A watery affair
The real issues of global water management took a backseat as crisis-mongering and anti-dam protests hijacked the Second World Water Forum at …
Ground reality
As the water crisis surfaces yet again, illegal borewells spring up in and around Delhi. Binayak Das and Suresh Babu on a plummeting water table …
Delay in empanelling hospitals, failure to meet standards plague PMJAY scheme: CAG
Availability of EHCPs per 100,000 beneficiaries in Assam, Dadra & Nagar Haveli-Daman & Diu, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Uttar …
Karnataka forest department has filed just 130 chargesheets on forest encroachment since 1980: RTI
The RTI inquiry reveals that 204,229 acres were lost to encroachment while another 104,065 acres of land were illegally granted by the state …
Final warning on 1.5 degrees Celsius: DTE’s coverage of the IPCC Synthesis Report
DTE analysed the IPCC Synthesis Report which summarises the findings of six reports released during its Sixth Assessment Cycle
Climate justice, now: Latest IPCC report just told us why we need that
IPCC’s latest climate report provides evidence that climate-justice needs to be at the centre of global policymaking
Real state of India’s forests
India has been trying to achieve to put 33 per cent of its geographical area under forest, but the latest report shows that it is yet to reach 22 …
Panna’s poaching nexus exposed
Staff of the tiger reserve worked hand in glove with poachers, while the state government kept its eyes tightly shut
Taste for waste
Entrepreneurs now see business opportunity in waste paper. The raddiwala employed with start-ups can be summoned to home with the click of a …
Parliamentary Standing Committee rejects TSR Subramanian report on environmental laws
TSR panel had proposed new law, institutions and mechanisms to fast track green clearances
Deadly target
Health experts blame Centre's over-emphasis on women's sterilisation for the Chhattisgarh tragedy
Brinjal blues
Amid countrywide protests against Bt brinjal, Bangladesh government announces plan to expand cultivation of the genetically modified crop
Budgeting power
Four Rajasthan villages get microgrid solar power using an innovative pre-paid meter that detects theft
Building dreams for homeless
Government promises land to the homeless in its draft Homestead Bill, but where’s the land?
Power hat trick
Tri-generation systems use one fuel for simultaneous heating, cooling and power generation
Private project in public park
Residents of Vadodara protest construction of a multimedia laser fountain in a heritage park
A tab on wishlist
As firms explore applications for Indian consumers, the country is set to drive budget tablet market
Life industry goldrush
Trade in bio-industrial products is on in full swing, conjuring up visions of El dorado. But whether the Indian industry can embark on this …
Road to Buenos Aires
The US strategy, calling for joint action by industrialised nations in the Pacific Rim to reduce carbon emissions, comes under fire from the …
Bare facts
Alang, Gujarat. This is where ships from across the world are sent to be wrecked. A shipbreaking industry has emerged as a consequence, which is …
Manna from heaven
Delhi is at the mercy of its riparian neighbours for water. Experts now say, water harvesting might be a step in the right direction towards …
Master plan for anarchy
The judgement to relocate polluting factories in Delhi leaves several questions unanswered. Will the powers-who-be work to turn good intentions …
In the red
Left at the mercy of brokers who dictate the market terms, many cultivators of Gloriosa superba have consumed the plant's poisonous tubers to …
Win one, lose many
India needs to have a hard look at the sources of all its varied traditional knowledge and how to protect them
Trouble in Dewas
Deforestation, corruption or politics? The killing of four tribals in Madhya Pradesh's Dewas district leaves many questions unanswered