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Science & Environment

Nothing Sunny Here

The latest ruling of this forum has put paid to India’s ambitious National Solar Mission as the US flexes its muscles in an attempt to capture growing renewable markets By Dinesh C Sharma The ...

World Culture Festival: Art of Killing a River

The NGT had slapped a fine of Rs 5 crore on the Art of Living for it to proceed with its cultural program on the floodplains of the Yamuna. Yet, environment concerns remain unresolved By Dinesh C Sha...

A Question of Status

Should Aligarh Muslim University be categorized as a minority institution? A recent submission made in the Supreme Court by the government has reignited this debate. It is now up to the apex court to ...

The Price of Paris

Though India promised to reduce emissions at the Paris meet, it faces a huge financial hurdle of $2.5 trillion and several challenges before it can come anywhere close to fulfilling its pledges. By S...

Turning Garbage to Gold

Despite various cleanliness campaigns, huge amounts of waste lie untreated in India. An expert panel has prepared a report on the effective ways to dispose of solid waste and this could become nationa...

“Carmic” Emissions

The “notice of violation” to Volkswagen’s diesel cars in the US should serve as a wake-up call for India. It will have to address emission standards, testing systems and compliance norms followed here...

Mobile menace

A parliamentary panel has recommended stricter norms for checking electromagnetic radiation from cell towers as Indians are more prone to risk due to their low BMI By Rakesh Bhatnagar Much f...

The Waste Land

India’s construction boom generates huge amounts of waste, which in 2013 was pegged at 50 million tons. New draft rules have now been introduced to tackle this growing menace By Papia Samajdar ...

Degrees of Discontent

The HRD ministry’s attempt to wrest control of the IIMs comes in for much criticism. Will the government relent or go ahead with its “takeover” plan? By Ajith Pillai No Bible on management ...

Yudhishthir’s stubbornness

Gajendra Chauhan’s controversial appointment as FTII chairman has been roundly criticized by reputed film personalities. Did he get the job because of his RSS-BJP links? Prachi Bari in Pune ...

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