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A new class of molecules could open a range of possibilities for storage of data on holograms

Why global environmentalists are silent on Venezuela's mining crisis

Venezuela opened up a large swath of the country to mining to prop up its economy. But a huge part of the area is a fragile ecosystem that …

Healer extraordinaire

The death of Arun Kumar Sen, the inspiration behind the Students' Health Home, the biggest medical insurance scheme run by students in the country,…

Nets but no strings

An informal banking scheme designed to assist the fisherwomen of Kerala has gained momentum within its short period of operation

Fraud-free greenbucks

The Swiss, trust them! have come up with a digital bank note aesthetic, state of the art and in-copiable

Money plants?

How green is your money? Investors try to figure out as plantation companies take them for a ride

Rapid privatisation has worsened health care services in poor and middle-income nations: study

But public sector, too. needs quality improvement, say researchers from University of California

Payment for ecosystem services can be a tool for guaranteed farm income: experts

According to experts, farmers should be paid for the ecosystem services they provide

MONEYMAKERS

Integration travails

THE MONEY MAKERS

World Environment Day: We can tackle climate change through ecosystem restoration

We need to invest in research on ecosystems; we need governance that is multi-disciplinary and multi-agency and we need to protect what …

Experts advise community-led forest conservation in Himalayas

Being major biodiversity hotspots, forests provide critical goods and services like timber and firewood

Assam bank is changing lives, making entrepreneurs of illiterate women

The cooperative bank has been helping marginalised women save and become financially independent

1000000 species under extinction. Blame humans

The Global Ecosystem Assessment by Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services shows the current rate and …

CAG report highlights gaps in spectrum allocations

India’s 5G spectrum auction has begun, entering day 3 July 28, 2022

Punjab to offer free emergency hospital services

The scheme aims at addressing out-of-pocket expenditure in the state

Currency grubbers

Bank>> Termite Attack • India

Of genes - good and bad

In conversation with South Africa’s central bank governor Lesetja Kganyago

“There is nothing monetary policy can do to produce the engineers that the country needs in order for its economy to grow.”

Will India lose one of its last patches of Jurassic forest?

Kathalekan, in Uttara Kannada district of Karnataka, is a relic forest with Myristica swamp ecosystem. It has remained unchanged for over 100 …

Modi Sarkar’s big budgetary miss: Malnutrition

Having the highest number of malnourished children in the world, India cannot afford to overlook this fact

Going Dutch

The Netherlands leads the way in sustainable investments -- funds that go towards the setting up of projects that are ecologically viable

Demonetisation: public health system ill-equipped and unreliable

The government’s assurance of treatment in government hospitals is hollow as the system is inadequate