Only 21% live storage left in country's 91 reservoirs, reveals CWC report

Thirteen reservoirs have less than 20 per cent storage with respect to last year

World’s life expectancy up but gains uneven finds World Health Statistics 2016

A child born in a high income country is expected to live till 80 but life expectancy in sub- Saharan Africa is less than 60 years

Swedish renaissance

Second-generation reforms in energy certification come through

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

A few questions

Salvage science

Scientific Advisory Council to Prime Minister seeks more funds and education reforms in science sector

India's nutritional puzzle

From the maw of the Indian state there has emerged an undigested piece of development cake: nutritionally speaking, people's diets are out of …

The new Money plant

The seeds of a plant called jatropha yield oil that, after processing, makes biodiesel. It can reduce India's burgeoning oil import bill. And …

One missed opportunity, 330 million drought-stricken Indians

We could have been drought-proof by 2010 had we only harvested rainwater. Sixteen years later, India's villages are paying the price

Beyond oil

Energy security will not come with more drilling. The faster we realise this, the better

High and dry

India's energy supplies depend entirely on the vagaries of the market

Widespread web

The threats from aerosols are all pervading

Saving future

Solution to crisis: start planning now

Hard rain down the drain

What's eating up the state's water

CoP-8: Nothing's brewing

For a fortnight, 1,456 delegates from 167 countries sat in conference halls, attended plenary sessions and roundtables, and sized each other up …

The Caspian affair

The landlocked Caspian Sea is a cauldron of geopolitics. Its essential ingredients: oil and natural gas

Energised by oil

Energy policy has always been of vital importance in the US. That's why oil and gas executives have taken over the reigns of the government today

Oil that glitters

Petroleum fuels the engines of the global economy. So there is never enough of it. Oil politics dictates international relations

Picture imperfect

Aerosol research is still in its infancy. Further studies will reveal the definitive long-term impact of these tiny particles

Mounting Evidence, Collapsing Public Health

From barrels to battlefields

Today, it is oil politics that dictates international relations and alliances. Several international conflicts in recent years have been sparked …

India Exposed!

It is unimaginable. Air quality in most Indian cities is at critical levels. And the culprit - respirable particulates - are way above danger …