New Delhi: A World Health Organisation (WHO) advisory group has now suggested the possibility that the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2,...
Jun 10, 2022
India Calls Environment Index ‘Unscientific’; ‘Rankings Based on Performance,’ Says Lead Author
Kochi: India ranked lowest – 180 – in the recently released Environment Performance Index (EPI), 2022, which lists countries...
Jun 09, 2022
Aravalli: As NGT Pulls Up Govts for Illegal Mining, What Is Preventing Conservation?
Kochi: The Aravallis – one of the world’s oldest hill ranges – lie just 40 kilometres southwest of Delhi....
Jun 08, 2022
No Rest for the Weary: WHO Report Says India Undercounted COVID Deaths by 10x
India’s COVID-19 death toll is 9.8-times its official tally, and the country is estimated to have had the...
Jun 05, 2022
Heat, Erosion, Climate Action Failure: Figures Tell Worrying Tales of State of India’s Environment
Kochi: Numbers tell several worrying tales in ‘State of India’s Environment: In Figures’, a report published by the Centre...
Jun 03, 2022
After Q4 GDP Figures, What Next for the Indian Economy?
Mumbai: There is one trope that invariably follows the release of all bad or unimpressive GDP (gross domestic product)...
Jun 02, 2022
‘No Need to Stockpile Vaccines, Drugs’ Says NIV Head as India Issues Monkeypox Guidelines
New Delhi: Twenty four days after the first case of monkeypox was confirmed during the current outbreak in the...
Jun 01, 2022
‘Reject Clearance for Etalin Dam in Arunachal Pradesh,’ Conservationists Urge Govt Again
Kochi: Conservationists have urged the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) under the Union environment ministry to “unanimously reject” clearance for...
May 30, 2022
PM Modi Unveils Infra Projects of Rs 31,000 Crore For TN. What Will it Cost the Environment?
Kochi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced 11 Union government-funded development projects for Tamil Nadu on May 26. These include the 262-kilometre-long...
May 28, 2022
Why Does India Ascertain the Causes of Only One-Fourth of its Deaths?
New Delhi: Any country’s health policymaking relies on several factors; an important one being the knowledge of what the leading...
May 27, 2022