Railways pulled up over scavengers

A draft bill allows employing manual scavengers if they are provided protective gears

Reclaiming water

Pune is clean

According to Report

Fixing old houses on Himalaya

German architect Andre Alexander has been restoring old buildings in the Tibetan capital Lhasa for 15 years now. Over the past few years he has …

Pee for plants

Experiments explore the potential of urine as fertilizer

Post-floods, Orissa's tribal districts suffer cholera outbreak

Kathmandu's water supply plan gets going

Science & Technology - Briefs

South Asia

Algae alleviates

South African townships that were earlier helpless in the face of pollution caused by human wastes, are now bucking up to the problem. Spirulina, …

Karachi expressway elicits protests

A new planning commission or an advisory body?

Indications are that the National Development Reforms Commission that will replace the Planning Commission will not have financial allocation powers

Will access to toilets guarantee women's security in rural India?

The Badaun rape incident shows how vulnerable women are to sexual violence when there are no toilets in homes

Dismal picture of Maharashtra's environment

The water supply data in rural areas

Scrap godown fire in Ghaziabad kills one

Prevention is cure

When preventive measures can fight encephalitis, is there a need for treatment in ill-equipped primary health centres?

Inextricably linked

A United Nations report highlights the connection between environment and health

Unhealthy surroundings kill more than other factors do

Creation of Greater Bangalore will strain the city's resources

JNNURM: a Nehruvian farce

Delhi to get interceptor sewers

SC agrees to subsidise five waste-to-energy plants

Urban renewal: more talk, less infrastructure

14 km from Pune, its footprint