To sensitive the wealthy

Coke brings you culture

‘If periods are bad omen, then semen discharge should be too’

A tête-à-tête with Dr Meenakshi Bharath, a gynaecologist for the last 35 years and a green campaigner

Starting young, changing lives

This boy from Bihar does not leave a single stone unturned to ensure that children in his village can study in proper schools

Government releases new socio-economic census data

The findings of the new report will place pressure on the government to redefine BPL households and the poverty line

Enzymes go synthetic

Growing awareness in industry about the potential of enzymes might lead to their synthetic production

Democracy and approaches towards nature

Local decision-making and an integrated approach towards nature hold the key to planning for a sustainable future

Miniature musings

Science or pure imagination? Nanotechnology opens up unlimited possibilities which can revolutionise almost every field of human activity

Small makes it big

Micromechanics, a field of engineering earlier considered to be fascinating but impractical, is now back with a bang. A host of applications are …

All for a hoist

Researchers in the US have developed an elevator software that will allow the dumb machines to act intelligently and decide where they have to go …

Benchmark for success

The Songhai Centre in the Republic of Benin is a model for food self-sufficiency and sustainable development

Impotent plan?

In August 2005, the Indian Parliament passed the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (nrega). The latest avatar of state-financed employment …

Why only panchayats?

Other local associations can also manage watersheds effectively

Will Indian generosity help Africa?

Badlands can earn

Goa must grow...but how?

On January 26, 2007, the government of Goa withdrew its newest blueprint for the development of the state, called the Regional Plan 2011. …

20 years to…where?

Balding the urban landscape through shortsighted fiscal policies

India’s SDG preparedness ranking continues to decline: Report

Country faces major challenges in achieving 11 of 17 Sustainable Development Goals

Is Urbanisation the best way to preserve the African environment?

A new report seems to suggest so

Reclaiming retail democracy

From the blurbs

Ladies of the lake

Cattle slaughter banned

Managing wastes

The MEF draws up an ambitious plan for the management of municipal solid wastes