Worry for economy: Labour’s contribution to income keeps dipping

Income is being transferred from workers to capitalists, finds the latest UNCTAD report

Bundelkhand's bravehearts

For villages that survived recurring droughts, the economic-ecological connection makes more sense

Breaking the ice

The long-standing people-wildlife dispute in Sariska Tiger Reserve is closer to a resolution

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In deep waters

How an attempt to convert a water body into land for commercial use was foiled

Air pollution

Our cities and small towns are reeling under severe air pollution made worse by the government's muddled approach to air quality planning. Only a …

LAW AND DISORVER

Self-help

Democracy "of the people, by the people and for the people". Madhya Pradesh takes the lead

Fixing the drought

To uplift the poor it is important to understand the root cause of poverty

People's show of strength

Outpouring of resentment against landfill site plan in Tamil Nadu leaves authorities stunned

Firefighters all

Going to town with agriculture

Helped by a proactive government, residents of Havana resort to urban agriculture to solve their food crisis

Empower civil society

Moses of Longleng

How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast

GREEN WARRIOR

Changing colours

After blindly destroying much of their forest cover, people in Anantapur district attempt to reclaim their barren lands

Cities of joy

Better late than never. Germany has initiated the Agenda 21 process across the country. Already nine per cent of all municipalities have plans …

Neemi's water conference

Jal biradari launches movement to drought-proof villages

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 '…

Recession is elsewhere

Safe drinking water

Rely on people!

Opposition to AP government's move to involve industries in JFM gathers momentum

The right to develop

A UNDP report links democracy with a better human development scenario

Beat that heat

Municipalities and citizens in the US could significantly contribute to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

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