Motorized, stuck

Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil

Tall claim, short supply

Chhattisgarh ration shops have no ration

Polio vaccination strategy under scanner

Me likes what me likes

No fund for breastfeeding campaign

A question of political will

Two innovative states prove PDS can be made efficient

Can adulteration of edible oils be addressed by the Goonda Act?

Madras HC recently called for classifying those who adulterate food as goons; but we need long-term solutions

World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities

Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers

India’s ‘missing’ forests: DTE analysis exposes big gap in latest national forest survey estimates

According to a DTE analysis, there are states where over 30-50 per cent of the land classified as forests is ‘missing’ from the …

Biden, Keystone XL and a Green New Deal could shake up Canada’s energy industry

Biden’s comments emphasise the need to transition away from fossil fuels, echoing calls for a Green New Deal

COVID19: Green stimulus should step in to counter oil price crash

There is no inevitable link between oil prices and carbon emissions, a lot depends on responsible policy  

Low academic performers prone to higher stress: study

Psychologists have observed that children and adolescents are facing enormous anxiety and stress in the course of their academic programmes, …

MoTA raises objections to environment ministry’s FRA compliance circular

In the circular, the ministry had clarified that FRA compliance certificates would not be required in Stage I of the forest diversion process

UK may ban junk food ads, should India follow?

Since India lacks regulatory framework for promotion of foods items containing high fat, salt and sugar, experts feel a similar step could prove …

Vector-borne diseases may shift base with warmer temperatures

Stanford researchers say climate change will increase risk of vector-borne diseases spreading to countries characterised by cooler climate till now

UK leads G-7 on emission cuts and growth since Rio, says study

The average Briton’s carbon footprint is now 33 per cent less than in 1992 while being more than 130 per cent richer, says the report

‘Current energy policies not enough to improve air quality by 2040’

The World Energy Outlook Special Report has assessed the impact energy and air pollution policies will have on air pollutant emissions in the …

Conflict of interest: when Narendra Modi’s remark triggered the debate

A private Bill titled ‘The Prevention and Management of Conflict of Interest Bill, 2015’ is to be tabled in Parliament today. Will it …

Tense over energy

South Asia is looking at an energy abyss. Millions of its people have no access to electricity or any other energy. This has put the brakes on …

Policy mooted for construction debris disposal around Mumbai

Waste from new development projects in metropolitan region is being dumped in mangroves and rural areas

Water woes acquire gargantuan proportions

The country’s national leaders have shown a remarkably weak appetite on policy and legislation

Industries eye forest land for plantations

Wood-based firms want to convert forest areas to their own use for raw material. In doing so, they ignore the fate of millions of rural poor, who …

A watery affair

The real issues of global water management took a backseat as crisis-mongering and anti-dam protests hijacked the Second World Water Forum at …

Book review of "Environmentality: Technologies of government and the making of subjects"

Book>> Environmentality: Technologies of Government and the making of Subjects by Arun Agrawal Oxford University Press, Delhi 2006