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At the risk of dissipation?
9 Sept 2016 3:58 AM ISTPowered by winds, clouds have been circulating around the globe like magic carpets carrying weather on their back. Understanding them not only holds...
The game-changer
3 Sept 2016 2:20 AM ISTFor more than a month, Satna district of Madhya Pradesh received deficient rainfall. But suddenly in two days, 400 mm of intense downpour triggered...
At the risk of dissipation?
30 Aug 2016 2:36 AM ISTPowered by winds, clouds have been circulating around the globe like magic carpets carrying weather on their back. Understanding them not only holds...
Debate over domiciles
4 Aug 2016 3:50 AM ISTThe issue of who is a tribal resident of Jharkhand and who is not has come to haunt the first non-tribal Chief Minister of the state. This is the...
Greater effort must for green tourism
28 Jun 2016 3:43 AM ISTOn May 10, when the National Green Tribunal (NGT) eased curbs it had imposed on tourism activities in Rohtang Pass in the past two years, it brought...
Alert to heat waves
10 April 2016 4:06 AM ISTFor the first time in its history of 140 years, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) will issue temperature advisories for heat waves from April...
Did 2015 make us more climate wise?
9 Feb 2016 3:37 AM ISTClimate influences our lives in many ways—right from dictating what we wear to what we consume, but surprisingly it never features in our day-to-day...
Course correction: Checking migration
8 Jan 2016 2:13 AM ISTPolicymakers believe that addressing the decline in agriculture should be the first step towards checking migration because farming is the main...
Threat of abandoned villages
7 Jan 2016 1:21 AM ISTA political storm is brewing in Uttarakhand. And as is the case with most political storms, at its centre is a long-standing socio-economic issue:...
Climate change and the northeast monsoon
10 Dec 2015 2:50 AM ISTHeads of states from around the world are currently in Paris for climate action negotiations to arrest a dangerous rise in global temperatures. The...
Can air purifiers battle Delhi’s pollution?
26 Aug 2015 3:26 AM ISTFor the affluent in India, air purifiers have become a status symbol or a necessity and even a fashion statement. Sales have more than doubled since...
The DNA of a flawed Bill
31 July 2015 5:13 AM ISTOn July 22, Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi argued in the Supreme Court that there was no constitutional provision giving Indians the fundamental right...