In this issue

AT RISK - INDIA: The government must revitalise public sector units to meet COVID-19 vaccine requirements

Viable model to save rainwater in India

This is with reference to the editorial “Water in age of climate change” (16-31 March, 2021).

1 min

Spring back to life

A non-profit's technological approach for springshed rejuvenation helps Uttarakhand women end their water woes

2 mins

Nepal chokes under forest fires

ON MARCH 30, Nepal was forced to shut down all its educational institutions for five days after air quality of the Himalayan country dipped to hazardous levels. The country, in its advisory, also asked the elderly to stay at home.

1 min

Breaking new ground

The world’s longest running agricultural study adds to the debate on organic-inorganic farming

9 mins

Uneasy spring

The world is heating up even in La Niña years that are associated with cooler temperatures

2 mins

CHALLENGE 2021

India has enhanced its global standing by supplying COVID-19 vaccines to rich and poor countries alike. It must now scale up its manufacturing by roping in public sector units to cement its position in the changing geopolitics

10+ mins

VACCINE APARTHEID

AFRICA IS WITNESSING A SECOND WAVE OF COVID -19, BUT LESS THAN 2 PER CENT OF THE 690 MILLION VACCINE DOSES ADMINISTERED TO DATE GLOBALLY HAVE BEEN IN AFRICA. THE WORLD WILL DO WELL TO REMEMBER THAT NO COUNTRY IS SAFE TILL EVERYONE GETS INOCULATED A report by Kiran Pandey and Vibha Varshney from New Delhi, with Maina Waruru from Kenya; Christophe Hitayezu from Rwanda; Bennett Oghifo from Nigeria; Elsabé Brits from South Africa; and Mekonnen Teshome from Ethiopia

10+ mins

The Pain Of Getting The Jab

The COVAX Facility and the African Union are struggling to bring some relief to Africa which has been suffering from vaccine apartheid

8 mins

Arrival of blue king

How do peaceful people get forced into battles they do not want to fight? In Oonga, a book adaptation of a 2013 film of the same name, writer-director DEVASHISH MAKHIJA undertakes a journey with a little Dongria Kondh boy, who is desperate to see a performance of the Ramayan, to expose the clash between adivasis and mining companies that threaten to destroy their villages, forests and hills. Excerpts

5 mins

NOT JUST ANYWHERE

Water structures built under rural employment guarantee scheme must be suited to local geography

3 mins

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