Wanted: rule of law
What plagues Maharashtra’s irrigation sector
Will Delhi High Court help 7-year-old avail expensive therapy for rare genetic disease?
Child’s lawyer says it’s a test case—common citizens have right to good healthcare and life as much as people in high office
Buriganga chokes on pollutants
Political will and community participation is needed to revive the dying river that gave life to Dhaka
Indian rotavirus vaccine found effective during clinical trial
Rotovac costs fifty times less than brands sold by global pharma companies
Government introduces land amendment bill amid protests, walkout
Farmers and civil society groups march on Delhi streets to protest Narendra Modi government’s anti-farmers and anti-people bill which …
Blood plasma sale to Reliance by state blood banks in Odisha under scanner
Health officials say nothing wrong with decision to sell surplus blood plasma for revenue; activists say it's unethical
Notes on migration
Bhojpuri folk songs expressing feelings of women left behind by migrant workers have evolved over the centuries, reflecting changing patterns of …
Assam not a necessary party to hydel power development in Arunachal, says green tribunal
Tribunal ignores recommendations of Assam GoM on conducting cumulative impact study on hydropower projects in upstream state
Finally, a recovery programme for the neglected bustards
Will MoEF plan save the rare birds endemic to Indian grasslands?
Life post Fukushima
It is one year since the great eastern Japan earthquake, tsunami and Fukushima nuclear disaster ravaged Japan. How is the country coping? …
India’s SO2 emissions up by 71 per cent in 5 years, shows US study
'CPCB underestimating pollution from coal-fired thermal power plants'
Gutkha ban: Supreme Court seeks compliance report from states
Ban remains on paper; activists demand nationwide enforcement
High court slaps Rs 100 crore fine on Jaypee for flouting green laws
Company asked to dismantle coal-fired power plant in Solan
MoEF approves controversial Demwe hydropower project
Says environmental and social impacts too few as compared to potential for generating clean energy
Call to make healthy choices available and affordable
Health experts lash out at food industry for putting public health at risk
DTE Reportage
'Lifestyle' diseases spur UN to act
Time to wake up to threat of NCDs
As the UN begins its meeting to devise strategies to tackle NCDs, Indian public health activists say it was a wake-up call for the health …
Non-communicable diseases: The unrecognised public health threat
Health is rarely the topic of discussion at the UN general assembly. But starting September 19, the UN began a high-level meeting to debate a …
Environment ministry to clear controversial Demwe hydroelectric project
Wildlife board in its report had pointed that the project will affect ecology in the area
Environmental fallout of cooperation
Whether energy cooperation will benefit the environment or create problems in South Asia depends largely on whether hydropower is considered …
This is what Lavasa looks like
Lavasa exposed
By its looks, the place could be mistaken for Portofino, a fishing village-cum-resort in Italy—multi-coloured buildings crowd a waterfront …