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We Could Discover New Bird Species In The Eastern Himalayas

TREVOR PRICE has been studying birds in India since 1972, investigating breeding biology and bird distributions, especially in the Himalayas. He is a leading expert in bird speciation—the formation of new bird species in the course of evolution Currently, on a Fulbright Fellowship and working with the Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, he speaks to RAJAT GHAI about Himalayan avifauna

Drowned In Uncertainty

The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead to the controversial Sardar Sarovar Dam to run at its full capacity. But the government is not sure who all will get submerged, let alone rehabilitate them

Poor Despite ₹5,800 Crore

Plan and plan well is the message from the first independent evaluation of India's ambitious resource-sharing plan for mining districts

A Blow To Autonomy?

The landmark Goods and Services Tax, which aims to create a one-tax nation, could reduce local self-governing bodies to mendicancy and lead to centralisation of financial power

Pangolins Win, Lions Lose

The latest meeting of CITES has pledged to conserve the last remaining populations of wild species threatened by illegal international trade

missing the woods for wood

is it worthwhite to clear forests to annually earn ₹4,500 per hectare?

Tilting At Poplar Trees

Poplar is not behind the spike in allergy cases in Kashmir, yet the tree is being felled.

TB's Hidden Links

About 40-70 per cent of tuberculosis patients suffer from mental health disorders. As India has more than one-fourth of global TB cases and deaths, treatment protocols must take into account the new associations

We Have Enough For All

Explore the variety available around you, tap into other people's culinary heritage and do not waste, say four recent books on food traditions.

A Self-created Quagmire

How the authorities messed up implementing the breakthrough system.

Chop The Dreck Rules

For farm forestry to grow, regulatory changes are the need of the hour, as this will not only benefit farmers but also help India meet its targets in the Paris climate pact

Waste Wizards

Entrepreneurs experiment with poop and pomace to make paper, and provide an opportunity for reducing burden on forests, landfills

Sounds of Silence

A trip to Silent Valley is a lesson in the history of environmental movements and biodiversity.

Scattered Dots

Sarnath Banerjee takes on too many nuances of a water crisis that are difficult to integrate in his graphic novel.

Mountains of Sanjeevani

The Uttarakhand government's initiative to spend R25 crore on an elusive mythical herb should trigger a wider quest to identify,document and analyse life-saving Himalayan herbs.

Tame the Mosquito

India does not have to bear the onslaught of vector-borne diseases year after year. It is possible to control mosquitoes that spread these diseases. Here's how.

Town Today, Gone Tomorrow

Morwa town, built to serve mining companies, faces the ugly truth of its own displacement.

God is in The Detail

Can the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India ensure safe and quality food at places of worship without hurting religious sentiments?

Punjab's Contrarian Approach

Safe waste disposal is a big challenge for the national sanitation overdrive. Punjab has been experimenting with centralised systems to tackle this. Has it worked?

A Legacy That Still Resonates

Indira Gandhi was a conservationist who saw the protection of India's rich natural heritage fundamental to its economic growth 

The Green Crusader

The 1970s under Indira Gandhi were the best thing to have happened to India's environment

Powerful Weed

Karisalankanni is a medicinal weed found across the world

Clinical Trials- Trial by Hire

Laissez-faire in clinical research has unleashed a ruthless profit-making machine blind to notions of justice or equity. It is time to rein in Big Pharma

One More To Go

There are no revenue records for a wetland in Srinagar. Is that why it is being encroached and constructed upon by the government?

Malaysian CL Exposes India

India gave Gilead a patent for sofosbuvir whereas Malaysia has issued a compulsory licence for the hepatitis C drug

Solar Power Tariff Will Soon Fall To ₹1.50 Per Unit

Bringing affordable solar power on the doorsteps of common citizens and enabling Universal Energy Access seem to be the guiding force behind the unassuming, soft-spoken UPENDRA TRIPATHY, the Interim Director of the International Solar Mission. He speaks to MOUSHUMI BASU on the future of solar power in India and the world

Cities Of Joy

Last year, the South African city of Cape Town was in the news for running out of water. It managed to avert Day Zero, but the threat has not disappeared. With changing climate, more cities across the world will face similar crises. But there are a few metropolises that have overcome water shortage despite heavy odds. Though these cities still need to keep adapting and innovating, they have done well so far. Here's how they did it

Mortgaging Our Ecological

A climate change narrative lost in rhetoric and catchy metaphors.

To No One's Gain

Government takes back land it gave to people as their right. Now, people of three districts face eviction and have nowhere to go.

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