SC issues notices to Centre, states to check illegal sand mining

National Legal Services Authority, the petitioner, says rampant sand mining is devastating rivers in the absence of guidelines

A tab on wishlist

As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market

Should NABARD regulate micro-finance?

How a restoration project in Karnataka is helping revive ecology, community livelihood

Restoration projects can set in motion a virtuous cycle of livelihoods, biodiversity and native knowledge 

UN considers payments for forest ecosystem services

This will help create sustainable livelihoods and resilient ecosystems, says a report by three UN agencies

Failure to use funds behind Gujarat’s child malnutrition problem

Gujarat fails to use funds for mother, child nutrition

Business bites

Oil spill could devastate Mauritius’ coral reefs, say experts

They also call for more coverage of oil spills in India

Anganwadi workers hit the streets in protest

Allege government failure in implementation of remuneration hike, other demands not met

South Africa aims to speed up service delivery to all citizens

Country’s 20 year review shows jump in access to sanitation and water services between 1994 and 2014

India can dramatically reduce stunting in children, says World Bank report

Just 1 per cent of children in the country receive adequate food, healthcare and environmental health that are required for normal growth

Natural calamities provide opportunity for promoting renewable energy

Private sector wants to adopt public health bodies

0.85 million viruses in birds and mammals can infect people: IPBES paper

Land use change is prime trigger for COVID-19 pandemic and responsible for 30 per cent of new diseases since 1960, it adds

Is tackling climate change economically viable?

Worldwide legal wildlife trade increased by 2,000% since 1980

The trade has become highly unsustainable, a report by the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services …

Union Budget 2019-20: Blue sky thinking hits grey sky limit

New budget gives miss to blue-sky mission. Offers only a few sectoral hooks in transport and energy to nudge clean air action

Eight die of complicated form of dengue in Karnataka

Symptoms include low blood pressure, circulatory collapse and multiple organ failure

The next challenge

Bureaucrats pose a threat to the process

The impact

Kerala's income growth rate has increased, among several other positive signs

A long haul

Decentralisation in Kerala is the work of a persistent civil society

Sri Lanka grapples with elephant-human conflict

Last mile smile

Communities are coming together in Jharkhand to create vigilance mechanisms to enforce food entitlement programmes

LED bulbs to be available at Rs 10 instead of Rs 400

Government move aimed at making best use of the energy savings potential of LED lights

Why we need to factor ecosystem services into economic development planning

The multiplier effects of healthy forest cover are enormous in terms of economic, social development objectives