Modi mantra to a healthy and wealthy nation

The mantra of zero defect and zero effect manufacturing practice should translate into no pollution from industrial effluents

New Independence struggle

A new planning commission or an advisory body?

Indications are that the National Development Reforms Commission that will replace the Planning Commission will not have financial allocation powers

United States climate targets are completely inadequate, says CSE

Delhi-based non-profit says the world’s largest historic polluter is doing the least to address climate change

Budget through the years

Seven defining scientific contributions that impact every Indian

In the past seven decades, India has built satellites, sent probes to the moon and Mars, established nuclear power stations, among many other …

"Pre-Independence India did better conservation"

M K Ranjitsinh has been involved in conservation for more than 40 years. Rajat Ghai speaks to him about his latest book, A Life with Wildlife: …

Poverty@25, India@70

Poverty remains conditional to one's social status

Happy Independence Day

'Capital lies with a few, power with the masses'

Only one of the 350 newspapers started as a cooperative venture after Independence survived government's attempts to shut them down. The newspeper'…

Food shortage, lack of law, no rolls: Obstacles India overcame for first General Elections

Five facts about the first time India voted

Simply put: Happy Independence Day

Central banks are waking up to climate change dangers. It’s about time

Addressing climate change requires central banks to encourage financial institutions to favour certain types of activities over others