Farewell to welfare
The budget is a patch work of abandoned schemes revived or existing ones being re-named. This is all for rural development
Towards affordable healthcare in India: ‘Jan Aushadhi’ to ‘Jan Upyogi’
There is a vital need to support and promote this initiative for its sustainability and growth
Modi’s COVID-19 vaccine turnaround: An answer for Supreme Court queries just in time
The bench of judges Chandrachud, Rao and Bhat have already asked the Union government to review the vaccination policy and file an affidavit by …
Is an environmental apocalypse approaching India?
The Union government scarcely conceals its contempt for the environment working assiduously to dismantle environment protection.
‘Accelerating exodus from farming key to achieve target of doubling income’
To double farmers’ income reduce the number of farmers, suggest policy makers
CoP26: Modi offers ‘Panchamrita’ concoction for climate conundrum at Glasgow
Prime Minister Narendra Modi says India will become net zero by 2070
‘India’s unemployment is highest in four decades’
Down To Earth speaks to Binoy Viswam, MP, about the country's unemployment crisis
Is PM Modi really a ‘Champion of the Earth’?
Even as the United Nations has selected India's PM for this year's award to honour his role in protecting the environment, his regime's …
#FitnessChallenge: A life cycle of challenges I throw at PM Modi
Being conceived is like being punished to a slow death owing to environmental pollution that needs a reality check
Unsung heroes of Varanasi
In spite of over 3.2 million domestic and foreign tourists visiting Varanasi annually, the local boatmen lead a life of deprivation, …
Modi’s rural sojourn: Take piped water to 4,620 households everyday
The challenge is to sustain supply; most habitations covered with drinking water have slipped back to non-covered status due to drying up of sources
Prime Minister confers Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prizes
Narendra Modi conferred the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s prestigious prizes for 2016, 2017 and 2018 at Vigyan Bhawan in …
Dalit activists, leaders decry Prime Minister’s ‘Christ-like’ act
It is just a gimmick to fool Dalits whereas their real problems are unaddressed, they say
ICAR to research on, demonstrate and promote natural farming
The directive came within a week of Modi’s speech on the relevance of zero-budget natural farming
Many more may fall into poverty trap and several may not escape it
Here’s how poverty, political myopia and ecological degradation are inter-related
IISF 2019: Science should be inventive and innovative, says PM Modi
The four-day event began in Kolkata on November 5
Is Swachh Bharat Mission ensuring waste segregation systems?
Segregation is still not being followed in its true spirit across India due to the lack of adequate end-to-end infrastructure for waste …
Energy in news on April 17
Here’s a round-up of today’s news reports and developments around energy
PM at India Energy Week launch: Ethanol blending allowed up to 20% in petrol
Domestically produced ethanol has been identified as an opportunity to reduce oil imports, in an effort to achieve energy independence
India needs to set a new conservation agenda for mahseer
Historical misidentification, release into wrong areas as well as dam construction, all are imperilling this most iconic of Asia’s …
Cabinet approves PM-KISAN, Aadhaar Ordinance, other bills and schemes
In addition, the Cabinet has also approved the National Mineral Policy 2019 and the Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN Yojana
Interim Budget 2019: 'Gokul Mission funds have not been suitably utilised at all'
The scheme is just 'lip service' for the Modi government says official even as Piyush Goyal allocates Rs 750 crore to it
India’s new climate targets: Bold, ambitious and a challenge for the world
An already low-emitter, India’s new commitments to fight climate change force the historical emitters and China to commit to bolder emission-…
Modi's speech was about concerns of developing countries: Chandra Bhushan
Chandra Bhushan, Deputy Director General of Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi analyses Narendra Modi's speech at the COP 21 Paris
National Air Quality Index: A solution with too many problems
Due to lack of monitoring and maintenance, most of the authorized centres have failed to record real-time data on air pollution