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 provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
T Purushottam Bhat is one of 70,493 recorded cases of chikungunya fever in eight Indian states. His 24-member family has 19 others who fell ill to the virus transmitted by mosquitoes. In Padre, a village set among the arecanut plantations of Kerala's Kasaragod district, the virus has left its mark …
T Purushottam Bhat is one of 70,493 recorded cases of chikungunya fever in eight Indian states. His 24-member family has 19 others who fell ill to the virus transmitted by mosquitoes. In Padre, a village set among the arecanut plantations of Kerala's Kasaragod district, the virus has left its mark …
On September 16, the Special Task Force constituted by the Indian prime minister put a figure on the destruction caused by floods in Bihar: Rs 25,000 crore. The Bihar government was seeking Rs 9,000 crore for flood relief; the Centre had released Rs 1,000 crore. Chairperson of the task force …
Let's cut to the chase. If we are serious about climate change then we have to be serious about changing (drastically) the way the world generates and uses its energy. But even as the rich world talks glibly about 'decarbonisation' of its economy it has done precious little to reinvent …
Sreelatha Menon India is yet to devise a government mechanism to compensate those who live atop mineral-rich areas in Orissa, Chattisgarh and Jharkhand. If you have gold under your feet, consider yourself accursed. For there is something called the resource curse which many in this country
DLF residents staged a mass-protest rally against illegal dumping of garbage at Gurgaon-Faridabad Road in the Aravali range of hills near the dumping site. Star cricketer Yuvraj Singh among other prominent CEOs, doctors, CAs also participated in the rally and demanded that garbage dumping be stopped immediately as it was …
Delhi might soon lose its war against growing traffic and increasing pollution, without an effective and massive public transport system. Delhi needs big answers for its big problem and tough measures like the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) system is one such solution in the future roadmap. This thumbs-up for the …
an expert committee of the Indian union ministry of environment and forest decided not to recommend the construction of rock structures designed to reclaim Puducherry's beaches from the sea. The committee has deferred its consent till there are proper studies on these structures-called groynes in engineering parlance. Puducherry's public works …
NEW DELHI: The Centre for Science and Environment here has announced two fellowship programmes for journalists this year. The eighth media fellowship programme titled
A committee recommends rationalization of diesel and petrol prices The long awaited pricing formula for petroleum products to bail out the oil industry from impending bankruptcy has been tabled. If put into effect this prescription can correct distorted prices of automotive fuels of petrol and diesel and halt misuse of …
The auto industry's recent proposal of voluntaryfuel economy labeling will not work. Self labeling cannot be a substitute for mandatory fuel economy standards and an official fuel economy labeling programme," says Anumita Roychoudhury, coordinator of CSE's Right to Clean Air Campaign.So far, the automobile industry has been resisting mandatory fuel …
Last fortnight, the National Knowledge Commission (nkc) in association with the Centre for Science and Environment (cse), launched a one-stop shop for all that is green and concerns environment and development issues. "If this is the age of environment, then information will be the key to change - in our …
Asia is currently experiencing rapid increases in industrialization, urbanization, and vehicularization. As a result, emission trends (e.g., energy, fuel, vehicle use), population trends (e.g., degree of urbanization, urban population growth, city size), health trends (e.g., age structure, background disease rates), and other important factors (e.g., broad changes in regulatory approaches, …
