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Energy Efficiency: How Cool is This?

Above: Environment Minister Harsh Vardhan (far left) releasing the draft India Cooling Action Plan/Photo: ozonecell.in As cooling demands are set to rise, India becomes the first country to release...

Gir Lions: Dying for Pride

Above: Though lions are one of the mainstays of tourism in Gujarat, yet the state government has failed to take action for their welfare/Photo: forests.gujarat.gov.in The death of 23 lions in 20 da...

Child Safety: Eye for Students

Above: A Delhi High Court bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V Kameswar Rao  said that there is no privacy issue in having CCTVs in classrooms/Photo: edgecctv.com The Delhi High Cour...

Demolition of Kant Enclave: The Hills Are Alive

Above: Located close to Delhi, Kant Enclave is a prime property In a significant judgment, the apex court has ordered that Kant Enclave in the ecologically sensitive hill range be demolished. This ...

Corbett National Park: A Wild Ride

Above: The Jim Corbett Tiger Reserve was established to protect the endangered Bengal tiger Moves to construct a road through Corbett National Park were abandoned after strictures by the apex court...

Plagiarism: Caught Copying

~By Meha Mathur In the otherwise vitiated atmosphere in higher education, there is almost uniform response to the new regulations on plagiarism approved by the University Grants Commission, wherein...

Taj Mahal: Monumental Decay!

Above: UP government’s vision document mentions the need to close polluting industries around Taj After repeated censures by the Supreme Court and the NGT, the centre has appointed people to mainta...

Toxic Flows the Ganga

Above: Devotees performing achamana in the river/Photo: UNI The NGT has pointed out that if cigarette packs can carry health warnings, people can also be informed about adverse effects of the pollu...

Jadavpur University restores admission tests

~By Sucheta Dasgupta It is both a vindication and a setback. After a couple of flip-flops, a hunger strike and much heartburn, West Bengal’s premier institute of learning, the autonomous Jadavpur U...

Use of Plastics: A Half-baked Idea

Above: Plastic waste piled up near a drain in Mumbai Though the intention of the Maharashtra government to ban plastics was good, it provided no alternatives to Plastic and left small vendors and b...

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