Religious planning

Shot to birth

A recently-developed Indian birth control vaccine is being debated to death

Lifting the barriers

Reproductive choice, gender equality and sustainable development are closely connected, say the latest report on the world's population

CHINA

Showing the way

In the past 15 years, Mexico has halved its birth rate

Talking about air

Participants at a recent workshop in Hyderabad expressed concern over the growing rate of air pollution in South Asia

UNITED NATIONS

COASTLINE CONSERVATION

Plans gone awry

BPL's dividing line

Government undecided on criteria to identify families below poverty line

New measure for urban poverty

A standard and simple exclusion method has been evolved to determine BPL families

Dalit-adivasi agenda for inclusion of SC, ST rights in election manifestos

Kerala launches an on-line campaign on dalit and adivasi concerns

Urban form and travel to completely change after COVID-19

Central business districts will decline while larger apartments will be in demand as more firms consider making employees work-from-home, a …

COVID-19: Self-sufficient neighbourhoods are needed to make cities resilient

The need is to recognise what a neighbourhood requires and ensure that the planning makes everyday needs available — and accessible&…

Harmful combo drugs flood market

Irrational drug combos flood market; regulator does little to remove them

The poverty quibble

Government claims a huge drop in poverty numbers but critical indicators—health, malnutrition and wages—continue to be grim. So how …

Over 3 lakh pregnancy losses every year linked to polluted air in South Asia

Northern plains region in India and Pakistan most impacted, meeting India’s air quality standard would have reduced loss by 7 per cent&…

मिंटो ब्रिज हादसा: राजधानी की पांच एजेंसियों में से दोषी कौन?

19 जुलाई को हुई भारी बारिश के बाद राजधानी दिल्ली के मिंटो ब्रिज अंडरपास पर जो हादसा हुआ, उसने राजधानी की प्लानिंग पर सवाल ...

Commons: Local bodies must take lead

There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons

No buyers for e-cars in govt departments, Centre extends deadline

So far, only 652 vehicles have been deployed when the target was 10,000, said Union Minister of State for Power and Renewable Energy RK …

Environment, forest ministry finalising transfer of Rs 50,000-crore CAMPA funds to states

Compensatory afforestation funds belong to the state and it was kept temporarily with the Centre

A day in a ragpickers’ slum in New Delhi

Ragpickers have remained out of the formal system of employment or benefits, and their condition is getting worse due to alienating policies

In my city, without my car

From an object of desire, cars will turn into an asset of shared mobility

Researchers develop new technology for water management, flood control

The frequency of recording data is higher and it is more economical when compared to tools available in the market currently

Parliamentary panel gives more teeth to Compensatory Afforestation Fund 

However the panel’s report tabled in this budget session misses the forests for the trees