National Clean Air Programme is a half hearted policy
India may have announced the National Clean Air Programme (NCAP), but neither does it have any legal backing nor financial support, making it a toothless tiger
Lead in Maggi shows how dangerous Indian food standards are
There seems to be a problem with India’s Food safety and standards. This comes in the wake of Nestle admitting that the lead in Maggi noodles is below the Indian standard.
क्या राजनीतिक दलों की नजर में महिलाओं की पहचान बदल रही?
देश में शायद पहली बार हुआ जब चुनाव के पहले महिलाओं को ध्यान में रखकर शपथपत्र लाया गया. मध्य प्रदेश इसका गवाह बना जहां भारतीय जनता पार्टी ने मुख्य घोषणापत्र के साथ ‘नारी शक्ति संकल्प पत्र
फिर बजी खतरे की घंटी पोल्ट्री फार्मों में एंटीबायोटिक का इस्तेमाल न केवल मरु्गियों को बीमारियों स बचान बल कि वजन बढ़ान के लिए भी किया जाता है।
हरियाणा के कावी गांव के किसान चांद सिंह कहते हैं कि वह नियमित रूप से मुर्गियों को एनरोसिन और कोलिस्टिन नामक एंटीबायोटिक्स देते हैं।
Lab Report - Antibiotic Resistance in Poultry Environment
The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a non-governmental organization based in New Delhi, has set up the Pollution Monitoring Laboratory (PML) to monitor environmental pollution. PML is an ISO 9001:2008 accredited laboratory certified by SWISSCERT Pvt. Ltd. for conducting Pollution Monitoring and Scientific Studies on Environmental Samples.
Indonesia's Coal Power Emission Norms: Lessons from India and China
Coal is the mainstay of the global electricity supply, accounting for nearly 40 percent of the world’s total. Despite recent growth of renewable energy in major economies, coal continues to be the leading contributor due to its wide availability and the competitive price of coal-based electricity generation.
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Assessment
India is in the throes of an agrarian crisis. Indebtedness, crop failures, non-remunerative prices for crops and poor returns over cost of cultivation have led to distress in the farming sector.
Sin tax for redemption
The Goods and Services Tax of 40 per cent on “sugar-sweetened aerated and flavoured water” has a big bang impact on public health
We can
It is time we talked about the real cost of our food, about how to benefit the farmers who grow our food
How not to grow trees
Planting a tree is now bound up in so much restriction and red tape that it is not worth the effort
Food and dissent
Sunita Narain's response to the comments on her previous editorial "Why I would not advocate vegetarianism"
BS-IV checkmate
The country has a massive problem of older and more polluting vehicles. But why should this be an argument for delaying transition?
Green Infrastructure
Provides introduction and guidance to strategies related to sustainable water management within the existing urban fabric of a city or region.
Wolf at our door
The US has made the world rewrite the climate agreement so that the targets are based on voluntary action, not science
2017 Global Burden of Disease (GBD) report says India has the second highest number of early deaths due to PM2.5 in the world -- nearly equals China
Early deaths due to ozone pollution are the highest in India