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Love's Labour

The traditional dishes that pregnant women eat for centuries

Worshipped And Abandoned

The circular economy of cattle has been ruptured. Restrictions on cattle trade are forcing cattle rearers to abandon the cows, and therefore, their livelihood. Jitendra and photographer Adithyan P C travel across the cow belt in the country and neighbouring Nepal to understand how it has hit the poorest

No Worries? Ask Simba

A furore over Disney's trademark on the Swahili phrase Hakuna Matata heats up the cultural appropriation debate

Unfair Trade Laws Can Put A Spanner In Our Quest For A Circular Economy

USED Recycle and reuse of products make great economic and environmental sense. But will circular economy benefit the world at a time when economic giants like the US are using trade sanctions to bully Rwanda, which has banned used clothing? India too is at the risk of becoming the rich world's dumpyard

Africa's Historic Pivot

IF RWANDA IS WILLING TO RISK PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO THE US MARKET IN ORDER TO DEVELOP ITS DOMESTIC GARMENT INDUSTRY, THEN IT MUST BE CONFIDENT THAT IT WILL FIND ALTERNATIVE MARKETS FOR ITS EXPORTS

Goa's Summer Date

THE EXOTIC FLOWER OF THE ELEPHANT FOOT YAM IS EATEN WIDELY IN THE RURAL PARTS OF THE STATE FOR A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE ADVENT OF MONSOON

Renaming Renewables

Will a new categorisation of hydropower plants trigger revival of the sector?

Untapped Resource

CIRCULAR ECONOMY IN INDIA HAS GROWN IN THE PAST COUPLE OF YEARS, BUT THE POTENTIAL OF THE SECTOR REMAINS UNREALISED

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

Environment Of Poverty

The world's poor population is getting concentrated in ecologically fragile areas

Defining Emotion

A new book challenges our assumptions about emotions

A Bite Of Goodness

Housing associations are setting up community refrigerators to reduce food wastage and feed the needy

On Active Mode

After faltering for three years, India's largest test drive for uranium contamination in groundwater shows signs of revival

First, Fast, But...

India's debut farm investment support scheme was rolled out in Telangana but a large section of the farming community has been left out

Not A Sweet Bargain

The price of the totapuri mango has crashed due to low demand for its pulp, leaving farmers to dump produce on roads

Business Above All

In the garb of streamlining green clearances, the Union government has sidelined communities and diluted environmental regulations over the past four years

Unwrap The E-commerce Waste

As India catches up on online shopping, we need regulations to minimise the waste that is generated from packaging the products

Swachh Bharat Mission Echoes Sterilisation Campaign Of 70s

A new book exposes the lacunae in the way India manages its waste and recommends changes in practices and attitudes toward waste. ROBIN JEFFREY and ASSA DORON,authors of the book, speak to SWATI SINGH SAMBYAL on the layered challenges of managing solid waste

Rise Of Lookalikes

Dairy units in India turn to cheaper alternatives; strike a blow to small farmers.

Sum And Substance Of Climate Diplomacy

Climate change negotiations must move from being a zero-sum game to a positive-sum game.

Zika's Unborn Victims

As India fights its first Zika outbreak, BANJOT KAUR travels to the virus-hit districts of VIDISHA and BHOPAL in MADHYA PRADESH and finds a grievously unprepared response system

You Can Be Sued For Your Posts

Copyright issues related to social media posts are a concern as platforms are shutting down accounts without notice

Cuffs To Suffocate

What has brought the government and the civil society at loggerheads?