Extent of contamination
Spending enormous money, creating awareness and building sewage treatment plants have not helped cleanse India's polluted river stretches. The …
Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler
Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge …
Battery downfall for e-Rickshaw owners in India
The singular complaint of the E-rickshaw drivers is the battery. Most of the batteries die out in about 4-5 months. They have low range and need …
N. Raja of Toyota India on future of Electric Vehicles in India
N Raja, Deputy Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar talks about the roadmap for India to convert to electric and the bottlenecks. He says that …
They are people’s trees
Sacred groves have been revived, as in Manipur, or are emerging, as in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and eastern Maharashtra. Moreover, the root cause …
CLIMATE CHANGE NOW - The Story of Carbon Colonisation
We live in the age of climate change—heat waves, extreme weather events, increase in diseases induced by deforestation, floods and snowfall …
Climate change - For the young and curious
Earth is getting warmer. The climate is changing, faster than ever before. Why? What is the science behind this?
India's Health Burden
We are disappointed by the lack of ambition of the Modi government. It intends to invest only 2.5 per cent of its GDP into health care by 2025, …
Clean Ganga seems to be a distant dream
CAG report has put a question mark on the success of Modi government’s most ambitious programme
Body Burden: Understanding the State of India’s Health 2017
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases …
Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India.
India's milk boom would have been same even without exotic breeds
Changing infrastructure, services and the changing economics contributed to the milk revolution more than the genetic import
Can we unlearn emotions to improve our health?
Contrary to popular belief, emotions are not universal, but based on culture and environment
STATE OF INDIA’S ENVIRONMENT 2018
State of India’s Environment 2018, India’s much awaited annual statement on environment and development, is now available at a special/…
Climate disruption
Global warming has compromised Africa's ability to feed its population. It's time African nations adapt to the changing scenario
Time to define the new normal
The monsoon of 2017 has challenged India's conventional and simplistic definition of the complex tropical circulation
Over 100 years of India's urban revolution
Between 2014 and 2050, India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers and the number of rural residents is expected to decline by 52 million.…
No place to grow old
Today's over-60 population is the fastest growing group. Currently, there are around 962 million people aged 60 or over, representing 12.3 per …
Dealing with the deluge
Floods are becoming more unusual in scale and severity. It is time we shifted our focus from flood relief to flood governance
Underprivileged, but not underachievers
From austerity to affliction, these children have seen them all. Yet, they haven’t allowed these adversities to dwarf their determination
Infants without safeguards
If all the countries are to reach at least 90 per cent coverage for routine life-saving vaccinations, 9.9 million additional children would need …
DROUGHT BUT WHY? How India can fight the scourge by abandoning drought relief
During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, …
Hunger can't wait any longer
It is a constant and chronic pain gnawing at people in Africa In the sub-Saharan region, 33 out of 38 countries have 'serious' or 'alarming' …
Spiralling Temperature: Seasonal Warming Trends in India
In the winter of 2016-17, the mean temperature was 2.95°C higher than the 1901-1930 baseline – the warmest in recorded history. In …
Spiralling Temperature: Annual Warming Trends in India
Annual mean temperature in India has rapidly increased since 1995. At this rate of increase, it will breach the 1.5°C mark within the next …