Millennium Development Goals: where India stands

The ecology of language

Out of site

Villagers block garbage route

Pay tax to get water

Count Your Carbon Footprints

If you are a resident of Hong Kong, or for that matter, Abu Dhabi or Doha, you have to admit that you have a much larger carbon footprint than …

Displaced by Disasters

In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home. Most of the disaster-related displacements recorded in 2016 were linked to …

Episode 1 New Vastu with Ashok B Lall: How to shade your windows for a cool home

The window is your immediate connection to Su-Urja or good energy. It is the source of daylight, it is the source of fresh air and the breeze …

Extreme Is The New Normal

The world has seen 16 record-breaking hottest years since 2000. In fact, global surface temperatures are already rising about 20 times faster …

Killer roads

India is committed to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020. However, road safety levels have taken a serious …

Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?

The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …

State of India’s Environment 2020: In Figures (e-book)

The 2020 "In Figures" annual eBook is ready... It has tons of data on India’s environment and development to get a better understanding of …

COVID-19 lockdown: A ventilator for rivers

Of 36 monitoring units placed in the Ganga, water quality at 27 points was found suitable for bathing and propagation of wildlife and fisheries …

The cleanest cities of India: The transgender community and women keep Paradeep clean

Paradeep has set up a socio-economic model that not only integrates the marginalised but also generates enough revenue to make itself self-…

Politicisation of rights

What impedes the Forest Rights Act, 2006, from being implemented in the Sundarban Biosphere Reserve in West Bengal?

Into the deep space

NASA's New Horizons mission has broken all records of space exploration by exploring deep space objects beyond Pluto, such as Ultima Thule. Here'…

The hot debate

There was bullying again at COP24. Developed countries joined hands for a weak and unbalanced rulebook that lacks equity, as developing nations …

Losing our stripes: A success story gone wrong?

With 414 tiger deaths in four years (2015-18), India records highest toll between two censuses. Almost half of tiger deaths in the last three …

How deep is Indian agrarian crisis that farmers had to knock the doors of New Delhi

Thousands of farmers from all over the country took to the streets of the national capital as part of the Kisan Mukti manch, seeking a …

'Extreme' is new normal

It is time to accept that we are beginning to see the impact of climate change in the form of increased frequency and intensity of extreme …

Ayushman Bharat: Govt appeasing private interests

At an industry organised event, government representatives were seen appeasing concerns of private healthcare providers regarding the …

In Odisha, state’s monopoly on minor forest produce needs to end

State has to amend existing policies that violate Forest Rights Act 2006 and deprive locals of the ownership of minor forest produce

Why conservation is tricky

A collection of nine essays highlight the messy nature of conservation in post-reform India and unravels lesser-known species, habitats and …

Financing Fossil Fools

Africa has to build resilience to both energy and climate crisis, but analysis of public finance flowing to energy infrastructure in Africa from …

India's emission capitals

The national capital region of Delhi has the highest annual carbon footprint in the country. In fact, Delhi’s annual CO2 emission of 69.4 …