Sundarbans, several areas of Kolkata incommunicado 24 hours after Amphan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit West Bengal and Odisha on May 22 

Global civil society organisations support India’s stand at WTO

Support comes just before WTO’s Nairobi meet in December 

Obama and Modi discuss climate change; make no commitments

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chooses to stay focussed on renewable energy

25% accounts opened under Jan Dhan Yojana are repeat accounts, admits bureaucrat

Modi government plans to revive cash benefit transfer scheme of previous government

100 days of Modi government: clean energy seems to be low priority for energy minister

Piyush Goyal’s video conference with journalists stresses on coal energy

Swachh Bharat Mission: An outstanding achievement, but challenges remain

Including people who still lack toilets, overcoming partial toilet use and retrofitting sustainably unsafe toilets are some of the massive tasks ahead

Can goats secure livelihood for small and marginal farmers?

The Centre's discussions on boosting the goat sector to double farmers’ incomes may be futile if fodder and grazing lands, both …

Progress and contradictions in US-India climate relations

The recent US-India join statement takes on a one-sided narrative of India’s commitments to decreasing emissions and transitioning to a …

Clean Ganga programme gets Rs 20,000-crore budget for five years

Initiatives to clean the river will include rehabilitation of existing sewage treatment plants

Obama boosts Modi’s green energy ambitions

Visiting US president promised finance to speed up India’s green energy mission, but it has to be remembered that the US had complained to …

Modi Cabinet approves 100% FDI in medical devices sector via automatic route

Existing conditions and prior approval required in case of merger and acquisition done away with

Cola and fruit juices don’t mix

The possible industry response to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s suggestion may not be fruitful for public health

NaMo budget on transport and pollution: Green expectations - Dashed hopes

NDAÔÇÖs maiden budget upholds and supports UPAII blunders to protect the automobile industry while ignoring the perils of …

Commerce ministry recommends anti-dumping duties on solar cells imported from US, China

Renewable energy ministry may get prime minister-designate, Narendra Modi, to stall move, fearing energy price rise

Is open defecation back in India?  

The latest WHO-UNICEF data shows at least one-sixth of India’s rural population still defecate in the open and a quarter doesn’t have …

India’s academic freedom declined strongly since 2013: Report

India among populous countries like China, the United States that fared poorly in the latest academic freedom index

India’s updated climate pledge to Paris Agreement gets Union Cabinet nod

50% installed power capacity to be from non-fossil sources, not just renewable ones, unlike PM's COP 26 declaration

Doubling trouble: It’s mid-2022; is it good days yet for farm incomes?

The Union government's claim about being on track to double farmers' income sounds hollow as it has not even spent the allocated budget for …

DTE Exclusive: Environment minister Bhupender Yadav writes why CoP26 was a success for India

A collaborative, not competitive, approach alone can save our planet. That is why India upped its commitment to the cause of saving the planet …

India’s new COVID-19 vaccination milestone in figures

How many people have been fully vaccinated and how many are yet to get a single shot? 

Biden‘s climate leadership summit: What should 3 PMs from South Asia do

The South Asian People’s Action on Climate Crisis has issued this demand-statement for the three south Asian prime ministers who have been …

Cheers, agriculture is finally a political agenda in India

Prime Minister Narendra Modi plays Santa Claus on Christmas Day, releases funds and discusses farmers’ problems as protests continue on …

Freedom from single-use plastics: A dream or an achievable target?

After Modi in his August 15 address appealed to make India free from single-use plastics, the country now needs a robust roadmap to weed it out

Expect budget to be rural-centric, focus on delivery to beneficiaries

PM Modi has already launched a major water conservation campaign, put the focus of his second tenure on revival of the agrarian economy

Report card: Environmental governance under NDA government

The government has stepped up action on environmental concerns such as pollution, but retains a myopic view of natural resource management and …