Looking beyond privatisation

Book>> Privatizing water: Governance failure and the world's urban water crisis • by Karen Bakker • Orient BlackSwan • Rs 695

Another opportunity lost

This year's UN Commission on Sustainable Development meet provided no roadmap to attain Millennium Development Goals on water, sanitation and …

Review of film 'Wasted'

Film>> Wasted Swecha Productions directed by Anshul Uniyal and Vimalendu Jha 16 minutes

Green cussedness, anyone?

They did the impossible on land that held no hope

Another plague in the offing

The rash of leptospirosis cases in Mumbai during the current monsoon points towards the gradual breakdown of health services in burgeoning …

A fluid right

Campaign to make water and sanitation a right gathers momentum

Their own suppliers

Scarcity teaches a village in Orissa how to manage its water supply  

NFHS-5: Child mortality drops, prevalence of malnutrition remains high

Despite the decline, India’s infant mortality rate worst among developing countries 

प्रदूषण के मामले में अपने दायित्व से नहीं भाग सकते होटल: एनजीटी

एनजीटी ने 24 अगस्त 2020 को दिए अपने फैसले में कहा है कि होटल, वायु और जल अधिनियम के दायरे में आते हैं, इसलिए ...

Amphan aftermath: Sundarbans villagers try to pick up pieces

Theft at relief centres, lack of toilets add to villagers’ woes five days after cyclone Amphan struck Bengal

Where will segregated waste go? Cities are clueless

A country-wide waste segregation campaign also needs to be backed up by a plan for treatment and processing

Why 700 litres free water daily may remain a far cry for Delhi

Arvind Kejriwal has kept his promise to Delhi by announcing the supply of 20 kilolitres a month (almost 700 litres a day) of free water for city …

New diseases are the result of environmental degradation

After being instrumental in the eradication of smallpox, D A Henderson , director, Centre for Civilian Biodefence, Johns Hopkins University, USA,…

Caught in the web

Of poverty, life in India has improved little over the past decade, reports the planning commission's National Human Development Report 2001

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 …

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

पर्यावरण मुकदमों की डायरी: मध्य प्रदेश में हो रहे अवैध खनन के मामले में एनजीटी ने जारी किया आदेश

पर्यावरण से संबंधित मामलों में सुनवाई के दौरान क्या कुछ हुआ, यहां पढ़ें- 

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