Former militant Bijoy Hrankhal on Tripura's tribal needs

Bijoy Kumar Hrankhal was the founder member and vice-president of the Tripura National Volunteer, the first militant group in Tripura. He laid …

Afghanistan under Taliban: A decade’s progress eroded in a year, says UN

Cascading crises, almost 700,000 jobs vanished, finds report

World bodies release new principles on cost-effective carbon pricing schemes

New World Bank Report states that carbon-pricing schemes are worth US $50 billion

Global forest product industries recover from recession

India emerges one of the top five forest products consuming countries

Land acquisition, rehabilitation bills cater to corporate interests

Economic growth brings in invasive species

UN rolls out COVID-19 communication tool in Africa

The mobile-based digital public communications platform aims to provide 600-800 million users with latest public health advice 

African summit demands land ownership for women

Women’s contribution to the economy often goes unnoticed and their work remains undervalued

The cost of development in Himalaya

There is a link between the disaster and the manner in which development has been carried out in this ecologically fragile region

Cabinet committee decides to reduce food buffer stocks

Go ahead for Department of Food and Public Distribution to offload excess stocks in the open market or export

Meltdown

Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …

Budget through the years

Reason to cheer

Meet two pioneering grassroots leaders nominated for the Equator Initiative Awards

Trading the environment

What's on the agenda of WTO's Trade and Environment Committee

Largesse too little

Climate change fuelling conflict in Lake Chad Basin: Report

Shrinking natural resources due to adverse weather heightening tensions, says human rights group

India falls short of achieving increased power generation capacity

Government pins hopes on private investment in renewable energy sector by offering fiscal and financial incentives

Gaps galore

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Sunita's Bytes on Budget

Supreme Court lashes out at Centre and Madhya Pradesh for lax attitude towards unethical drug trials

Gives eight more weeks to file their responses

In A Spot

Are the new industrial siting rules a boon or a bane?

Equity for all

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

35th Open-Ended Working Group meeting: Global trend of HFCs taken up for discussion

Reports highlighted the ever-increasing dominance of hydrofluorocarbons and their long-term negative impact on climate

World Water Forum prioritises integrated urban planning for water security

Governments must finance water-sensitive designs for cities to ensure sustainable water management, say experts