First food: business of taste
Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it
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Floods a reminder of climate change impact
Environmentalists have termed the Jammu and Kashmir disaster as a “grim reminder of increasing impact of climate change in India” and warned of more such extreme rainfall events in the years to come.
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J&K floods: Development planning, drainage system blamed
Environmental think tank the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) on Wednesday blamed the flood crisis on badly planned development, mismanagement of the drainage system and an abject lack of disaster
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Are foot over-bridges the best way forward?
High iron railings on the central verge forcing the pedestrians to use the foot over-bridge (FOB), which is equipped with escalators on either side, seems to have made the FOB outside the Kashmere Gate
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Experts welcome e-rick guidelines
Say Vehicles Can Be Useful As Paratransit Mode, But Need To Be Regulated Environmentalists and public transport experts are relieved that the Centre has proposed draft guidelines to regulate e-rickshaws
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Parking fares should be on a par with real estate rates, environmentalist Sunita Narain says
Environmentalist and writer Sunita Narain on Wednesday said parking charges should be on a par with the real estate prices in the area. "Why should parking be so cheap or free? Can we run offices like
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Rs 860 per month extra pay for tiger reserve staff
NAGPUR: National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA), a statutory body under the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change, has announced Rs 860 per month ration allowance to frontline staff
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Tree truths: Dense forests mowed down and new, sparse cover can't hold the soil
The government's recent report announcing an increase in forest cover looks more like a case of the state agency playing the slippery slope of statistics. Wednesday's landslide in Maharashtra's Ambegaon
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Depots missing, so capital can't buy more buses
Without public transport, Delhi may never be able to address its twin problems of air pollution and traffic congestion. But it has failed to meet its massive demand for buses simply because there aren't
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10% of city eaten up by car spaces
Finding parking space in Delhi is like a treasure hunt. The growing number of cars has led to a scramble for vacant slots and frayed nerves. Rajinder Bhatia's death in west Patel Nagar underlines a larger
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How smart is a smart city?
Smart is as smart does. The government's proposal to build 100 "smart" cities will work only if it can reinvent the very idea of urban growth in a country such as India. Smart thinking will require the