Communities to the rescue

Malaria is no longer an unmanageable disease in the Zambezi Valley of Zimbabwe, thanks to a community-based project

Trim that FLAB

The bureaucrat is a generalist and gets to head departments that should be managed by specialists

Turning on the heat

The Green Party in France threatens to pull out of the government over the nuclear energy issue

Tying a green knot

In a small town in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh, a marriage is also a tree-planting occasion

Reviving Kottayam

The healthy city project is, if nothing else, a pointer to the direction that Indian cities need to move in

Andhra in a fix over quota

Cancels local body polls as court says reservation can’t exceed 50%

Urbanizing the ride

Dying for ration: Centre to give free foodgrains to 813 million from New Year, but what of those excluded

Coverage of the National Food Security Act is still done on the basis of the outdated 2011 Census  

'UBI can help people plan their lives properly'

As govt announces basic income for small farmers in its interim budget 2019, Down To Earth talks to Sarath Davala, who led a pilot study on UBI …

SAARC ministers adopt Delhi declaration on public health

Supra-national laboratory for TB and HIV/AIDS to come up in Kathmandu with India bearing the major cost of the project

On the wrong track

Mobile app-based taxi services encourage car pooling, offer cheaper personal transport solution. Instead of banning them, the government must …

Revision in Delhi’s parking rates is a positive step

This measure must be combined with other steps to address the problem of the increasing number of private vehicles

Mr Chidambaram, show some courage to win votes

Excise cut for all types of vehicles, especially fuel-guzzling SUVs, undermines earlier UPA decisions in public interest

What is Aam Aadmi Party’s new deal on transport?

There are dangers in ignoring the demand for collective dignity on roads and in pandering to the arrogance of cars. Hope AAP will steer the …

Ponty, buses and PPPs

Letters

Feasibility study for Mumbai BRTS to begin soon

Restore saltwater lake, says court

A masterplan soon to make Lonar lake an eco-tourism spot

Stranded at the station

Needed, integrated transport planning  

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Dilli's world class pretensions exposed

At the outset, I wish to express my profound sense of shock and sadness at Sunita Narain’s unfortunate accident. I continue to pray and …

Profitable exit

Reliance abandons the first public-private partnership in Metro transport. Time to revise rules

Tram to oblivion

Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while trams make a comeback in cities around the world. …

Simply Put: India’s charge against COVID-19

Contours of coronavirus

Given near-certain shocks awaiting our world, it's time to rethink globalisation