Busan meet to decide how to make international aid effective, transparent
India and China, two emerging economic powers, may also be included under the aid effectiveness strategy now
The Caspian affair
The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas
Energised by oil
Energy policy has always been of vital importance in the US. That's why oil and gas executives have taken over the reigns of the government today
Oil that glitters
Petroleum fuels the engines of the global economy. So there is never enough of it. Oil politics dictates international relations
Cancun redux
Reflecting upon the fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization at Cancun, a Down To Earth editorial (see: "How not to lose …
Disappointed by G20 conclusions, 2.8°C heating likely without climate action, Guterres says at UN summit
Calls for ending fossil fuel subsidies & operationalising Loss and Damage Fund
India still scores low in human development in UNDP report
It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead
Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment
Basel final day: Rich nations can’t dump toxic waste on poor nations
Fissures in West Bengal's Left government over land acquisition
In credible India
No more kindergarten approach to climate
Agriculture Don't fix is the government's fix
Mundra SEZ spells displacement for fisherfolk
Virtual coast guard
Non-profits develop web application to monitor haphazard development along Indian coastline
India growth story marred by disturbing inequity
68th Round of NSSO makes it amply clear that the wave of economic growth has not percolated down from the 0.003 per cent of population of ruling …
Farmers boycott land acquisition hearings for Chhindwara SEZ
Villagers refuse to part with land; object to individual hearings, land acquisition by dubious means
West By Far East
In the rush for economic growth, China ignored its environment. Now it faces a nightmare. The country is one of the most polluted in the world.
From barrels to battlefields
Today, it is oil politics that dictates international relations and alliances. Several international conflicts in recent years have been sparked …
On privatising water
What about privatising water? Should India move to do it? What tips the scales in its favour, and what doesn't? In 2003, two editorials in Down …
1,620.361 ha of discontent
Special economic zones and sit-ins. Mega-projects and marches. Public-private partnerships and pitched battles. Precociously, because they are …
Socio Economic and Caste Census could leave rightful claimants out of BPL list
Activists point out several drawbacks in the inclusion and deprivation criteria
In Short
Andhra Pradesh cancels land allotted for SEZ in Anantapur
The company, Lepakshi Knowledge Hub Limited, mortgaged land for bank loans violating MoU
Unholy smoke!
Inclusion of intellectual property in bilateral investment agreements is injurious to the health of developing nations