The Supreme Court judgment on the problems and miseries of migrant workers (June 29) will go down in history as a radical judgment to reduce human suffering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rarely do we see government agencies being publicly admonished for their...

Copper mines in Zambia have mostly earned bumper profits, and when the government wanted to impose a windfall-profits tax, the proposal faced huge resistance from all the foreign investors that were running those mines. These included Chinese companies. If one looks...

Environmentalists in Himachal Pradesh have asked members of the high-powered committee on land laws to speed up the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006. The panel, which has six different subcommittees headed by MLAs, was formed in September last year with...

 दो जवान बेटों की असमय मौत से बुरी तरह टूट चुके 65 वर्षीय सरदइयां गोंड़ के ऊपर परिवार के भरण-पोषण की जवाबदारी है। जिंदगी से हताश व हर समय गुमसुम रहने वाले सरदइयां ने बताया कि उसके दो जवान बेटों (धनकू 30 वर्ष तथा राजेश 27 वर्ष) को सांस की बीमारी सिलिकोसिस ने लील लिया...

The Supreme Court judgment on the problems and miseries of migrant workers (June 29) will go down in history as a radical judgment to reduce human suffering in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Rarely do we see government agencies being publicly admonished for their...

Much ahead of the air pollution season in northwest India, especially in Delhi-NCR, scientists have come up with a Decision Support System (DSS) that will not just help zero in on the exact sources contributing to Delhi's pollution, but also predict practical...

दो जवान बेटों की असमय मौत से बुरी तरह टूट चुके 65 वर्षीय सरदइयां गोंड़ के ऊपर परिवार के भरण-पोषण की जिम्मेदारी है। कपड़े उतार दें तो उनके भी शरीर की हड्डियां आसानी से गिनी जा सकती हैं। थोड़ा सा चलते हैं तो हांफने लगते हैं। जिंदगी से हताश और ज्यादातर वक्त गुमसुम रहने...

Roughly four in ten people globally owned a smartphone in 2018 and that number continues to grow rapidly. This growth is driven by steady sales of the devices – more than 1 billion each year – putting hand-sized computers in people’s pockets. It is difficult to...

The Supreme Court has dismissed the review petitions filed by Goa and Vedanta Limited against a 2018 order cancelling the state government’s move to renew 88 mining leases, citing the delay in filing them and a lack of cogent grounds for it. It expressed displeasure...

Heatwaves, wildfires, floods. If there’s still any doubt that the summer of 2021 is a turning point for a global awakening over the looming climate crisis, you can add one more plague of biblical proportions to the list: famine. The southern part of the island nation...