India’s health expenditure down to 3.2% of GDP in 2018-19

National Health Accounts report shows out-of-pocket expenses down, but still significantly higher than global average

Jharkhand High Court directs removal of coal dumps from Damodar river bank

Coal waste dumps of Purnadih mines polluting the river

Cancer state

Is the joyride over ?

There was fear in the 1960s. Would India continue to wait for food imports to feed itself? The scientific community came up with an answer that …

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

Will PM 2.5 levels in Delhi-NCR go back to pre-pandemic levels this winter?

The answer lies in air pollution control measures, finds assessment by CSE

Towards zero discharge

Two textile cities, Tirupur and Ludhiana, explore ways to stop effluent discharge into streams

Is chemical the culprit?

Scientists in Bihar find a plausible link between pesticides and breast cancer

TERI recommends closure of some Coca-Cola plants

COVID-19: Punjab’s pond cleaning project gathers pace

The Punjab government generated employment of 1,052,524 man-days under the MGNREGA since May 12

Neo-addiction

Youngsters are getting hooked on flavoured e-cigarettes. Studies belie manufacturers’ claims

Delhi smog is back

Cocktail of pollutants and severe smog episodes can be deadly in Delhi and NCR even as Delhi government delays finalising air quality index

States take the fizz out of cola

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

Minor no more

Environment ministry regulates mining of minor minerals, finally

COVID-19: Reverse migration sparks concern for Punjab’s paddy season

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh asked the Union government to allow labourers and cardholders under MGNREGA scheme to work in farm operations

Diwali 2022: Delhi air ‘very poor’, can worsen to ‘severe’

Farm stubble burning increased in Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan; Firecracker ban in Delhi goes up in smoke too

Enough is enough

For over a week after Diwali, Delhi breathed poison. Air pollution peaked to unprecedented levels. Public anger forced emergency measures. But …

Gutter will sparkle

Ludhiana is going all out to clean up Buddha Nallah, the sole receptacle of its industrial filth

Science and Technology - Briefs

Property industry in trouble in Punjab

New EIA process stumbles at start

National plan on non-communicable diseases

'SLAPP'ed but will not submit

When will Indian scientists unbolt?

Are Indian scientists really too busy to answer emails and phone calls? wonders Dinsa Sachan