Celebrating WSF 2004

When 80,000 people talk it makes noise. So it wasn't unusual for the fourth World Social Forum (WSF) in Mumbai to be snidely called a huge '…

"Even conventional sources of energy initially required government support"

Rakesh Bakshi, managing director, Vestas RRB India Limited, an Indo-Danish joint venture manufacturing wind electric  generators, talks to …

Paying the price

High costs discourage the use of low sulphur fuels

Out of wind

Powered by grass

Smart cards to buy electricity

Power company claims it will save money spent on raising bills  

Switzerland votes for phasing out nuclear power, switching to renewable energy

The new energy policy prohibits construction of new nuclear power plants and promotes the use of renewable energy sources and energy conservation

Hands off Alaska

The US, it is widely believed, can go to great lengths to lay its hands on oil -- whether this means having to unleash a full-fledged war on …

You are buying your baby a bag full of misinformation

Hiking prices for conservation

Tax on royalties

Drowned in apathy

Making markets work

Whom to trust

Trade in good food can end global hunger: report

Food regulation should be such that that healthy food is protected, not just food in general, says a new report 

India's population: Every addition to the optimum level is a burden on the state

Message should go to people that if they think in the interest of the state, the state will take care of them as well

Will behavioural economics change state policy?

Will behavioural economics shape public policy now that one of its advocates has won the Nobel Prize?

Global Challenges in Water Governance: Environments, Economies, Societies

Provides an accessible overview of the changes in discourse surrounding global water governance  

Centre starts reviewing National Mineral Policy following Supreme Court directions

The apex court directed revision of the policy for better mining practices and regulation  

Act of omission

The government's latest commission on water may end up churning out myopic, big-dam-centred policies

UNESCO bats for more AI in Indian education; Will it work?

UN body recommends ethical, responsible use of artificial intelligence for quality education, experts point to digtal divide

Trade & climate priorities are converging: Does this help or hurt a fair global green transition?

If climate considerations are to permeate trade agreements & vice versa, upholding principles of common but differentiated responsibilities, …

Will the Bill on Electricity Amendment change the power sector for the better?

Distribution companies in India have long been known as loss-making entities

Now or never

India must seize the opportunity to promote clean energy technology

Dark side of the coin

Injudicious state policies are not the only ones responsible for California's blackouts