Sugarcane farmers’ suicides: national rights body urged to intervene
Unscientific pricing of sugarcane, harassment by money lenders and delay in receiving payments are plaguing cultivators
Forget Union budget, track state budgets now
Modi's victory may mean push for Ken-Betwa river-link project
There is enough evidence that the project would be an environmental blunder, say activists
Missing pulse
Despite being a world leader in pulses production, India has been forced to import due to crop loss and seed deficit. The sharp rise in prices is …
PM chooses to continue with UPA’s 2013 Land Acquisition Act
A much-elated Opposition said that the government had to give in to popular sentiment
Modi sedates the farmer
The BJP is repackaging old schemes and offering cosmetic changes to the agrarian policy
Centre approves national policy on offshore wind energy
Government hopes to repeat the success of onshore wind power development that happened in 1990s
What made people in Delhi choose Aam Aadmi Party
Both BJP and the Congress need to look beyond what went wrong with their election strategy
NDA v UPA? What about a democratic and progressive alliance for environment?
The NDA government has not dismantled the environmental governance structure. But it has also not taken measures to strengthen governance
Centre gears up to launch revamped sanitation mission
Corporate houses will have a major role in Swacchh Bharat Abhiyan which aims at achieving total sanitation by 2019
Distressed handloom weavers seek bailout
The allocation for handloom sector was reduced to Rs 620.5 crore in 2014-15 from Rs 2,960.5 crore in 2012-13 budget
Jammu and Kashmir was unprepared for flood fury
State did not have forecasting system or a disaster management plan in place
What Mr Narendra Modi needs to do for Ganga
Just planning more sewage treatment plants is not going to clean up the river
Nadia in West Bengal goes Churu way, achieves open defecation-free tag
Nadia’s campaign, termed “Sabar Souchagar” (toilets for all) was an entirely community-driven idea
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Solar alliance to be part of India-Africa Forum Summit
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to announce a global alliance of almost 110 countries to encourage implementation of solar power to …
Power of the local
Panchayat elections almost contested with the Bihar poll. Is this desirable?
India and France invite countries to join International Solar Alliance
The initiative by the developing world that claims to address solar energy needs will be introduced at COP21
COP21: India and France show the way ahead by launching Solar Alliance
'The climate change agreement must send a clear enough signal to investors to encourage the scaling up of solar and other renewable forms of energy'
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
103rd Indian Science Congress begins at Mysuru
Event to stress on the use of science and technology for indigenous development in India
A bullet train for traders
Modi's pet project will add speed to a saturated sector but do nothing for millions of passengers elsewhere
Cabinet approves amendments to power tariff policy
Policy claims to ensure 24X7, affordable power for all
Sit up India, start worrying
Start Up India is a niche project that is unlikely to create the kind of job opportunities we need
The unbearable burden of 2015
This is the second full budget of the NDA, coinciding with the second year of its governance