Dhamaal Growth

NIDHI JAMWAL wonders what happened after Gurgaon got colonyfied

Uzbek farmers face criminal charges for not growing cotton, wheat

European Commission sets up fund for green projects

Ash flies in the face of power plan

Odisha gears up for more power generation but has no action plan for disposing of fly ash

Drowning in its own rubbish

For Thiruvananthapuram, the only way to manage waste is by flouting rules

Letters

Coal toll

More than 70 per cent of India's electricity is produced by coal-fired power plants. Most of them do not have modern technologies and use low-…

Pollution glorified

World Bank arm finances polluting steel mill in Jharkhand

EU resumes aid payments to a more democratic Guinea

SOUTH ASIA

Letters

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 …

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …

The hunt for benefits

India is hailed as a pioneer in implementing the third objective of the Convention on Biological Diversity—fair and equitable sharing of …

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …