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