World Health Day to focus on food safety this year
About 306 outbreaks of food poisoning and 344 outbreaks of diarrhoea were reported between 2011 and 2014
Cape Town ‘Day Zero’ drought risk lurking around the corner: Study
South African cities should prepare themselves for similar drought conditions, warned the study
Poverty is ecological: We must accept income poverty is the wrong yardstick
Today, October 17, 2020, we observe the 27th anniversary of the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty at a time when the COVID-19 …
India’s sanitation economy to double by 2021
It would be worth $62 billion in three years and the credit would go to Swachh Bharat Mission, say speakers at 18th World Toilet Summit
Africa needs to strategise actions for ‘sustainable industrialisation', says UN chief
Agriculture still accounts for the major share of rural household income and employs over 60 per cent of Africa's labour force
The silent killer
Symptoms of hypertension rarely show, and an increasing number of children, adolescents across India are falling victim to it
The first International Day of Zero Waste: UN draws focus on myriad impacts of garbage
By treating nature like a dumping ground, we are digging our own graves, says UN chief António Guterres
World Cities Day: How humans and robots can co-exist in cities
Robots are taking on more tasks in the world’s cities but create more challenges for policymakers
Jobs round the year: How MGNREGA made Balangir job-secure
The success of MGNREGA projects has made Odisha offer 300 days of guaranteed work a year to curb distress migration in this district
COVID19: Green stimulus should step in to counter oil price crash
There is no inevitable link between oil prices and carbon emissions, a lot depends on responsible policy
‘Need to be accompanied biggest reason for girl student drop outs’
New study says 90 per cent of over 3,000 girls in 1,604 households across four states claimed this to be the reason
"Pre-Independence India did better conservation"
M K Ranjitsinh has been involved in conservation for more than 40 years. Rajat Ghai speaks to him about his latest book, A Life with Wildlife: …
Water woes acquire gargantuan proportions
The country’s national leaders have shown a remarkably weak appetite on policy and legislation
World No Tobacco Day: Tobacco farming adding to global food crisis, says WHO
Growing sustainable crops can help address acute global food insecurity, governments urged to stop tobacco farming subsidies
International E-Waste Day: Why India needs to step up its act on recycling
India generated 3.2 million tonnes of E-waste in 2019; details of 90 per cent of this waste are undocumented
Parched no more: MGNREGA enables multi-cropping in Bundelkhand’s Himmatpura
A check dam has allowed a village in Madhya Pradesh’s Jalaun district to grow crops in two cycles
World Coconut Day: A wonder fruit that has nurtured humanity
Coconut flesh, water, oil and milk are widely consumed across the tropical coasts of the world
Tamil Nadu’s garment workers ‘modern-day slaves’: Dutch Report
Workers at state’s textile mills are usually Dalit women, who live and work in appalling conditions, says report
Get a good night's sleep
March 15 is a day to celebrate good sleep and create awareness about lowering sleep problems in society through better prevention and management. …
Elephant Task Force report: 10 years of a progressive policy that nobody talks about now
The report laid out a solid, actionable and progressive framework for elephant conservation, with innovative changes in governance, increased …
Global Hunger Index: India slips to 107 from 101, behind all Asian countries except war-torn Afghanistan
Other countries in the same classification as India include Pakistan, Afghanistan, Zambia, Botswana, Sudan, Ethiopia and Mali
A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around
The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA
Why we celebrate rivers
More than 100 groups in at least 36 countries again pay their respects to rivers on this International Day of Action for Rivers
WHOSE SEED IS IT ANYWAY?
The rich world’s mania for patenting seeds and pushing the UPOV agenda do not aid food security or biological diversity
UN 2023 Water Conference: 46 years after Mar del Plata, it’s time to examine the successes and failures
Access to clean water and sanitation remains a significant challenge in many parts of the world, particularly in low-income countries and …