In this issue

Swachh Bharat mission- Open-Ended- India may meet the target of providing a toilet to every household in a few weeks. But the challenges to end open defecation are enourmous

More Out Than In

Central government's maternity benefit scheme excludes more women than it covers

5 mins

Sealed With Trouble

Faulty policies have allowed industries to use multilayered plastic packages without the responsibility of retrieving them

3 mins

On Active Mode

After faltering for three years, India's largest test drive for uranium contamination in groundwater shows signs of revival

3 mins

Loo And Behold, But Beware

The countdown to meet the target of an open defecation free India has begun. Though it seemed like we were once again going to miss another development goal, we will achieve the target within the next 25 weeks, much before the deadline of October 2019. India's first-ever experience when all of us will have a toilet of our own is worth a grand applause. However, we have just crossed the first hurdlethe easiest milestone of constructing toilets. SUSMITA SENGUPTA and RASHMI VERMA take a hard look at the challenges that need to be addressed

10+ mins

A Bite Of Goodness

Housing associations are setting up community refrigerators to reduce food wastage and feed the needy

4 mins

US Trading On Thin Ice

As Trump escalates the trade war with China, the key question is what constitutes theft of intellectual property

2 mins

Install Windmills, But Not At Cost Of Birds

Buoyed up by wind power, Germany has been the frontrunner in the global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources. Lately, wind power organisations are lobbying to increase their number even faster, particularly in the sensitive North Sea and the Baltic. This has posed a dilemma for conservationists who generally support renewable energy. The windmills, with massive blades, are known to kill birds and bats. KATHRIN AMMERMANN, who heads the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), tells JITENDRA how the government is trying to curb environmental impact of clean energy.

3 mins

Defining Emotion

A new book challenges our assumptions about emotions

2 mins

Recycling Wheel

How Gujarat succeeded in co-processing plastic waste in cement kilns and promoted a circular economy

4 mins

Environment Of Poverty

The world's poor population is getting concentrated in ecologically fragile areas

2 mins

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