Treated like cattle

A drawn out court case raises questions about India's animal quarantine managers

Mucky transfer

Bangalore's sewage contaminates Tamil Nadu's water

Playing with waste

Flushing down its traditions

A good society knows how to clean its rubbish. But instead of setting an example for the world through its traditional handling of human excreta,…

The world in his pocket

Kamal Nath is one of the few Indian ministers to have acquired an international image. He has traversed the globe to attend various environmental …

Climate change may worsen cholera crisis in Africa: WHO

Extreme weather events like major floods and even droughts may be driving the health crisis; Malawi facing the worst ever crisis

International E-Waste Day: Why India needs to step up its act on recycling

India generated 3.2 million tonnes of E-waste in 2019; details of 90 per cent of this waste are undocumented

Peace isn't elusive

After the Pulwama terror strike, the Kashmir debate has reopened. We bring to you an older article from brighter times, which underscores the …

Two years of Modi government: A civil society review

According to a report, government allocation in most social sectors do not address critical concerns in health, education and civic …

The world isn't just Big Macs and Coke

How many people can the earth sustain? While the world feverishly computes the answer, it must not forget that sustainability is not just feeding …

Fever stalks UP

Battling Japanese encephalitis virus, Gorakhpur now has a new enemy: enterovirus

Researchers engineer landmass to treat sewage in wastewater

India’s challenges in waste management

The key to efficient waste management is to ensure segregation source and resource recovery

Conspicuously missing

Waste dumping hits roadbock in Goa

Stressed city fathers

Book>> Costs and challenges of local urban services, evidence from India's cities by Kala Seetharam Sridhar and Om Prakash Mathur Price Rs 695

On green track

Railways has fitted more bio-toilets this year than the total number fitted in the last three years

Excreta's economy a true experience

Planning Commission's new toilets: lessons for us

London gallery displays recycled human waste

Trade secrets

Rags to pads

Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural India

Letters

World Toilet Conference

Air pollution can cut 8 yrs off lives of 250 mln north Indians: Report

Air pollution shortened the average life expectancy by 5.2 years in India, according to the report