Crank it up

Mercury treaty still sketchy

While experts welcome the Minamata Convention for phasing out mercury, they believe it might not be enough

Lift your head from the sand

Idol immersions after Durga Puja leave rivers polluted yet again

Central Pollution Control Board guidelines and court directions are yet to achieve the desired result of keeping rivers and lakes free of …

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

Road to disaster

Fertile land is up for grabs in western Uttar Pradesh. Private developers are acquiring it to build apartments, industries, IT institutes, and …

Plan that isn’t

NCR Planning Board dilutes environmental safeguards to promote towns, industries

Silence is the best policy

SC bans endosulfan, for now

Committee to submit report on the pesticide's toxicity in eight weeks

Gutkha sympathiser

Enforcement agencies had a busy year. They were tough at times, lenient at others

Polluters under MoEF scanner

Ministry bans setting up of industries in eight highly polluted industrial clusters

Microcredit scheme for solar lighting system

Rural families pay less than what they spent on kerosene lamps for off-grid lighting

Flat in 20 days

Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …

Draft a Bill to protect Ganga, PMO tells environment ministry

Inter-ministerial committee to be set up for drafting legislation

Matter of life and death

Letters

Letters

Uttar Pradesh is falling short of solar energy targets; here’s why

The state has the highest electricity demand, but target of 22,000 MW solar power by 2026-27 unrealistic at current pace

Cradles of hope

A recent health survey throws up figures that defy logic. Some districts in India’s nine most backward states have curbed infant mortality …

Desperately seeking skills & jobs

India has a youth bulge in its population, accounting for the largest number of young working age people in the world. This demographic …

Science under siege

Agricultural science has ossified in India. Despite a vast network of public research institutions and agriculture universities across the country,…

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IN COURT

Can faith heal?

Billed as the largest gathering of humanity in recorded history, Maha Kumbh has commenced in Allahabad. Over the next few weeks, pilgrims will …

COVID-19: Migrants trapped in debt at Himachal pharma hub

Baddi Barotiwala Nalagarh industrial area has a Rs 60,000 crore turnover, employs 125,000 migrant workers