesser as compared to their petrol-…

Supreme Court foils Odisha government’s bid to takeover the sacred Niyamgiri Hils

The apex court asked the state government to file a fresh plea with all the stakeholders including the Dongria Kondhs on board

Amid legal battles, Adani rakes in Rs 60,000 crore for Australia project

The project that involves exporting of 60 million tonnes of coal every year is being opposed by groups in both India and Australia

Coal prices set to change

New grading system will be a setback for the power sector  

96 dams put on high alert in Gujarat

Torrential rains damage dam, inundate eight villages

Will diluted industry policy hamper Delhi’s environment?

Giving boost to small industries, Delhi government has allowed entrepreneurs to set up units without a consent to operate

Survey tracks down only speaker of Majhi in India

Peoples Linguistic Survey of India, released on Thursday, has traced near extinct languages like Majhi, a language spoken by boatmen in Sikkim …

Four workers exposed to nuclear radiation in Kota

Second incident in a month; authorities say nothing to panic because radiation is a way of life

Prepare for more grid failures

Load on the grid will be about four times higher in August

Centre announces Rs 940 crore, but Tamil Nadu yet to learn from disasters

As floods in Tamil Nadu cause a financial dent and Chennai is declared a disaster zone, a look at the rescue efforts and what’s missing in …

On the wrong track

Mobile app-based taxi services encourage car pooling, offer cheaper personal transport solution. Instead of banning them, the government must …

Kargil: Wall of landslide debris over river at risk of collapse

A tributary of the Zanskar river remains blocked due to landslide debris, threatening life in the valley. National Disaster Management Authority …

Diwali celebrations foul Delhi’s air

Delhi government has advised people with heart or lung disease, older adults and children to remain indoors

MoEFCC revises fly ash notification

Fly ash to be given free of cost for agricultural and construction purposes says MoEFCC official at CSE conference

Northern power grid on the blink

States were cautioned more than 400 times against overdrawing electricity

Two buildings for housing the poor collapse in Vadorara, killing six

It was a mishap waiting to happen

Effluent treatment plants must meet water quality norms by March 31: SC

Justice Kehar directs state governments to initiate criminal and civil proceedings against industrial units flouting norms

Blind spot in Namami Gange

By 2019, when Swachh Bharat Mission comes to an end, some 30 million septic tanks and pits would have been dug along the Ganga. It's time the …

Rights overruled

States are making their own rules to reclaim the authority over forests from tribes, derailing community forest rights