Each year, half the fruits, vegetables world produces are wasted: FAO

Fruits and vegetables are the most wasted produce globally among oilseeds, pulses, meat and seafood, says the Food and Agricultural Organization …

Fertiliser industry to make $57 billion in profits this year as farmers, govts grapple with the bill

Analysis finds 189 per cent increase in costs for the key imported fertilisers in 2021

New antimicrobial toolkit by WHO, OIE, FAO aims to fill data gaps

Their report called for implementation of standards on antimicrobial use in a comprehensive manner across all five stages of the antimicrobial …

US, epicentre of unequal wealth

As the US completes 50 years of its "war on poverty", the country does not have much to celebrate, thinks JOEL BERG, an expert on …

Growing dissent against ‘successful’ economic growth model

A new de-globalising world order means that to find equitable and affordable growth, we need to challenge the polluted model that has pushed us …

India faces energy-economic growth paradox for achieving $10 trillion economy goal

The country has a choice between energy efficient sustainable economy and energy intensive economic growth

Southeast Asia’s double whammy—child malnutrition and obesity

WHO/UNICEF report does a reality check on region’s 'double burden'

A policy that kills!

The government's fuel pricing policy is the very essence of irrationality

Chewing up the resources

Reading between poverty lines

Is the latest poverty estimate a true indicator of rural poor in India?  

Budget 2023-24: Do you know what growth rate actually implies?

Before arriving at conclusions regarding growth, one has to be really aware of the factors and variables that determine it

Farmers responses over pesticide-use effects cannot be considered scientific, petitioners tell SC

Petitioners request Supreme Court to review and consider banning of 135 more pesticides banned outside India

These countries plan to throw a spanner in CoP26 works, warn BBC

A comment from India cited “tremendous challenges” to say that coal will remain the main source of energy in the coming decades

Lessons learnt tackling COVID-19 can be used in global AMR response: Report

Increased investment, availability and accessibility of health infrastructure and global cooperation key to tackling AMR, it says 

Gopichand’s healthy choice

Gopichand is a national hero because he is the only Indian sportsperson who has publicly shunned endorsing soft drinks

How much should a person consume?

Book>> How Much Should A Person Consume, Thinking Through The Environment by Ramachandra Guha Permanent Black New Delhi, 2006

‘Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point’

At a time when climate change is emerging as a reality, indigenous people are eager to give-up their low-carbon lifestyle and join the bandwagon …

PDS fails in feeding India's poor

Changing colours of business

It makes perfect sense to integrate the green dimension

Of Joshimath and Martin Ravallion: The sinking town shows all that is flawed in our poverty reduction discourse

Sustainable development is no longer a buzzword; it now questions the neoliberal economic development model, whose impacts are staring us in the …

Guardians for the future

World Future Council calls for an ombudsperson to secure the environment for future generations

Planning Commission to SC: Rs 26 a person a day the 'adequate' poverty line

This has been arrived at by applying the price level in June 2011

Brazil, India top index for good environmental behaviour; US ranks last

Crackdown: Egg seizures at US-Mexico border go up 300%

Median cost of a dozen eggs in the US was $4.25 in January 2023 — over twice what it was a year ago