Centre launches MGNREGA 2.0

30 new types of work added to the rural job guarantee scheme list to restore demand for work under UPA's flagship welfare programme

Universal health scare

The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …

Eyesores to city attractions: plans afoot to develop Delhi nullahs into eco-corridors

Pilot project cleared to convert Barapullah drain into an eco-mobility corridor

Court questions sealing relief law

Delhi to explain how the law is relevant to the Capital’s planned development

Unreal in pampered India

With NDMC winning the smart city challenge, the contrast between where the government lives and where the rest of the citizens live could not …

Orange tumbles

Nagpur orange’s survival hinges precariously on its return to sustainable cultivation. Farmers have woken up to this, but will the government?

Mass movement

Smaller cities more polluted than Delhi: Study

Pollution levels are high all over the country, but unlike the capital, many smaller cities have not received the required attention

Half of Yavatmal’s soil not meant for cotton: study

District known for farmers' suicides has shallow soil depth which has very little capacity to retain water; report recommends switch to …

Indian Railways to chart a new route to reduce GHG emissions

Focus on low-carbon inter-urban passenger and freight transport, and tools like NAMAs for technology transfer and financing

COVID-19 and green, open spaces: What is going to be our new normal?

Living conditions created under a pandemic situation are also a reflection of the inadequacies of our cities

Lavasa may lose special planning authority status

Comptroller and Auditor General had pulled up developer for illegal expansion plans

In short

Delhi’s clean air challenge

It is time to understand what we have done and the actions we need to take urgently and decisively

Alphonso’s last call?

The world’s best mango is perishing in coastal Maharashtra, which grows most of the crop. The culprits are climate change and unsustainable …

Fuel economy standards: sanctity of decision making process must be upheld

Car industry's efforts to dilute standards approved by PMO will significantly reduce fuel savings

The lake colony

Call them the "lakers". Some 10,000 of them. Parts of the Dal (land and water) belong to them. And when they feel the need to make a …

Farms in cities

A case for urban agriculture in India

COVID-19, floods: Bihar stares at twin challenge with onset of monsoon

Bihar Chief Secretary Deepak Kumar held a meeting with top officials on June 10 to review preparedness measures

Bihar initiates steps to obtain GI tag for shahi litchi

Farmers from Bihar set to benefit from protection as the fruit has a huge market globally

Impatient to sterilise

In a hurry to bring down fertility rate, health officials are blatantly flouting government’s guidelines

Air pollution levels in Delhi drop by 60 per cent on car-free day

Delhi government has proved that reducing car numbers can significantly bring down pollution in a city where air pollution kills at least one …

Shimla to levy green fee on private vehicles

Fund to be used to improve road infrastructure and promote ecological sensitivity among tourists

My experiment with honking-free driving

Car horn should be an emergency device, not a toy

Temporary solution, permanent jam