Topic: environment
Parliament to middle class: These are the 8 failings of India coronavirus has exposed
The Covid outbreak has shown that right to equality is only India’s official position. A nation that can’t cry together, isn’t a nation.
70-million-year-old fossils of one of world’s last megaraptors discovered in Argentina
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
NASA unveils document to guide behaviour on the moon and in space
ScientiFix, our weekly feature, offers you a summary of the top global science stories of the week, with links to their sources.
India’s environmental laws require a fundamental shift. Like an independent regulator
The draft Environment Impact Assessment notification, 2020 proposes to relax the follow-up compliance monitoring frequency, thereby weakening India’s regulatory governance.
Toilet paper and other recycled goods are taking a big hit due to coronavirus
Recycled goods are irreplaceable parts of the supply chain for many industries and the Covid lockdown is having both an economic and ecological impact on them.
Laurie Baker, the Gandhi of Indian architecture who believed in local, sustainable building
The renowned British-born architect received multiple awards and honours, but the only one he cared about was his Indian citizenship.
HC judge who declared Sukhna lake living entity also granted legal rights to Ganga, animals
Justice Rajiv Sharma, who has been a judge for nearly 13 years is an environment expert known to be driven by a deep passion for nature.
The world’s first-ever blockchain chocolate bar offers a bite for the economy
In each pack, there is a blockchain token. It gives consumers a choice – to avail a discount or donate to a cocoa farmer.
Why it will be a huge mistake to put a stop to economic growth
The degrowth movement, which is gaining momentum, does contain a few nuggets of insight, it’s based on a number of misconceptions.
Delhi Ridge: How it went from a colonial forest to murder scene to morning-walk garden
After Partition, refugees were resettled in Delhi by clearing the Central and Southern part of the Ridge. The Southern Ridge was further eaten into to establish JNU.
20 days since soldiers’ death in Galwan, ‘patriot’ Ajay Devgn decides it’s movie material
India’s stand against Chinese aggression is at best foggy, with military talks still underway. But actor-producer Ajay Devgn couldn't wait lest Akshay Kumar claimed the subject.
India can’t replace China at manufacturing, not without paying more: Economics commentator Martin Wolf
In conversation with ThePrint's Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta, Chief Economics Commentator at The Financial Times, Martin Wolf discussed India's fiscal deficit, banking sector and its potential in the global market.
Defence
Army slams ‘malicious’ claims on Leh hospital visited by PM, says troops get best treatment
Army said troops injured at Galwan are being treated in a repurposed hall that is part of the hospital complex as some wards have been made isolation facilities.
It’s time for China, Pakistan, even India to rethink the fantasy Modi called expansionism
India, China and Pakistan all want territory from another. But it’s a pursuit doomed to fail as they can’t get it without annihilating the other.