India still scores low in human development in UNDP report

It is ranked at 136 along with Equatorial Guinea while Sri Lanka strides ahead

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

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

178 nations agree to enforce Basel Ban Amendment

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

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

Virtual coast guard

Non-profits develop web application to monitor haphazard development along Indian coastline

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

Call the monitor

Resource mobilisation can help Africa be self-sufficient

African Development Forum discusses ways to reduce dependence on foreign donors

A non-priority?

Environment managers do not count

Stranglehold

Pesticides: what's the way out?

Flaying the environment

Tanneries: ill-managed, technologically challenged