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Antarctica is the best example of globalisation as humanity’s winning force
January 18, 2017, 12:37 AM IST
By Swaminathan S Anklesaria Aiyar Brexit, the electoral triumph of Donald Trump and the rise of politicians like Nigel Farage in Britain and Marine Le Pen in France are all signs of a backlash against…
January 18, 2017, 12:37 AM IST
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Optional service charge: Is the government messing with consumer rights?
January 4, 2017, 6:14 PM IST
The ministry of consumer affairs recently announced that the customer is free to waive off the service charge if not satisfied with the service and that the service charge component of the invoice is optional….
January 4, 2017, 6:14 PM IST
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Good idea: Mandating recycling by automakers
December 28, 2016, 1:45 PM IST
Government is considering new rules mandating automakers and their agents to buy back old vehicles and recycle them. As of now such recycling is a very unorganized affair, where old vehicles go to execrable junkyards…
December 28, 2016, 1:45 PM IST
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Smog and superpower
December 22, 2016, 2:57 PM IST
“The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive,” Donald Trump has controversially said. It is expected that his administration will relinquish American leadership on…
December 22, 2016, 2:57 PM IST
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The real cost of solar power
December 13, 2016, 8:51 PM IST
This article is prompted by a report (in the Times of India of 1st December) that for some roof-top solar projects, a tariff of Rs 3 per unit has been quoted, which is same as…
December 13, 2016, 8:51 PM IST
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Stand up at the cinema, stay on in the bedroom
December 11, 2016, 12:01 AM IST
6.15am: The prodigal son has forced me to enter an agreement that involves running three times a week, which is the only reason I am strapping up my weak left leg and getting ready to…
December 11, 2016, 12:01 AM IST
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India, Trump and climate change: There may be unexpected opportunities that lie ahead
December 10, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
The unexpected election of President Donald Trump has prompted diplomats and governments around the world to question what to expect from the next four years. When it comes to climate change, many environmental campaigners are…
December 10, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Smog’s stolen the Eiffel Tower too
December 9, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
Recent pictures of Eiffel Tower veiled over by polluted air have an eerie familiarity for Delhiites, as we have actually gotten accustomed to seeing our monuments and other landmarks wear similar veils winter after winter…
December 9, 2016, 11:57 AM IST
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Graded action plan: It must be implemented to tackle air pollution in Delhi – and other choking cities
December 5, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Last week the Supreme Court directed the central government to notify its graded action plan to tackle air pollution in Delhi. This is a significant moment in India’s battle for clean air, emphasising the need…
December 5, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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‘Air pollution not a problem specific to Delhi-NCR, needs to become a national priority’
November 21, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Central Pollution Control Board officials will be meeting representatives from various state control boards this week. The meeting assumes greater significance because of the severe air pollution crisis in north India which is expected to…
November 21, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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After Marrakech: World must convince Trump that climate change isn’t a hoax
November 21, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
As the curtains came down on the Marrakech UN climate summit or COP 22 last week, the world is still grappling with the task before it. The Marrakech conference was supposed to lay the foundation…
November 21, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Garbage deserves better treatment in Goa and Delhi
November 19, 2016, 1:55 PM IST
When the wind swept the dark smog from Delhi, it may also have swept away government willingness to tackle air pollution seriously. On Friday the Delhi court rapped the capital’s civic bodies for doing little…
November 19, 2016, 1:55 PM IST
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‘Urban dwellers are making a hue and cry about pollution while farmers are suffering both pollution and the penalty’
November 18, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
With crop burning practices of farmers in Punjab and Haryana being blamed as a major contributor to the national capital’s deepening pollution crisis Ravindra Khaiwal, who teaches environment health at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education…
November 18, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Down in Marrakech: China and the US exchange climate roles
November 12, 2016, 3:57 PM IST
US President-elect Donald Trump is infamously a climate change deniar. He has said, “The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make US manufacturing non-competitive.” So his election…
November 12, 2016, 3:57 PM IST
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Turbulent Weather: Donald Trump’s election has cast a shadow over Marrakech climate summit
November 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
As the international community comes to grips with Donald Trump’s election as the next US president, climate change may have to cope with a change in political climate. Indeed the ongoing UN Conference of Parties…
November 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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‘Those who obsess about pollution masks and air purifiers are among the worst offenders’
November 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
With Delhi facing the worst pollution crisis it has seen in two decades, the Supreme Court has asked the central government to urgently devise a common minimum programme with various agencies dealing with the issue…
November 11, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Delhi may be a gas chamber, but is CM Kejriwal’s candour on this enough? Part 2
November 8, 2016, 6:34 PM IST
My previous blog post thanked CM Arvind Kejriwal for his candour in describing Delhi as a “gas chamber”, but questioned political parties’ (particularly AAP’s) role in getting us there. Now, it appears AAP may be…
November 8, 2016, 6:34 PM IST
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Delhi may be a gas chamber, but is CM Kejriwal’s candour on this enough?
November 8, 2016, 1:37 PM IST
We can thank Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal for his candour in describing Delhi as a “gas chamber”. Having said that, however, he is also the Delhi chief minister. That Delhi has become a gas…
November 8, 2016, 1:37 PM IST
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Right to breathe: Beyond emergency measures, unprecedented smog in NCR and environs calls for systematic hoovering
November 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Chemists across Delhi-NCR have been running short of protective masks because of a steep rise in demand since Diwali. Demand for air purifiers has jumped 50%. In many places PM2.5 and PM10 levels are running…
November 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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Foul odour of failure: Why some Asian countries manage air pollution very well while others fall cripplingly short
November 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley Few anti-pollution proposals outclass the creativity of Dutch artist Daan Roosegaarde’s scheme to convert fine airborne particulates into jewellery. The Smog Free Project, an air purification tower recently introduced…
November 8, 2016, 2:00 AM IST
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