Sanitation and well being
Women in rural areas face humiliation due to absence of safe bathing spaces. Can Swachh Bharat Mission address this issue?
First Food: Explore the food-nutrition-nature-livelihood connections
India is home to more than 7 per cent of world's biodiversity and people, whose lives intertwine with this biodiversity, have found ways to …
India’s biodiversity can help mitigate environmental threats
It is one of the 17 mega biodiversity rich countries and accounts for 7 to 8 per cent of the recorded species of the world
State of India’s Environment In Figures 2018 (eBook)
This annual compendium of environmental statistics covers diverse subjects ranging from air pollution to environmental crimes, and sanitation to …
Extreme weather deaths in Rajasthan and UP
Dust storms in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh are a sign of the time to come when freak weather will intensify with the increase in global temperature
Exporting Pollution
While the world is rapid moving towards cleaner fuel, obsolete and outdated vehicle technologies continue to be shipped to developing countries …
Vitamin D deficiency: problem runs bone-deep
As many as 80 per cent of urban population and 70 per cent of rural population of India suffer from vitamin D deficiency
Born wild but caged for life
Wild animals are not born to be bred in captivity and spend their entire lives in an unnatural and stressful environment. From being hauled from …
'36% cities to face water crisis by 2050'
Robert Mcdonald, scientist at the US-based environmental organisation The Nature Conservancy, talks to Sushmita Sengupta on water crisis in …
Shrinking source
More than half of the world's major aquifers, which store groundwater, are depleting faster than they can be replenished
The Trump Card
From calling climate change a ‘hoax’ to trashing scientists’ arguments on impact of global warming, Donald Trump has blatantly …
Taking politics out of River linking
After a decade, interlinking of rivers is back again on government agenda and public debate
Extent of contamination
Spending enormous money, creating awareness and building sewage treatment plants have not helped cleanse India's polluted river stretches. The …
Fixing cities' water crises could send our climate targets down the gurgler
Cities all over the world are facing growing challenges to provide clean water. And many of the fixes, such as desalination plants, have a huge …
Battery downfall for e-Rickshaw owners in India
The singular complaint of the E-rickshaw drivers is the battery. Most of the batteries die out in about 4-5 months. They have low range and need …
N. Raja of Toyota India on future of Electric Vehicles in India
N Raja, Deputy Managing Director of Toyota Kirloskar talks about the roadmap for India to convert to electric and the bottlenecks. He says that …
They are people’s trees
Sacred groves have been revived, as in Manipur, or are emerging, as in Rajasthan, Uttarakhand and eastern Maharashtra. Moreover, the root cause …
CLIMATE CHANGE NOW - The Story of Carbon Colonisation
We live in the age of climate change—heat waves, extreme weather events, increase in diseases induced by deforestation, floods and snowfall …
Climate change - For the young and curious
Earth is getting warmer. The climate is changing, faster than ever before. Why? What is the science behind this?
India's Health Burden
We are disappointed by the lack of ambition of the Modi government. It intends to invest only 2.5 per cent of its GDP into health care by 2025, …
Clean Ganga seems to be a distant dream
CAG report has put a question mark on the success of Modi government’s most ambitious programme
Body Burden: Understanding the State of India’s Health 2017
Lifestyle diseases or non-communicable diseases are responsible for more than 61 per cent of all deaths in India. Body Burden: Lifestyle Diseases …
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
