Draft policy on rooftop solar power generation favours Delhi’s private discoms, say experts

Provisions are contradictory and offer little incentive for domestic consumers to generate power

National Green Tribunal stays covering of drains in South Delhi

Orders setting up of an expert panel to deliberate whether drains should be covered or not

Expert committee to look into junk food in schools

Delhi High Court approves proposal following dissension over guidelines proposed by food safety authority

Deadly virus triggers fears of SARS-like epidemic

WHO has not declared whether deadly virus, which has caused the death of a Saudi national, is a public health threat

Metro Flash Mob: "Please Mend the Gap"

On March 29, 2011, Dharini Bhaskar was harassed and assaulted while taking the yellow metro line in New Delhi. And although she filed a police …

Manna from heaven

Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …

Master plan for anarchy

The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …

Faceless Figures

The status of cancer data in India is as scary as the killer itself. The most recent data on cancer by the Indian Council of Medical Research is …

Tapping wastewater

Put into effect in earnest, the law on wastewater recycling can provide lasting relief to a parched Delhi. samreen farooqui delves into the issue

Severe fog: Met department in dark

The rising trend of murky days in recent years has failed to spur the Indian Meterological Department into action. Quite clearly, the need of the …

Car Control

Cities all over the world are trying to ease congestion on roads. Not the choked Indian cities, though. Time to make cars in India pay the real …

The pollution story In Black And Pink

Life in Delhi is a capital punishment. The city's air is so polluted it claims a victim every hour. The level of small particles less than 10 …

Charming no more

The saperas (snake-charmers) of Delhi loive in a unique colony called Mollarbandhgaon. This community, located next to the Badarpur thermal power …

As told to Parliament (December 18, 2023): CSE finds coal-fired power plants around Delhi not complying with emission norms

All that was discussed in the House through the day

Chikungunya kills three in Delhi

Municipal authority claims four deaths due to dengue, but the number may be higher

Guidelines on idol immersions

CPCB says only natural materials as specified in ancient scriptures should be used

No lip service on junk food ban: Delhi HC

Asks Centre to file an action taken report by November 2

CBI can seek Anderson’s extradition

Delhi court gives permission. But is CBI ready?

Conspicuously missing

The deadly public sector

Managing Wastes

The solution lies in making waste management a community exercise

A Heap Of A Problem

The problem of solid waste management is not just limited to the cities

Relocation pangs

Shifting of industries to Bawana will affect groundwater reserves

Disincentive for defaulters

Proposal to tax erring industrialists for CETPs in Delhi

SC not to budge on CNG issue

Apex court slams Mashelkar committee report