UN Food Aid Programme to withdraw aid from Angola

Rise in biofuel demand could trigger food, water crisis

China suspends farmland-to-forest plan

Buriganga chokes on pollutants

Political will and community participation is needed to revive the dying river that gave life to Dhaka

South Asia

Zimbabwe invites UN to conduct food-security survey

Zimbabwe pits currency against food price

South Asia

Doomsday vault good and ready

News Briefs

Production and sale of baby food to be monitored

Non-profits and two autonomous state agencies authorised to lodge complaints regarding violations. Will that be enough to bring violators to book?

In short

South Asia

South Asia

Call for moratorium on biofuel

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News Briefs

Saurashtra Coast

Pushed out by salt

The daily bread

Bangladesh's flood victims have little or no work, and little or no money to buy food. And even the foodstuffs that are provided to them under …

An urban puzzle

India’s population and cities are set to double by 2030. Can it cope with the pressures?

A long road ahead

Despite its vast numbers of scientists and research institutes, Indian science has always fared poorly on the global front. Several reasons have …

Stop looking to government

Individual initiatives can go a long way in solving the energy crisis  

Power for all—can it be achieved?

Round-the-clock assured power supply programme to kick off with Andhra Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan; finances and logistics pose a huge challenge

A crisis that will redefine civilization

Growth might dry up

GDP growth is not a fool-proof measure against climate change