On its 46th foundation day, the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) released two reports that should force us to re-examine our approa...

The global economy is in recession, and it is predicted to be more destructive than the Great Depression of 1929 and the Global Financial...

In a war, you don’t only use your best weapons, you use everything in your arsenal. This has to be the maxim in our fight against Covid-1...

Five major modelling studies reveal that suppression strategy might require multiple lockdowns until a vaccine is available. Governments ...

A crisis does not emerge out of thin air; it has underlying causes. And most of the underlying causes, if not all, are in front of our ey...

Silent infections could erode containment efforts’ efficacy; developing anti-virals and vaccine must be part of the near-term vision. Rea...

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS), has systematically divided and named all of Earth’s 4.5 billion year history. The ...

Budget 2020-21: The finances for this can be mustered by shifting resources from kerosene subsidies, and NCEF. Read more here

The quartet of drivers would put massive stress on our society. But, these challenges are also an opportunity to make big-ticket governan...

It is in the interest of the consumers, the food industry and the nation that the dangers of junk food are disclosed and widely dissemi...

Demand-side regulations like mandating a certain percentage of building materials from fly ash in the building by-laws of cities could ...

The recent draft notification on utilisation of fly ash for making bricks is poorly designed and, if implemented, will shut down the con...

World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) was observed across the globe during November 12-18 2018. It is an annual event that aims to incr...

An estimated 25–30 trillion litres of water fell over the state, enough to cause floods even if Kerala’s ecosystem was in pristine cond...