Vision 2030

Economic growth must take into account needs of energy transition, climate mitigation, with action aligned as per India's 2030 climate goals

FIX OUR FOOD

Chemical-dependent farming, lax labelling laws, rising anti-microbial resistance must top the agenda

BATTLE THE CAR BULGE

Clean, affordable, integrated and accessible public transport the only solution

CONSERVE NOW

Disregard for biodiversity conservation over the past two decades needs immediate redressal

SCRAP THE DUMP

Disincentivise garbage dumping, invest in behavioural change

PLAN THEM COOL

As urban India turns into a heat trap, the government must focus on improving cities' liveability

THINK LONG-TERM

India needs continued emphasis on flagship programmes, aligned to long-term planning that focusses on water security and circular economy in a climate-risked era

OVERHAUL OVERDUE

Hold polluting industries accountable for public health risks, environmental hazards, climate change; provide them support for green transition

LOOK BEYOND DUST

Reinvent National Clean Air Programme to focus on fine particulate matter and trans-boundary pollution

IT'S NOW OR NEVER

Clean energy sectors need demand-driven markets and domestic industries that can cater to the entire value chain

OLD AGENDA WITH NEW IMAGINATION

The new government must rebuild trust by being tolerant to ideas, opinions and information.

THE ALCHEMY OF EMOTIONS - SL'OTH

As with all personality traits, laziness is a combination of genes and environment

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - WRATH

Anger is an emotional programme, a part of natural selection that helps us bargain for better treatment

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - GLUTTONY

We have been captured by food and it is driving us to do something that is arguably not good for us

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - ENVY

Envy gives people a fundamental desire for a higher social rank

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS-L'UST

Love, lust, attachments are basic brain circuits. They are too primitive a system and will never change

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS - GREED

Evolutionary biology sees greed as a way to increase your chances of survival

THE AL'CHEMY OF EMOTIONS

I felt for the tormented whirlwinds Damned for their carnal sins Committed when they let their passions rule their reason

INVISIBLE THREAT

Significant presence of microplastics in Puducherry’s agricultural soil raises concerns for soil and crop health

Feeding off each other

VEGETARIAN MOVEMENTS IN SOUTH ASIA AND THE WEST GREW WITH MUTUAL SUPPORT AND VALIDATION

India's unhealthy patent amendments

Despite strong pleas, the Modi regime has changed the rules to impose a cost on those who challenge faulty patents

URBAN DISCOMFORT

Poorly planned, heat-trapping infrastructure, along with dwindling natural spaces, turn up the temperatures in major Indian cities

BLAZING SUN IS ON

Rising temperatures are testing the limits of human tolerance to heat. With their predominantly built-up landscape, urban areas offer no respite. A study by the Centre for Science and Environment on the morphology and heat patterns of nine Indian cities over the past decade shows how these urban centres are turning into heat islands with a potentially serious impact on human health. An analysis by Rajneesh Sareen, Mitashi Singh and Nimish Gupta, with Shagun in Haryana and Kiran Pandey

"H5N1 may be more severe than COVID-19"

In early April, the US confirmed the first case of avian influenza in livestock, along with cow-to-human transmission of the virus disease.

A PSYCHEDELIC HIGH

Driven by surge in global trials and low success rate of current medications in treating mental health problems, researchers call for home-grown clinical trials of psychedelic drugs

Locked out

Two years after becoming the only state to be excluded from the Centre's ruralemployment guarantee scheme, villages in West Bengal grapple with distress migration and debt traps

'Protection from climate change part of right to life'

The Supreme Court of India, on April 5, recognised that citizens have a right to be free from the adverse effects of climate change, saying it is intertwined with the fundamental rights to life and equality. Here are the key arguments articulated by the three-judge bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra in their judgement

Weaving dreams

Tribal communities in West Bengal slowly embrace traditional weaving to ensure sustainable livelihood

The Pill That's Roiling US Drug Regulation

The hard right is challenging FDA's authority to regulate drugs with its lawsuit to ban America's most used abortion pill

TURN OVER A NEW LEAF

The young leaves of pilkhan free are a worthy alternative to leafy vegetables in the spring season