Dinosaur age ministers

Poll posturing

Down To Earth gauges the ground reality before assembly elections

Exxon's Rex Tillerson and the rise of Big Oil in American politics

Big Oil has historically played a behind-the-scenes role on American policy and politics. No longer

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 

How natural resources doomed UPA

Management of natural resources will be the toughest job for the new government

CHHATTISGARH: Off track

Parties missing the point

MADHYA PRADESH: Power play

Devolution, electricity crucial

DELHI: Focus shifts

To environment, development

RAJASTHAN: Caste shadow

Over basic issues

Time for the future to win

Endgame for bustards

Great Indian Bustard has been pushed to extinction in its biggest sanctuary; breeding stops

A tinge of green

Issues relating to the environment, though not on top of the agenda, did make their presence felt in the just-concluded assembly elections.

Foreign Vedanta funds Cong, BJP

Delhi High Court directs government to take action against the parties within six months

For common sense

Down To Earth articles on shahtoosh and Veerappan provoke comment. We decided to excerpt them. But first, the editor's rejoinder

Ireland is past its ‘Celtic Tiger’ days; economic growth is good and we want it to be sustainable: Roderic O’Gorman

Down To Earth talks to Irish Green Party politician and Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’ …

Going off course

As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offers advice on freebies

The prime minister’s call to the youth to be careful about political parties bribing them with freebies for votes is also a recognition of …

Madras High Court directs to restrict plastic flag use in elections

The court has asked the Election Commission to come up with a concrete plan to curtail their usage

Vyapam virus

The scam in Madhya Pradesh exposes the criminal nexus which has infected India's medical education system

Delhi government

Utterly confused. Speaks for polluters who have business interests in scuttling CNG

Ministry of Environment and Forests

Has a lot of power to safeguard public health. Prefers not to use it

Union ministry of petroleum and natural gas

Blames others for its failures. Is raring to destroy the CNG market by hiking prices

Missing the bus

The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy

Union ministry of surface transport

Saboteur-in-chief. Is responsible for making procedures. Has botched them up, discouraging those keen on CNG

UPA announces poll sop for tribals

Centre promises 150 days of work to tribal households under MGNREGA