Year: 2019

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Solar Tubewells Suck Water out of Sindh Desert

Zulfiqar Kunbhar 28/10/2019

Cheap and reliable solar technology has bolstered the use...

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Mental Illness to Finally Be Covered Under Health Insurance, HIV/AIDS Still Excluded

Anoo Bhuyan 28/10/2019

People with HIV/AIDS are at the mercy of insurance...

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In Pakistan’s Ratodero, 900 Children Test Positive for HIV

The Wire Staff 28/10/2019

A paediatrician reusing syringes may be the cause of...

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In Bid to Re-Evaluate India’s E-Cigarette Ban, Traders Write to Chief Ministers

The traders have urged the states to conduct independent...

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Reality Check: Smoke From Firecracker Snake = 464 Cigarettes

Swagata Yadavar 27/10/2019

A laad (string of crackers), burnt for 48 seconds,...

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Amazon Fires Are Symptomatic of Greater Problem: Rampant Deforestation

Sue Branford and Maurício Torres 27/10/2019

Unscrupulous land speculators are growing rich as they mine,...

National Capital Region, air pollution, air quality index, Delhi winter, Mexico City, social capital, Graded Response Action Plan, Comprehensive Action Plan, Air Quality Early Warning System, Arvind Kejriwal, Centre for Science and Environment, PM10, PM2.5, Central Pollution Control Board, Delhi Pollution Control Committee,

To Clean Its Air, There Are Miles to Go Before Delhi Can Sleep

Mani Bhushan Jha, Ajay Singh Nagpure, Bhavay Sharma and Nitya Kaushik 26/10/2019

For all its progressive measures, the annual average air...