Balancing act

Energy: economic and environmental compatibility

Free flow

Water: industry is misusing it, but for how long?

China's investment in Africa suspected

Destruction of mangroves causes damages of up to $42 billion each year

UN report recommends implementation of policies and laws to protect mangroves

MIHAN forced solution comes undone

Project-affected people to file petition for return of land

8% FOREVER

Per capita emissions will remain competitively low  

Some sectors will struggle to be the best, some can’t as they operate in tropical India

Centre steps in to monitor food availability

Floods destroy standing crops; in July, hailstorm had damaged farms and orchards

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

Subansiri dam protests: blockade of Arunachal Pradesh continues

Assam appoints group of ministers to talk to agitating people

Hong Kong Convention in way of ban on toxic exports

Could prove the death knell for Basel Convention

Health millennium goals neglected in Asia-Pacific region: UN report

3 million children below five died in 2010 alone

India bans animal testing for cosmetics

Standards for alternative tests to be set; amendments to acts and laws required

Budget through the years post liberalisation

Run up to Budget 2012-13

Green tribunal halts land acquisition for POSCO

South Korean steel giant acquired 1,093 ha without waiting for environmental clearance

Court stays works on Hyderabad Metro Rail corridor

Reprimands government for realigning the route without consulting the public

South Asia

Letters

Letters

COVID-19: Developing countries in unprecedented debt situation

Demand for a ‘global debt deal’ picks up

Debunking K-shaped recovery: Why the SBI’s new report gets it all wrong about India’s economic growth

The research of SBI is not representative of the Indian economy; it also pedals a newly-destined ‘narrative’

Power and perils of artificial hand

Considering artificial intelligence through the ideas of Adam Smith

Income opportunity gap, gender-based violence, domestic work burden: What's holding back women in Zimbabwe?

Around 79% of the burden of water fetching responsibilities in Zimbabwe falls on women

Asia-Pacific region 32 years behind 2030 target on achieving SDGs: UNESCAP

None of SDGs can be achieved by 2030; all targets under climate action goal (SDG 13) off-track, some even regressing