Battle for Niyamgiri
International Day for Biological Diversity
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Villagers block garbage route
Pay tax to get water
Displaced by Disasters
In 2016, one person every second was forced to flee their home. Most of the disaster-related displacements recorded in 2016 were linked to …
Count Your Carbon Footprints
If you are a resident of Hong Kong, or for that matter, Abu Dhabi or Doha, you have to admit that you have a much larger carbon footprint than …
Episode 1 New Vastu with Ashok B Lall: How to shade your windows for a cool home
The window is your immediate connection to Su-Urja or good energy. It is the source of daylight, it is the source of fresh air and the breeze …
Extreme Is The New Normal
The world has seen 16 record-breaking hottest years since 2000. In fact, global surface temperatures are already rising about 20 times faster …
Killer roads
India is committed to reduce the number of road accidents and fatalities by 50 per cent by 2020. However, road safety levels have taken a serious …
Debate: Should Indian government put a comprehensive ban on commercial surrogacy?
The surrogacy market in India is worth over US $2 billion. India is now planning to regulate this trade. The Surrogacy (Regulation) Bill, 2016, …
Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India.
India's milk boom would have been same even without exotic breeds
Changing infrastructure, services and the changing economics contributed to the milk revolution more than the genetic import
Can we unlearn emotions to improve our health?
Contrary to popular belief, emotions are not universal, but based on culture and environment
STATE OF INDIA’S ENVIRONMENT 2018
State of India’s Environment 2018, India’s much awaited annual statement on environment and development, is now available at a special/…
Climate disruption
Global warming has compromised Africa's ability to feed its population. It's time African nations adapt to the changing scenario
Time to define the new normal
The monsoon of 2017 has challenged India's conventional and simplistic definition of the complex tropical circulation
Over 100 years of India's urban revolution
Between 2014 and 2050, India is projected to add 404 million urban dwellers and the number of rural residents is expected to decline by 52 million.…
No place to grow old
Today's over-60 population is the fastest growing group. Currently, there are around 962 million people aged 60 or over, representing 12.3 per …
Dealing with the deluge
Floods are becoming more unusual in scale and severity. It is time we shifted our focus from flood relief to flood governance
Underprivileged, but not underachievers
From austerity to affliction, these children have seen them all. Yet, they haven’t allowed these adversities to dwarf their determination
Infants without safeguards
If all the countries are to reach at least 90 per cent coverage for routine life-saving vaccinations, 9.9 million additional children would need …
DROUGHT BUT WHY? How India can fight the scourge by abandoning drought relief
During 2014-2017 India was shaken by severe spells of drought that hit over 500 million people across geographical regions. Unlike in the past, …
Hunger can't wait any longer
It is a constant and chronic pain gnawing at people in Africa In the sub-Saharan region, 33 out of 38 countries have 'serious' or 'alarming' …
Spiralling Temperature: Seasonal Warming Trends in India
In the winter of 2016-17, the mean temperature was 2.95°C higher than the 1901-1930 baseline – the warmest in recorded history. In …