Smart but pricey

Why automatic water meter technology is not the best idea for households

TB turns invincible

Discovery of a deadly form of TB in a Mumbai hospital  underscores mismanagement

Simmering

Pottery units, papad -makers, leather workers, furniture makers, even dance bars: Dharavi is a bustling economy now threatened by builder-driven …

Cancer, who cares!

Warnings, pictures showing ill effects of tobacco on packets have not worked

Out of breath

After visiting hospitals and slums VIBHA VARSHNEY has found that asthma makes poor children suffer far more than their rich counterparts. And a …

Garbage: Your Problem

Several non-gonernmental organisations are showing the way to handle this problem

Trash to cash

Paper mill recycles cartons, makes tissue paper, furniture

The anatomy of congestion

Travel today is relatively faster, and people across the world are travelling more than ever before. But at a giant cost: urban roads are choked …

Colours of Nature

An organisation in Mumbai documents the presence of dyeing pigments in microbes and plants

Integrate

The key lesson

Making houses energy efficient

Our houses gobble up energy and spew out carbon dioxide. Shocking, but true. Buildings, primarily residential and commercial facilities, are …

FIGHTING FOR AIR

Weighed down by extremely high levels of particles in the air, some Indian cities seem to be coming of age with regard to vehicular air pollution.…

On two legs and a prayer

Walkers outnumber people using vehicles in every Indian city. But city plans have no space for pedestrians, nor do urban roads. Will town …

Guardian sisters of Aruna Shanbaug

At a time when questions are being raised about ethics in medical practice, the nurses and staff members of KEM hospital who took care of their …

E-waste posing health risks for workers in scrapyards

Clear as air

The grim picture of a lung scarred by pollution is of no shock value today. An ailing populace continues to throw up a phlegm of protests. To …

Mumbai's solid waste management plans expensive, dangerous

Faceless Figures

The status of cancer data in India is as scary as the killer itself. The most recent data on cancer by the Indian Council of Medical Research is …

Dharavi's real estate threat

The Maharashtra government wants to redevelop Dharavi, Mumbai's sprawling slum. But its plan has not taken into account the fact that people not …

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-…