Assam prepares to spend Rs 40,000 crore on an economically unfeasible project
Removing excessive silt from the Brahmaputra by dredging will not solve the problem of annual floods in Assam unless the government pays …
Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana
Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …
Delhi summers more polluted than winters
No need to make cellphone tower radiation norms more stringent, says government panel
Committee appointed on court's directions dismisses concerns over health impacts of EMF radiations, but calls for more studies on it
Measure rain, go get mobile
Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air
Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources
Odisha: ravaged by drought till September; cyclone, floods in October
Is it climate change?
The PDS learning curve
Tike tike in Orissa
Revised draft national water policy restores priority to agriculture
Concerns expressed against privatisation and treating water as an economic good have been taken into account while revising the draft national …
New software programme to aid management and development of Cauvery basin
Modelling platform Source employed by IIT Delhi needs to be adapted to Indian conditions
Training engineers, not Ganga
Strong evidence to link RF radiations to various health disorders: Bioinitiative Report
Earlier report of 2007 had dwelt mainly on carcinogenicity of such radiations
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
Prayers for a little
Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation
May of 2012 second warmest since 1880: US agency
Report hints at global warming as the cause
Rain, tremors near Mullaperiyar dam spread panic
No disaster management plan in place
Study undertaken to determine pollution guidelines for underground metro stations
India has to develop its own system to keep pollution levels low because the instrumentation used in other metros abroad is expensive and …
Heightened risk
“Superbug” gene levels in microbes are 60 per cent higher in the upper Gangetic areas during pilgrimage season
Undone by rampant mining, illegal buildings
Uttarakhand government has made no attempt to enforce mining and building regulations in the state, which exacerbated flood's impacts
Reflections on glass
Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climate
A measure of pollution
Climate studies, the Indian way
At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context
How Phailin was different from super cyclone 1999
Improvements in weather forecasting and disaster preparedness, and lessons learnt from 1999, made all the difference
NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant
Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations
COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to end before October in India: IIT-Kharagpur study
Modelling study predicts Delhi to overtake Maharashtra