Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report

Beware of Obama's trade agenda

Can we trust Arvind Subramanian not to push for the kind of concessions the US will be demanding from India?

Treating tobacco-related diseases cost India Rs 16,800 crore in 2011: report

Spending on treating such diseases is just a little less than revenue from tobacco products; Union health minister, Harsh Vardhan, says he would …

Two for tangle

Development takes backseat in Northeast as two Central agencies try to outcompete each other

EU approves Robin Hood tax in 11 member states

Financial Trade Transaction could generate enough to help 550 million of the worldÔÇÖs poor get access to free healthcare

Jobs Jobs Jobs

The government is obsessed with economic growth. Employment is bound to follow, it claims. That's a delusion. The swelling numbers of unemployed …

World Bank decides to stop financing coal-fired power plants

EXIM Bank follows suit. India unfazed by decisions. Other poor developing countries may be hit

Tax the wealthy: 2 billion people can be lifted from poverty by levying the super-rich, says Oxfam

Gap between the rich and the poor broadened over the past two years

Elusive hunt for skills and jobs

Budget outlays will not do much for job creation or readying youth for skilled work

Cabinet committee approves auction method for coal blocks

Coal ministry directed to follow environment ministry guidelines on inviolate areas, forests and wildlife habitats

Beyond a flailing state

Health ministry cannot provide basic services, the finance ministry cannot collect taxes and the chaos of governance worsens

Barring the muck

The Tihar jail exemplifies how efficient waste management not only makes our surroundings clean, but also endows us with economic benefits. What …

Adanis’ game plan for Mundra ship-breaking yard

Analysis by Centre for Science and Environment shows the company has been pushing the recycling facility by concealing it under a waterfront …

Robbed of water

Gujarat farmers set to lose water from the Narmada canal network

Stupid growth

UN launches 10 principles to close Asia-Pacific sustainable finance gap

Aimed at mobilising and deploying financing for key Sustainable Development Goals, particularly around climate action

Business as usual or sustainable model: What is post-COVID-19 dilemma?

World leaders are at crossroads — and they need to take hard measures to push for a green economy 

‘Diabetes reduces employment chances, especially of men’

Study on economic burden of type II diabetes says two-thirds of all new cases of diabetes reported in low- and middle-income countries, such as …

230 million children are living in conflict-ridden countries worldwide: UNICEF

Exposure to violent conflicts among chief reasons affecting the survival and growth of children

Cabinet defers gas price hike by three months

Fertiliser and gas-based electricity companies get a breather as government decides to scrutinise the the gas pricing formula approved by …

Risk management can avert future shocks: World Development Report

Nations can cushion themselves against financial crises and natural disasters through proper planning as opposed to ad-hoc responses, says World …

Making sense of climate debate

Book>> The politics of climate change and the global crisis: mortgaging our future •by Praful Bidwai • Orient Blackswan • Rs 750

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