Rebuilding cities

Remembering 2013 Uttarakhand Floods

In June 2013, flashfloods in Uttarakhand wiped out settlements and decimated lives. Here’s a throwback to our investigation into the …

No infrastructure for universal health coverage in India, says report

Infrastructure for primary healthcare has decreased in the past decade

Green tribunal gets short shrift

Most successful court on environmental matters lacks amenities, infrastructure

Getting a city into shape

Dangers ahead at WTO

The trade facilitation agreement paves the way for fresh pressures on developing countries such as tariff cuts on industrial products

Will future cities be friendly?

Urbanisation is not just about infrastructure but also social cohesion

Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Elementary failure

Since the Right To Education Act came into force on April 1, 2010, India has been witnessing an experiment that involves parents in enforcing a …

Powerless and lost

How to approach environmentalism

Need or greed?

The Union Ministry of Finance has recently alleged that green clearances are holding up the country’s infrastructure development and growth.…

Police arrest anti-POSCO leader for bomb explosion that killed four

People insist it was pro-POSCO goons from the village who threw bomb at protesters

Realising low carbon infrastructure dream

IDFC report puts forth an assortment of diverse solutions

Tiger reserved

Tiger tourism booms without proper regulation; new guidelines attempt to contain damage

New business for new renewables

Odisha has jeopardized agriculture to favour industry: CAG draft report

State went on MoU signing spree without considering food security and livelihood of people

It’s pouring money and schemes in agriculture

No dearth of funds for agri credit and new institutions

Himalayan blunders

Emergency over oil in Ecuador

Kolkata tanners unhappy with new relocation site

Time for an overhaul

Having served the country for more than a century and a half, the Indian Railways has taken apathy in its stride. Politicians’ whims, and …

Road map to save environment

A global map highlights regions where road construction will have high environmental costs

Treasure in troubled land

International aid has supported the economy of Afghanistan for 12 years. With aid flow gradually declining, the war-torn country will now have to …

Development handcuffed

Confidential audit exposes financial, planning lapses in Andhra’s urban renewal mission