The political economy of defecation

This is a story about Delhi and the Yamuna, about the relationship between one of India's richest cities and one of her most revered rivers. The …

Swedish renaissance

Second-generation reforms in energy certification come through

Opinion divided on Bangalore metro rail project

Bad feed

New lands of the free

New lands of the fat?

Land of the Free

Brinksman

As Le Clemenceau bobs on the horizon, reactions in India get sharper, noisier. We've discovered occupational safety. Asbestos is used in …

Now what?

Rolling on

Now what?

Rolling on

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-…

Too cut & dried

Does the style of conserving forests currently dominant in India require an overhaul? Yes, say state governments and affected people. ruksan …

SEZ, how special?

Despite having burned its fingers with export processing zones, which mainly involved a number of substantial fiscal benefits, the government has …

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

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

European Commission to adopt Euro 6 emission norms

Industrialisation bringing acid rain to India

Pug marks hide the truth

Science & Technology - Briefs

A few questions

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 …

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 …

Beyond oil

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