Science
Down To Earth
What Are We Breathing?
New analysis shows an alarming increase in the early deaths from particulate and ozone pollution. India accounts for over a quarter of these deaths.
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March 01, 2017
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Two Steps Ahead
After becoming the first large state to achieve total sanitation, Himachal Pradesh is all geared up to manage its waste and ensure cleanliness. But tourist influx may derail its efforts.
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March 01, 2017
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Interim Relief
The Supreme Court's order to compensate endosulfan victims within three months is a welcome move, but India still needs to strengthen its pesticide management system to avoid a similar crisis in the future.
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February 01, 2017
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Lake Chad Forgotten Crisis
Ecological degradation in the Chad Basin has triggered Africa's latest humanitarian crisis. It's time, the basin countries looked beyond the excuse of insurgency.
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February 01, 2017
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Cuffs To Suffocate
What has brought the government and the civil society at loggerheads?
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September 16, 2018
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Toxic Trail Of Paper
High rates of cancer, respiratory illnesses and loss of vision afflict residents of Punjab's Garhshankar block, who blame a 30-year-old paper mill
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September 16, 2018
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Evolving With Cancer
A Harvard oncologist takes Minti Jain, a cancer survivor, down memory lane as she finds moments of overlap.
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September 16, 2018
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Directly Auspicious
Direct delivery of benefits to the “right” people camouflaged with a political deadline was the core message of Union Budget 2019-20 RICHARD MAHAPATRA NEW DELHI
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July 16, 2019
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Hidden Enhancer
MANIPUR’S WILD CORIANDER, AWA PHADIGOM, ACTS AS A FLAVOURING AGENT IN MEAT AND VEGETABLE DISHES, BESIDES BEING USED AS A MEDICINE
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July 16, 2019
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Call Of The Local
RESTAURANTS ARE TURNING TO INDIGENOUS FOODS FOR LUCRATIVE BUSINESS
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June 01, 2019
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Clearing The Air
Science may have become our only crutch against bad air, but it is time we invented a new politics of space that privileges the walker and the cyclist
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December 01, 2017
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When N Means Noxious
India is under the grip of nitrogen pollution, finds the country's first assessment on the impacts of the nutrient
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December 01, 2017
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Inconvenient Truth, Retold
Every issue is contested because it is the contest of ideas and of realities. These exclusive excerpts from Sunita Narain's new book, Conflicts of Interest remind us of the politics behind climate change that threatens our common future
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December 01, 2017
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Remodeling The Climate Negotiations
After 25 years of its existence, UNFCCC has not been able to address the complex realities of climate change. It's time that we remodeled the UN climate convention for deep emission cuts and for saving the lives and livelihoods of vulnerable populations
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December 01, 2017
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Germany Goes The India Way
Germany has issued a compulsory licence to a US firm to make a patented HIV drug and it's a big deal
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December 01, 2017
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Evolutionary Battle
A new book unravels the unusual ecological relationship between the monarch butterfly and the milkweed
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December 01, 2017
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Up In Arms
Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border. JITENDRA travels across Kenya's Turkana county to see how climate change and human activities have led to the crisis
6 min |
October 16, 2017
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Under Siege
India's demand for teak wood is endangering Ecuador's rainforests and agricultural land ISHAN KUKRETI | New Delhi
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October 16, 2017
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No More Horsing Around
Glanders, a bacterial, zoonotic disease that affects equines and is a potential biological weapon, has been breaking out regularly across India since 2006. Should India be worried? RAJAT GHAI | New Delhi
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October 16, 2017
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Highway Killer
Leopards in the Rajaji National Park have killed over a dozen people in the past year. Why is the big cat choosing humans over its natural prey?
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July 1, 2017
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Why Farmers Now Dread A Normal Monsoon
No major agrarian reform has happened in the 50 years since the Green Revolution. A normal monsoon cannot be assumed as the only incentive for farmers to sustain productivity. It's time India offered its food producers a new deal
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July 1, 2017
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Bumper Burden
Madhya Pradesh witnesses farmer unrest like never before despite a bumper harvest
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July 1, 2017
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Harvest Of Losses
Will the loan waiver announced by the Maharashtra government help alleviate farmers' plight?
6 min |
July 1, 2017
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Sorrows Of A Bumper Yield
The government must assure farmers that they will not bear the cost of keeping inflation low
2 min |
July 1, 2017
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₹1,402,680,000,000
This is India's agrarian import bill for 2015-16. More than three times of India's annual agriculture budget, this money could have been transferred to Indian farmers who reaped a bumper harvest of crops that we import now
6 min |
July 1, 2017
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The Minuscule System Of Pricing
First, a farmer must sell the produce at a price wrongly discounted by unscientific calculation. Second, an unholy nexus of many players pushes the price down. Result: agriculture remains a loss-making venture and the debt trail leads to fatal consequences
7 min |
July 1, 2017
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Pick The No Waste Option
The Kerala government popularises a model that minimises the creation of waste SONIA HENAM AND SWATI SINGH SAMBYAL thiruvananthapuram
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July 1, 2017
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Fruit From Jambudweep
Jamrul, they say, gave India its ancient name of Jambudweep. The fruit was easily available till a few decades ago, but is now a rarity
2 min |
July 1, 2017
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The Trick Is In The Treaty Text
When rich nations insist on patent linkage provisions in bilateral and regional trade pacts here is a way out
2 min |
November 16, 2018
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Casting A change
Young entrepreneurs see opportunity in biomass waste, help India curb air and plastic pollution
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