Misdirected move
The Orissa government's decision to increase water cess for irrigation may spell doom for the state's farmers
Coma after death
Child victims of a frayed medical service and a government programme gone wrong raise a mute question
Betrayed
Nepal's forest bureaucracy prepares for the funeral of the much-hailed community forest management programme
Bitten by the betel
Paan is the delicacy among all communities in India. Its cultivation and propagation will serve to strengthen not just the various rituals …
Uttaranchal aglow
Hill state leads the way in decentralising electricity generation by granting small-scale industry status to traditional water mills
Virtual realities
Bangalore is in the throes of a water privatisation debate. But the most critical flaws in a new plan for its suburbs have got missed out. s …
Very little amendment
Book>> New Forms of Urban Governance in India Shifts, Models, Networks and Contestations edited by ISA Baud and J De Wit Sage Publications, …
Strings attached
Centre's purpose of reserving 50 per cent seats for women in panchayat elections defeated by puppet candidates
We need global regulation for corporations
Eva Joly, EU parliamentarian from the French Green Party, is tipped to be the Presidential candidate of the Greens in the 2012 French …
38 forest and unsurveyed villages in Odisha’s Ganjam granted revenue status
The residents of the villages have also been granted community forest rights & can also avail government benefits now
Internet shutdowns: India saw half of all global gags in 2022
The country topped charts for blackouts for a 5th consecutive time; 2022 also saw highest total number of shutdowns worldwide
Left without a vote
Uttar Pradesh government's repeated attempts to bring villages under industrial authorities are against the spirit of the Constitution
Brazilian lessons for Modi
Dilma Rousseff's re-election as president is a lesson on facing development challenges in an unequal economy
Millionaire mukhiyas
Money pumped in development schemes in Bihar is giving rise to a new breed of village heads, flush with money and flexing muscles
Time to reveal
Cabinet clears policy that makes it mandatory for departments to share data; civil society sceptical
Flood fury
Floods claim hundreds of lives across India besides causing large-scale destruction, Bihar is the worst-affected
Blown out
A deadly cyclone causes large-scale devastation in Pakistan and despite early warnings the toll on the Indian side is as high
The cost of inaction
Cornered by the SC and buckling under pressure of protesters, the Delhi government dilutes household industry norms
Points to ponder
Right to information and transparency in eia are critical for public participation in development projects
The myth of drought
For every administrator, there is a lesson to be learnt from Gujarat's drought. Specially since this dry spell has been brought about more due to …
Shut your shop'
DTC invites the wrath of the Supreme Court with its lax attitude towards the court order to convert all buses over eight years old to CNG by …
Sentinels of Sound
When noise levels rise over 55 decibels, sound becomes unsound. Isolated pleas against the racket of revelry have fallen on deaf ears. But a …
Water budget
All that you wanted to know about water management schemes, but didn't know who to ask More...
Nagorno-Karabakh brings back painful memories of 1915 for Armenians globally: Avedis Hadjian
Down To Earth speaks to author Avedis Hadjian about the humanitarian crisis in the Armenian enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh in the South Caucasus
Lok Sabha passes Women’s Reservation Bill with two-thirds majority
Opposition leaders have flagged concerns about the timing of the bill’s passage as well as its eventual transition to the status of law