Assam prepares to spend Rs 40,000 crore on an economically unfeasible project

Removing excessive silt from the Brahmaputra by dredging will not solve the problem of annual floods in Assam unless the government pays …

Budget biased towards Andhra, fumes Telangana

Country’s newest state gets a horticulture university and a Debt Recovery Tribunal while Andhra gets an IIT, AIIMS, 20 industrial clusters …

Delhi summers more polluted than winters

No need to make cellphone tower radiation norms more stringent, says government panel

Committee appointed on court's directions dismisses concerns over health impacts of EMF radiations, but calls for more studies on it

Measure rain, go get mobile

Lethal toxicity vs quantum of pollution in Delhi’s air

Not just quantum of pollution but also toxicity of emissions must be assessed to prioritise action on pollution sources

Odisha: ravaged by drought till September; cyclone, floods in October

Is it climate change?

The PDS learning curve

Tike tike in Orissa

Revised draft national water policy restores priority to agriculture

Concerns expressed against privatisation and treating water as an economic good have been taken into account while revising the draft national …

New software programme to aid management and development of Cauvery basin

Modelling platform Source employed by IIT Delhi needs to be adapted to Indian conditions

Training engineers, not Ganga

Strong evidence to link RF radiations to various health disorders: Bioinitiative Report

Earlier report of 2007 had dwelt mainly on carcinogenicity of such radiations

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

Prayers for a little

Rivers’ flows must be maintained to protect the services they provide, but India has no legislation  

May of 2012 second warmest since 1880: US agency

Report hints at global warming as the cause

Rain, tremors near Mullaperiyar dam spread panic

No disaster management plan in place

Study undertaken to determine pollution guidelines for underground metro stations

India has to develop its own system to keep pollution levels low because the instrumentation used in other metros abroad is expensive and …

Heightened risk

“Superbug” gene levels in microbes are 60 per cent higher in the upper Gangetic areas during pilgrimage season

Undone by rampant mining, illegal buildings

Uttarakhand government has made no attempt to enforce mining and building regulations in the state, which exacerbated flood's impacts

Reflections on glass

Use of glass in construction has become a fad. But it is not the right choice for Indian climate

A measure of pollution

Climate studies, the Indian way

At climate meet researchers present studies on subjects unique to Indian context

How Phailin was different from super cyclone 1999

Improvements in weather forecasting and disaster preparedness, and lessons learnt from 1999, made all the difference

NGT reverses closure order for Sterlite’s Tuticorin plant

Tribunal-appointed committee holds meeting in Chennai; Vedanta subsidiary awaits permission to resume operations

COVID-19 pandemic unlikely to end before October in India: IIT-Kharagpur study

Modelling study predicts Delhi to overtake Maharashtra