Farmers throng Delhi against sugarcane pricing policy by Gargi Parsai
If the ordinance is not withdrawn, farmers will stop supplies to the capital, says Ajit Singh Rashtriya Lok Dal leader…
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But will have to move on a low carbon trajectory to minimise impact of climate change A month before the…
Read MoreClimate deal dithering threatens Green tech investment by Damian Carrington
Without urgent progress which will stimulate funding for renewables, nations could be locked into high-carbon energy and transport technologies for…
Read MoreTalent attracts talent by Inder Verma
India needs more science hubs. It is their inhabitants who will determine the achievements which will make lasting contributions to…
Read MoreSugar siege melts Delhi by Sankarshan Thakur
The capital got a fulsome dose of the country today, and the country a swift pledge from the capital. Within…
Read MoreThe Split Reality by Ashok Mitra
Some news is considered more worth publicizing than some other news. This is part of an essential discipline, for otherwise…
Read MoreIndian green lessons for the West by Sanjoy Majumder
Ahead of next month’s climate change negotiations in Copenhagen there’s a lot of anger in India about the West’s pressure…
Read MoreFood and agriculture: How to feed the world
IN 1974 Henry Kissinger, then America’s secretary of state, told the first world food conference in Rome that no child…
Read MoreToken gesture by V Venkatesan
TWENTY-ONE judges of the Supreme Court, including the Chief Justice of India (CJI), posted the details of their assets on…
Read MoreVictims always by Venkitesh Ramakrishnan and Ajoy Ashirwad Mahaprashastra
The S.C. and S.T. (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has failed to make Dalits any safer. THE ascent of the Mayawati-led…
Read More‘Country’s energy plan is anti-poor’ by Ashwin Aghor
International environmental activist group Greenpeace has released a report, Still Waiting, which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation and…
Read MoreIndia’s energy programme is anti-poor and carbon-intensive
Greenpeace today released a report – “Still Waiting” – which reveals that despite growth in electricity generation – and increasing…
Read MoreFarmers to “gherao” Parliament over sugarcane price by Gargi Parsai
No other government has brought such a black law against farmers: Ajit Singh More farmers join the dharna on Parliament…
Read MoreIndia to import rice, says Pranab
India, a traditional rice exporter, will import the grain for the first time in 20 years to meet a projected…
Read MoreMake Appointment process Transparent
Concerned over the intense lobbying for the post of Chief Information Officer (CIC), Right to Information (RTI) activists have sought…
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