Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

Construction boom will make cities unliveable: Centre for Science and Environment

Non-profit calls for support for green buildings programmes which should not be reduced to a sham to protect realty profits

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges

On foot and pedal

The teeming millions on foot and pedal are powering mobility in Indian cities. Their numbers exceed those who use cars. Yet they are victims of …

Government for raising awareness on tobacco’s role in TB

A section on tobacco consumption added to the national programme for TB control

Turbulence ahead

Green clearance issue solved, Navi Mumbai airport project now faces opposition from people

MGNREGS won't subsidise rural toilets, says Gadkari

New study shows the small improvement achieved in sanitation between 2001 and 2011 not enough to improve health outcomes

Future shock

As the world continues to pump greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, the global temperatures could rise by 3°C by mid-century, says a soon-to-…

Deafening Noise

Constant exposure to noise can make one deaf. The major culprit is road traffic. Can one avoid noise? It’s difficult. Checking it, however, …

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

10 die in building collapse in Mumbai region

Second incident in a fortnight; land being marshy may be factor

How safe is your hand sanitiser

The government hasn’t had much control over India’s hand sanitising manufacturers, who have mushroomed amid the COVID-19 pandemic 

At the heart of Dharavi model: Basic public health, resolve in community to beat COVID-19

Screening-isolating-testing worked for the densely populated area where physical distancing would be next to impossible

Desperate for gas

Gas is the cleanest of fossil fuels and also more efficient and cheaper to use. Yet, in India, there has been no policy focus on this fuel, …

Untreated effluents released in Mumbai rivers, industries flout norms: Report

The Ulhas and its tributary Waldhuni are among 53 of the most polluted rivers in Maharashtra

Moily wants to give oil field to Essar in the midst of election, alleges AAP

‘Move would fetch gains of US $9.2 billion to Essar and partner company’

Cyclone Nisarga update: Cyclone now 80 km southeast of Mumbai, says IMD

Cyclone Nisarga made landfall in Alibaug, around 100 km south from Mumbai

Letter

Mocha: Summer cyclones not new; Fani, Amphan were May storms too

New summer cyclone likely to take place in Bay of Bengal around May 8

Stop forceful land acquisition for Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor project, say farmers of Raigad

They want state to follow the proposed land acquisition Bill likely to be passed soon by Parliament

Mumbai revives sea transport plan for daily commuters

Proposal to ferry commuters from Nariman Point to Borivali could not take off despite tenders being issued twice in the past

Navi Mumbai airport: Farmers divided over compensation package

Residents of six villages say their leaders betrayed them

An every monsoon affair: How to tackle urban flooding

Urbanisation is inevitable as is climate change; the need is for a multi-pronged approach

COVID-19: How do India’s urban informal settlements fight the pandemic

India’s slum population is ill-prepared to face the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, with livelihoods threatened as a …

COVID-19: Slums in India provide fertile ground for outbreaks

it is near impossible for slum dwellers to practice WHO guidelines of social distancing, frequent hand-washing