Spring of discontent

Mining in Odisha’s Khandadhar hills will dry out perennial water bodies

Tuberculosis control in India: towards universal access

Revised TB control programme needs to evolve an inclusive business model to engage the Indian private sector to ensure better quality of TB care

Freeing bamboo from the state

A recent notification making bamboo a minor forest produce can only be the first step

An exercise in flippancy

Planning Commission report for a low-carbon future disappoints

The post-Kyoto fix

Mined to death: an elegy for the rivers of Meghalaya

The rivers in the Jaintia Hills have turned deep blue; mines and cement factories have killed all fish and aquatic life in them

Water Footprint: a stumbling block?

As government mulls using water footprint as a tool to measure water consumption by farming and industrial processes, experts warn of its limitations

How effective are environmental PILs

Judiciary's pro-development tilt is making activists seek recourse at the societal level

The digital is political

Technologies are not just agents of politics, there is politics in their design

Public good, private concerns

Odisha is becoming a testing ground for ADB’s aggressive water sector reforms