Panchayati bonanza

13th Finance Commission puts money in the hands of local governments

High altitude dams cause low apple yield

Dams are robbing Kinnaur of its big cash crop—apples

What IPCC says about India

It projects a fall in crop yields and rise in the impact of extreme weather events in India

Destination Bihar

Migration trends in Bihar are changing, causing labour shortage in several states. A few studies investigate the reasons and patterns

Climate Crisis: Adaptation limit reached in some parts of the world, shows IPCC AR6 Synthesis Report

The report calls for accelerated actions to bridge funding gap, challenges ‘myth of endless adaptation’

Justice delayed, denied

Five months after 14 women died in sterilisation camps in Chhattisgarh, there is no sign of justice being delivered to those who lost their kin. …

Young and jobless

Across the globe, unemployment is growing three times faster among youngsters than among those above 24 years of age

Killing ground

Gujarat wetlands turn into graveyards for flamingos colliding with electric and telephone wires

Despite ban, mines thrive in Sariska reserve

A Supreme Court order demanding immediate closure of about 250 mines in and around the Sariska Tiger Reserve has evoked little response from the …

Diary of a political carnival

UNCED saw the largest ever gathering of heads of government in history. Ceremony, glitter and pomp were played out against a backdrop of …

Green justice: up in smoke?

Aided by officialdom and politicos, polluting industries seem well cushioned against thunderous court orders

A shredded project

After the proposed Nylon 6,6 plant in Goa was discussed threadbare and opposed by many, the Greens succeeded in having the project shifted out

Watershed ruling on Narmada

The Supreme Court has washed aside an ambiguous Review Committee Report and ordered fresh investigations

Making of a nightmare

Pakistan faces trying times ahead, as insecticide resistant cotton pests threaten to devastate the country's fledgling economy

Lurking threat

Nascent, nasty and lethal, ozone has risen to dangerous levels in Delhi, and is increasing in various cities -- damaging human health and …

Heat and Gas

The proposed construction of two gas-fuelled power plants has become a hotly debated issue in Norway

Shadowy presence

A haze of pollutants, the size of the US, covers a part of the Indian Ocean sky creating fears of acid rain, low rainfall and a change in …

Frogs are falling silent

The decline of the frog population is an early warning that something is seriously wrong with living conditions on Earth

Trouble in Tripura

Restrictions on jhum cultivation, large-scale immigration and timber smuggling have made Tripura an environmentally poor state

Himachal's tree sanction policy is flawed

Ladakh's nomads could lose lifeline to sanctuary

Solar units beyond people's reach in Sunderbans

Mining giants, NGOs at Sustainability Summit Asia 2006

RTI assessment

US undermines scientists in assessing chemicals