Dying in stages
Thirty million HIV-infected people in the world live in developing nations. With no cures in sight, all they can do is wait for death. And lack …
Fowl play
January 3, and all is not well in Hong Kong. With four people dead, and 11 confirmed and six suspected cases of A (H5N1) infection, the new …
A lot of smoke
While some commend the Delhi government's proposal to ban the sale of new two-wheelers fitted with two-stroke engines from January 2000, …
Tragedy unfolds in Turkey
Thousands dead, an equal number injured and rendered homeless, besides a burning oil refinery will Turkey ever overcome the aftermath of this …
Confrontation mine
The Paroja-Kondha tribe of southwest Orissa are waging a battle to save their forests and rivers from mining companies and a profit-driven government
Living in Hell
Residents of Peera Garhi, a village in outer Delhi, are having to deal with a nightmare. A highly polluting plastics industry is to blame
Substance Abuse
The Montreal Protocol was meant to eliminate Ozone-depleting substances. It is turning out to be a technology trap for Indian industry. And …
Making polluters pay
Despite bureaucratic hurdles, a non-governmental organisation hope to bring to book an erring paper mill in Punjab
Micro is big. Talk nano
Researchers studying the health effects of tiny particles from vehicular emissions are finding out more on a new threat: nanoparticles
Sealed fate
The de-sealing drive of the Delhi government is yet to take-off as a bureaucratic maze greets factory owners
Reining it in
Chennai shores up its laws to curb groundwater depletion, with renewed emphasis on rainwater harvesting
Flooded, by drains
It was not just cyclone Nilam that ruined paddy in Andhra
Time for bright switch
India set to introduce standards to ensure quality imports of LEDs
Beware flurosis is zeroing in on you
Water harvesting and conservation methods can turn the tide against the disease
Managing a crisis
People of the Arwari basin in Alwar, take proactive measures to battle drought
To whale or not to whale
Nations for and against whaling clash once again, and fail to reach consensus
In the pay of plastics
India's biggest public sector unit is out to ape the West's fashion for unsustainable living
Upcoming IPCC report to include demand-side of mitigation, technology transfer
The report will be published on April 4 following rigorous review with governments, authors
1.5°C warming in 20 years: What does IPCC warning mean
Current warming unprecedented in more than 2,000 years; temperatures during 2011-2020 exceed those of the most recent multi-century warm …
Global warming limit of 1.5°C may be breached by 2040, says new IPCC report
Even if emissions are brought to net-zero by mid-century, there will be an ‘overshoot’ of the 1.5°C limit by 0.1°C
10.9 million people died due to poor diets in 2017: Report
Global Burden of Disease study highlights how low consumption of healthy food is better than more consumption of unhealthy foods
Dying for a river
In Raigarh district of Madhya Pradesh, tribals are fighting to save their only source of water from an industrial house. A woman has already died …
Roots
Worldwide, traditional medicinal systems are in the process of being modernised. Besides health care and conservation of medicinal plants, the …
On air
Angry residents of Delhi flooded the chief minister's office with phone calls to protest against the withdrawal of a ban on polluting vehicles
Diesel vs Cars Environment
Diesel vehicles still have a long way to go as far as controlling particulate emissions is concerned and at the current level of technology …