Foreign Vedanta funds Cong, BJP
Delhi High Court directs government to take action against the parties within six months
Gay sex illegal; Section 377 a valid provision, says Supreme Court
Section 377 which terms same gender sexual contact a criminal offence is often used to harass the gay community—in the process making them …
Mangroves may have saved this village from Phailin
Residents of Praharajpur say the mangrove forest they nurtured contained damage to the coastal village
Diwali this year caused more air pollution, but made less noise
Particulate matter exceeded standard almost ten times; NO2 and S02 levels also registered increase
Delhi’s wake up call
Plans on to track pollution during the Commonwealth Games. What about cleaning the air?
Exclusive: Did a minister cite a non-existent study in her Parliament reply
Renuka Singh Saruta had attributed a study to IIT-Delhi on COVID-19 in tribal areas; but the institution does not have it
As told to Parliament (March 13, 2023): 19% PM2.5 emissions in Indo-Gangetic Plains come from households
Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Chandigarh and Delhi emit 437 gigagrams PM2.5 per year through household cooking
Delhi witnesses record June flood
River Yamuna rose to unprecedented levels on June 19, exacerbated by unregulated activities in the catchment
Mangroves shield coastal villages from cyclones
As Odisha braces for super cyclone Phailin, a coastal village hopes the mangrove it nurtured will protect their homes
What's with this Kolaveri about John Doe injunctions?
In jurisdictions where the law of copyright is much more matured as compared to India, the injunctions are issued very judiciously, and by …
Eye on accuracy
Realisation to make meters error-free may have come late to India, but technology is making rapid strides
Shaky business
A deadly nexus between government officials and builders reduce most of Gujarat's homes to rubbles
Breathing easy
A hundred medicines, a dozen therapies but no cure, that is the story of asthma treatment world wide. Complementary medicine fill the vacuum
CSE road safety audit: Delhi tops in road accident deaths; city most unsafe for cyclists, pedestrians
Delhi NGO releases assessment of road accidents and accident hot spots; puts forth an action plan
Our duly elected unrepresentatives
Who do the candidates in the polls represent and how representative are their victories?
Adanis served show cause notice for Mundra project
Environment ministry move follows report pointing to flouting of environmental rules and its impact on the region
Delhi HC dismisses appeal to scrap BRT
Says a developed country is not one where the poor own cars. It is one where the rich use public transport
Gasping millions
Asthma, the bane of modern life, stalks the young ones and the affluent. It will strike 32 million people in India by 2010. The silent strangler …
Water from waste
With water scarcity gripping many parts of the country, people are talking about rainwater harvesting, but none about wastewater, which can also …
Missing the bus
The whole world is moving towards CNG. But the crisis of governance in Delhi keeps the air filthy
Union ministry of surface transport
Saboteur-in-chief. Is responsible for making procedures. Has botched them up, discouraging those keen on CNG
On two legs and a prayer
Walkers outnumber people using vehicles in every Indian city. But city plans have no space for pedestrians, nor do urban roads. Will town …
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 …
HIV treatment centres run short of CD4 kits
AIDS control organisation assures protesting activists that kits needed for initiating anti-retroviral treatment will be made available in a day
Waste-to-energy plant raises stink
Sukhdev Vihar residents say plant won't solve waste problem, will impact people's health