Barely a contrast: Yet another Gandhi hagiography
‘Walking from Dandi: In Search of Vikas’ uncritically romanticises and mythologises the historical figure
A lame duck Schedule of the Constitution
The true potential of the Fifth Schedule was diluted right at its conception
Half-baked mega project
Power-starved Andhra Pradesh’s big lift irrigation schemes hinge on availability of electricity
The rivers, blue and black
Book>> Dirty, Sacred Rivers: Confronting South Asia’s Water Crisis by Cheryl Colopy, OUP, Rs 1,295.
Annihilation of caste and copyright claims
Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum
Delhi HC dismisses appeal to scrap BRT
Says a developed country is not one where the poor own cars. It is one where the rich use public transport
Pranhita irrigation project: Maharashtra agrees to form inter-state board
Will help irrigate 663, 684 hectares in seven districts in Telangana region
Centre’s go ahead for 95 metre tall Shivaji statue in Arabian Sea
Mumbai’s coastal road project to be fast-tracked; lifting of mining moratorium on Ratnagiri, Sindhudurg under consideration
Green tribunal issues notice to five Delhi hospitals
Private, government hospitals found not adhering to standards of bio-medical waste disposal
Air pollution is group 1 carcinogen, says WHO agency
Our cities urgently need action plan to meet clean air targets, given the high level of air pollution and increased incidence of lung cancer