Unlock the Grid

Cities all over the world are checking car population to free their road space. Where is India headed?

A Tool to Settle Scores

Contests over water are set to increase, intensify.

Purple Bites

With a size that of an almond, this rare variety of potato from Assam is relished for its unique taste.

Those Brilliant Forgotten Women

Women scientists were part of life-changing discoveries but they were sidelined by male colleagues in awards and patents

`Energy Poverty Hurts Women'

Women's participation should be considered while making policy on access to energy and management

On Track To Miss Target

India is unlikely to reach its rooftop solar power generation target of 40 GW by 2022

Don't Rubbish The Court

Here's how local authorities in Delhi can enact imaginative by-laws to clean up the city

Shadows Of LED

Exposure to LED lights could be harmful.Scientists suggest a simple solution

"I Have Asked The Government To Re-examine Amendments To Land Laws"

Jharkhand's first tribal governor, DROUPADI MURMU, has been featured in the news more than Raghubar Das, the state's first non-tribal chief minister. Murmu refused to give her assent to two bills approved by the Legislative Assembly seeking amendments to the Chhotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908, and the Santhal Pargana Tenancy Act, 1949. The state has witnessed widespread protests against these amendments, which seek to allow the use of tribal lands for commercial purposes. She speaks to DEEPANWITA NIYOGI in Ranchi

Sainted Trademark Blues

Mother Teresa's blue and white sari has been trademarked so that it is not misused. But to what end?

Not A Minor Lapse

Why has tendu leaf revenue failed to reach forest dwellers even 50 years after its nationalisation?

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.

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.

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.

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.

A Phoenix of a Tribe

A nomadic community in Odisha insisted on its right to live and farm even after forest officials burnt its houses

Immune to Drought

Jhabua continues to flourish and maintain its status as a model district while many others fail

Practical Matters

Despite growth in renewables, coal-based power will continue to fulfil a large share of India's power needs. Instead of resisting the new environmental norms, power plants would do well to clean up their act

Fields On Fire

The pattern of burning crop residue in India is changing. The practice is no longer limited to the post-monsoon crop of rice or the northern states of Punjab and HaryanaJITENDRA, SHREESHAN VENKATESH, ISHAN KUKRETI, KUNDAN PANDEY, DEEPANWITA NIYOGI and POLASH MUKERJEE travel to five states across the country to study the trend.

Muted Presence

India's participation at the recently concluded 22nd Conference of Parties was passive and lacked vision.

How Trump Happened!

Widespread anger stemming from the loss of trust in government decided the new presidency of the US.

Last Few Drops

Taps will run dry in the South African metropolis of Cape Town in two months. Hundreds of cities across the world are nearing a similar breakdown. Can they avoid a collapse?

Running Out

Nairobi started rationing water in 2016 and the crisis is likely to continue till 2026.

When Water Is No Longer Limitless

Day Zeroes are inevitable unless cities innovate, diversify supply sources and emphasise on the judicious use of water.

The Blue Boom

Indigo farming debuts in the hills of Uttarakhand as people find it ecologically and economically beneficial

It's Farmers Inc

Decades of agrarian distress and failure of cooperatives have made marginal farmers take charge and form companies. Will this ensure a fair deal to farmers?

Contrived Extinction

The colour bar in African conservation has come to occupy the centre of public perception, driven mostly by the social media

Cleaning A Dirty Patch

There has been a massive spike in constructing toilets in record time in Gonda district. But it remains to be seen whether it would lead to real gains in making the district open defecation free

Oil Grows On Trees

Tree-borne oilseeds can not only reduce India's import dependency for vegetable oils, but also provide livelihood to tribal communities

Popular, Prolific, Populist

November and December saw the passing away of three relentless champions of popular cause.