Year: 2018

A boy crosses a drain on the banks of the river Ganges in Kanpur, India, April 4, 2017. Credit: Reuters/Danish Siddiqui

UP’s Boatmen-Farmers Caught Amid an Upcoming Township and a Polluted River

Rashme Sehgal 06/06/2018

Women are a playing a crucial role in the...

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Amitabh Bachchan’s Partnership With Horlicks Has Public Health Experts Alarmed

The Wire Staff 05/06/2018

In 2014, Bachchan had renounced his association with Pepsi....

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‘Jan Gan Man Ki Baat’ Episode 254: World Environment Day and Farm Distress

The Wire Staff 05/06/2018

Vinod Dua discusses pollution in India in light of...

A total of 244 samples have been tested in Kerala for the Nipah virus so far, of which 18 were positive and 226 negative, the government said.Credit: Reuters

Nipah Virus Scare Forces Kerala Church to Change Centuries-Old Ritual

Rejimon K. 05/06/2018

A diocese in northern Kerala has urged churches to...

Single-use plastic items in a trash can. Credit: kevinkrejci/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Why the War Against Plastics Must Be Unforgiving and Brook No Concession

Diya Deb 05/06/2018

India generates 15,342 tonnes of plastic waste per day,...

Municipal waste dumped near a bus stand in Dharamshala. Credit: Sumit Mahar

There Are Ecological Limits to Growth – Just Look at Himachal Pradesh

Manshi Asher and Prakash Bhandari 05/06/2018

As the state's situation worsens, the only two choices...

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A Gas Banned by the Montreal Protocol Has Resurfaced in the Atmosphere

Sarah Iqbal 05/06/2018

Some place in east Asia is emitting trichlorofluoromethane –...