Primary health care, community health workers bag spotlight at WHA
The member states decided to implement Declaration of Astana and allocate adequate resources to support community health workers
Budget 2015-16: civil society demands more development funds for minorities
Policy document says no advance allocations are made for minorities; demands allocations at par with those for SCs and STs
Climate finance is not going to Global South where it is needed the most: CSE
Report launched right before the international summit on New Global Financial Pact in Paris
Heavy rain triggered 10,000 landslides in Maharashtra in July 2021: Study
Report bats for early warning system to minimise losses to life, property
Environment ministry amendment gives coal thermal power stations full licence to pollute: CSE
The modified notification favours operation of old inefficient coal power stations, which can continue to run indefinitely on paying a nominal …
Govt's fast tracking of draft rules on antibiotic residues commendable
It will position India as a responsible nation tackling antimicrobial resistance, besides improving conditions in preventing the menace
Union Budget 2020-21: Big plans for storage facilities
Promise of cold storage capacity at villages, warehousing at blocks, refrigerated rail coaches to reduce losses
RESCUED or DOOMED
Nations adopt a diluted agreement on implementing the Kyoto Protocol that gives away too many concessions to polluting countries
Miracle cure or placebo?
While CDM has been touted as the solution to all climate negotiation problems the reality is much different. This free market will impose huge …
Sinks: Can't convince? Confound
The US has spearheaded a puzzling proposal on sinks that opens loopholes for their own emissions
Unequal rights, equal responsibilities?
Industrialised countries want to have the cake and eat it too. President Carlos Menem delivered it to them on a silver platter by agreeing to …
Swachh Survekshan 2017 encouraging unsustainable approaches for waste management: CSE
Says the survey should give preference to waste segregation and recycle and reuse over centralised approaches like landfill and waste-to-energy plants
Budget 2017 Analysis with Sunita Narain
Centre for Science and Environment and Down to Earth analysed the 2017 Budget by Arun Jaitley. The major takeaway is that there is very little …
Food labelling guidelines likely to be updated in next four months: FSSAI
The FSSAI is also looking at what regulatory structure is required for claim verification
CSE welcomes FSSAI’s ban on potassium bromate
The FSSAI has convened a meeting of its scientific committee on June 28 to discuss the use of potassium iodate in food
BIS to revisit safety standards on use of hydrocarbons in fridges and ACs
CSE had recommended amendments to a standard which would allow wider use of the refrigerant
Delhi budget’s emphasis on reducing air pollution welcome: CSE
But the budget not including personal vehicle taxation as a measure to address explosive increase in cars and two-wheeler numbers is disappointing,…
Second car-free day observed in Delhi on November 22
Chief Minister Kejriwal says that reducing the number of cars can significantly bring down pollution levels in the city
New CSE survey debunks official number of trucks entering Delhi
Experts say capital city's air pollution level is increased by a large number of trucks crossing its borders
In a ‘first’, Australian scientists grow marine worms in wastewater
Farmers use marine worms to feed prawns. Till now, growing them has been a difficult and expensive task
Coal-fired power stations carry heavy health costs in South Africa
Emissions from power plants causes at least 2,200 premature deaths every year, says Greenpeace
India’s mysterious diseases: ‘We need a public health system’
Human health management is dismally low in India, says T Jacob John, virologist and former professor at Christian Medical College, Vellore
A step-by-step guide on how Union budget is formulated
To start the process, the budget division issues an annual budget circular around the last week of August or the first fortnight of September …
Coal here to stay, but measures can cut down emissions by 22%: CSE
Coal to contribute around 50% of electricity generation mix even in 2030, according to CSE analysis
CSE says honey brands sharing their own versions of lab tests is no surprise
The non-profit was responding to brands such as Dabur and Apis India responding to its expose of honey aduleteration with reports of their own