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Airpocalypse again: Air pollution woes return to NCR, authorities are caught napping once more
November 9, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
In what is becoming an annual disaster for Delhi and surrounding areas, the National Capital Region (NCR) was enveloped by thick smog on two consecutive days. Reportedly, a combination of factors is responsible for this…
November 9, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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5 reasons why blaming firecrackers for rising pollution in NCR is flawed
October 9, 2017, 7:46 PM IST
The supreme court’s decision of banning sale of firecrackers in the National Capital Region comes just nine days before the festival of lights – Diwali – celebrated with much gusto across the country especially north…
October 9, 2017, 7:46 PM IST
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Blockchains and responsible business
October 3, 2017, 4:34 PM IST
Contracts, transaction and their record form the foundation of our economic, legal and political systems. They help protect assets and set boundaries of an organisation. They are critical to establishing the and verifying identities and…
October 3, 2017, 4:34 PM IST
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Avoid the global climate leader trap
June 9, 2017, 5:47 PM IST
What is it about the Indian elite, which makes them salivate at the thought of global leadership? Barely had President Trump pulled the US out of the Paris accord, that we were exulting at the…
June 9, 2017, 5:47 PM IST
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‘India’s moment to show global leadership … Trump’s decision on Paris Accord created a leadership vacuum, it will be filled’
June 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reiterated in Europe that India will stick by its commitments on climate change after US President Donald Trump announced that US will withdraw from the Paris Climate Accord and accused India…
June 7, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Of cattle and climate
June 5, 2017, 8:47 AM IST
“The time has come, as the Walrus said, to talk of many things, Of ships and shoes and sealing wax, of cabbages and kings, Of why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have…
June 5, 2017, 8:47 AM IST
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Fetch your breath up
June 5, 2017, 12:10 AM IST
By Sensei Sandeep Desai Men of wisdom fetch their breath up from deep inside and below while others breathe with their voice box alone. Great leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Abraham Lincoln and Nelson Mandela often…
June 5, 2017, 12:10 AM IST
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Why Trump’s ungreenwashing makes sense
June 4, 2017, 12:31 PM IST
He seems to have finally got it right. Kept at least one of his campaign promises that has gone down well with a majority of the American people. Let’s examine the hows and the whys…
June 4, 2017, 12:31 PM IST
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Climate Change: Time for businesses to bring innovation to meet environmental sustainability norms
May 12, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
By R R Rashmi Everyone was surprised, at the beginning of the year, by the unabashed love expressed by the new US administration for a growth strategy based on coal, oil and gas. This stumped…
May 12, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
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Melting Arctic ice: Call to climate action
May 8, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
The Arctic Sea ice is thawing at a rapid pace — over the past three decades, the area of sea ice in the Arctic has fallen by more than half. A recent report estimates that…
May 8, 2017, 12:09 AM IST
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Where have all the flowers gone?
April 30, 2017, 10:00 AM IST
New day, I awoke to grey skies, mist, a leaden atmosphere. But then the sun broke through, gilding the rooftops, slipping through the half open window, lighting up the papers on my desk. The first…
April 30, 2017, 10:00 AM IST
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Stop crop burning: Instead of just fining Punjab and Haryana farmers, give them profitable alternatives too
April 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
In a week or so wheat harvesting will end in Punjab and Haryana and it will be time to get the fields ready for paddy planting in the monsoon. This is a very worrying time…
April 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Beat the heat: Governments must ready for soaring temperatures
April 1, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
With a sharper than usual transition to summer, several parts of west, central and north India are experiencing heat wave conditions and record seasonal temperatures. Maharashtra government has already confirmed the deaths of two people…
April 1, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Emissions curbed: It makes sense to stop sales of BS-III vehicles as India upgrades to BS-IV norms
March 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
In a move that should help citizens breathe better, the Supreme Court has banned the sale and registration of Bharat Stage III (BS-III) vehicles from April 1 when BS-IV emission norms come into effect across…
March 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Protect Corbett: Uttarakhand government must not build a road right through India’s oldest national park
March 27, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Uttarakhand’s new BJP government helmed by Trivendra Singh Rawat has chosen to improve connectivity between two parts of the state, Kumaon and Garwhal, by building a highway right through Corbett National Park. In the process,…
March 27, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Stockholm diary: Relationship of labour, timber and sustainability
February 19, 2017, 5:53 PM IST
In the highly articulate circles of Swedish design, the IKEA mission statement is quoted often even by those who walk a very different path from mass production and low prices: “To create a better everyday…
February 19, 2017, 5:53 PM IST
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Stockholm diary: Forests R Us
February 19, 2017, 3:29 PM IST
Forests cover more than half the land in Sweden. Forestry is a huge business, from furniture to construction to biofuel to pulpwood for newspapers. Does all this felling put the Swedish forest under threat? Hardly….
February 19, 2017, 3:29 PM IST
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Walk the talk: As deaths due to air pollution rise, India gasps for Swachh Bharat Abhiyan to save it
February 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Although the warning signs have been billowing in the polluted air of urban India policymakers remain strangely apathetic. The contrast with China, which has been fighting air pollution in mission mode, is stark. As a…
February 16, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Do it differently: Toilets are not enough to achieve sanitation, India must reinvent the waste business
February 11, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
The most important programme of this government is Clean India – not just of corruption, but of the muck and filth that is taking over our rivers, our air and our cities. But equally (and…
February 11, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Chennai oil spill: Not such a ‘minor incident’ after all
February 4, 2017, 3:19 PM IST
The rows of people removing sludge armed with nothing more than rubber gloves and buckets has attracted much criticism since the January 28 oil spill started staining Chennai beaches. Critics have been slamming government agencies…
February 4, 2017, 3:19 PM IST
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