Rivers, up close and personal

Over centuries people have learnt to live with rivers. They are part of our lives but over the past 150 years this association has weakened. A …

Hidden hunger?

There is a rush to cash in on micronutrient deficiency in India through fortification of food

Coonoor hill city without water for past one month

Prolonged heat spell has dried up reservoirs. Could the crisis have been averted?

Green issues plaguing rural West Bengal missing in Panchayat election campaigns, say activists

Low groundwater levels, cutting of trees and poor waste management not being addressed; political parties pass blame in response

Prime Minister’s Logic

Is India ready?

Effective social schemes need more than cash transfer

Water in the age of coronavirus

As we confront the new global enemy SARS-COV-2, the availability of water will be a crucial determinant for a successful outcome in this war  

Sardar Sarovar Project faces its toughest challenge

For more than 56 years, farmers in Gujarat have been waiting to get water, but work on the most crucial aspect of Sardar Sarovar dam—…

Bill will push PDS reform

Development economist JEAN DREZE, known for his work on issues such as hunger, famine, social and human development in India, child health and …

Veggies delight

The rising demand for vegetables has opened up a money-making opportunity for small farmers. Already reeling from recurring droughts and …

Rs 1,86,000 cr illusion

Andhra Pradesh’s Jalayagnam irrigation scheme unviable, contract-driven, says CAG draft report

In Brief

Indian diets are unhealthy: EAT-Lancet report

The report compared food consumption patterns in India with a reference diet from the EAT-Lancet Commission

Bhutan’s experiments with happiness

The idyllic Buddhist kingdom believes that peace and happiness should take preference over material growth. In a world beset by inequities and …

Seeking Food Sovereignty

Arsenic attack on Chittagong

People in the port city depend on arsenic-contaminated groundwater in absence of safe water supply

Ensure piped water supply to residents near Union Carbide plant: monitoring committee to Bhopal municipality

Non-profits present high court committee with documents on extent of water and soil contamination

FLUOROSIS PROBLEM

Contaminating millets

There is disquiet over government scheme to wean traditional millet farmers on chemical inputs

In deep water

Rivers Krishna and Mahanadi are in crisis. In the race to industrialise, states have drawn plans to exploit their last drop. For four decades, …

Unbalanced diets in G20 countries make 75% of global food carbon budget: Report

Food consumption patterns aligning with current national dietary guidelines can reduce total greenhouse gas emissions for G20 countries

Buriganga chokes on pollutants

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

Letters

COVID-19: Here's what decentralised planning teaches us to curb pandemics

Decentralised infrastructure and services provide a range of benefits for all stakeholders

Two technologies that shape our future

Battery and meters are two widely used technologies, yet no one stops to think how they work. They determine our future. They dictate how we …