Hudhud strikes, what happens next?
After battering coastal Andhra Pradesh with high speed rains and winds, Hudhud will move through neighbouring states
New Zealand initiates project to study climate change impacts on Antarctic sea ice
Project involves use of a vehicle that can test previously hard to measure sea ice thickness from underneath
Housing and toilets: exclusions
Who gets access to toilets, and how, is linked to their position in the hierarchy of citizenship
Free ambulance service can reduce maternal deaths
Study by non-profit in two blocks in Bihar's Patna district says delay in decision-making and reaching healthcare centres caused maximum maternal …
Kerala overlooks environmental aspects of proposed small hydropower plants
No information available on location of dams and whether the projects are in ecologically sensitive areas like the Western Ghats
2023 ended on a high pollution note, finds CSE analysis of winter air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR
Factors like reduced contribution from stubble burning, November rains and milder winters were undone by low wind speed
Antibiotic resistance: How to tackle AMR in Africa
Pan-Africa experts meet to find solutions to the antimicrobial resistance mess
When will India wake up to freedom—from air pollution?
London’s worst air day is good air day by Indian standard
Clinical trials for Ebola drug begin in Liberia
The drug was originally developed for other viruses
Drugs controller asks states to ensure judicious use of antibiotics in animals
State veterinarians, feed manufacturers told to stop the use of antibiotics in feed
Rajasthan bans GM trials
Bureaucrats sit on file, while GM mustard sails through
Hey, let’s twist
Arm-twisted nanotubes to dispose of nuclear waste
Rising power of the knowledge commons
By ending ownership of ideas we can banish ignorance and change human history
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
Union Budget 2022-23: Whither Amrit Kaal
Nirmala Sitharaman did not talk about the developmental targets promised for this year under the Strategy for New India@75, but set the country …
Alarming number of infections, deaths due to antimicrobial resistance across Europe: Report
Around 33,000 people died as a direct consequence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria infections
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 …
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