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SWITCH, NOW- Poor access to energy keeps Africa underdeveloped and a transition to renewables could pay huge dividends

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Time we solved the population question

2 mins

Empowered by water

Access to water in households helps women save time to earn additional income and improve their quality of life RUBY SARKAR

2 mins

Third pole melting away

Himalayan glaciers disappearing 65% faster since 2010. This will drastically reduce water flows in the Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra

2 mins

TOXIC TRAIL

How a polluted seasonal rivulet in Ludhiana causes cancer, cognitive impairment and organ damage cases in districts 200 km away

7 mins

Money matters

The last meeting before COP28 gets little work done as developed and developing countries fight over climate finance

3 mins

Writing on the wall

Excessive groundwater extraction is triggering subsidence in the Indo-Gangetic plain

4 mins

ALARMING TRENDS

Cyclone Biparjoy in the Arabian Sea provides yet another example of the changes that storm systems are exhibiting due to warmer waters

3 mins

TIME AFRICA SWITCHED

Africa has always been energy-poor, and the scenario has gotten worse in the past decade. The continent must leapfrog to renewables to become energy-secure, and the West would do well to aid the transition.

10+ mins

Al Throws The Patent System Into Turmoil

Artificial intelligence is overturning the conventional idea of intellectual property rights, especially in drug discovery

4 mins

Should India Cap Tiger Population

In April 2023, India announced that its wild tiger population has increased to a healthy 3,167 from just 1,400 in 2006. However, almost 30 per cent of the tigers roam outside the protected areas and regularly enter human habitations. There is also concern over shrinking tiger corridors-patches that connect two large areas of forest-due to the construction of linear infrastructure such as railway lines, highways and canals. Moreover, tigers are believed to be leaving forests in pursuit of herbivores that are increasingly foraying into human-dominated landscapes since the natural flora on which they survive is overtaken by invasive species such as lantana, a plant introduced to India by the British. Does this mean that India's forests are nearing their carrying capacity to support tigers, who are apex predators? Should the country consider capping its tiger population or look at other solutions?

4 mins

Fix at source

Bengaluru must close data gaps, rope in bulk waste generators to cope with its growing piles of rubbish

3 mins

Train that moves Delhi

DELHI METRO IN RASHMI SADANA'S THE MOVING CITYIS A FORCE THAT ATTEMPTS TO BRING ORDER TO THE CITY

5 mins

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