कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर : कोयले से बिजली, बिजली से राखड़ और राखड से तबाही

पिछले महीने, 16 जुलाई 2022 को सुबह हुई दुघर्टना में, 1974 में शुरू हुए (47 वर्षीय) महाराष्ट्र के नागपुर स्थित ‘कोराड़ी थर्मल पावर स्टेशन’ के राख-तालाब का एक हिस्सा टूट गया और उसमें जमा हुआ पानी और राख गावों में, नदी-नहर, पीने के पानी के...

Read more July 25, 2022 at 11:20 am Deepmala Patel

A NITI Aayog-Commissioned Report Unveils the Hypocrisy of Modi Govt’s ‘Climate Concerns’

The report seems to only focus on guilt tripping the judiciary by mechanistically enumerating immediate economic losses owing to the stalling and closures effected by rulings. It is symptomatic of the urge of the...

Read more July 14, 2022 at 3:54 pm Anirban Bhattacharya

[Webinar] What does India need to meet its 2030 renewable energy targets?

As our understanding about the clean energy sector grows, it becomes clear that unlike in the fossil-fuel-based energy projects, in the renewable energy sector, there is a better synergy between policymakers and the industry....

Read more July 14, 2022 at 12:12 pm Mongabay

Banks must adopt ESS safeguards in lending

As we observed environment day during one of the hottest Indian summers, the near absence of climate change as a civic discourse is alarming. At a time when the world finds itself in the...

Read more June 7, 2022 at 5:22 pm Priya Dharshini

Despite Increased Spending, Health Outcomes Remain Poor in Backward States

The 15th Finance Commission maintained states’ higher share of central taxes while recommending an overall increase in government health spending to prepare better for the next pandemic, but the increase is inadequate considering low...

Read more May 25, 2022 at 12:26 pm Prachi Salve

The Hidden Environmental Costs of India’s Data Centre Push

Data centres are giant industrial collections of servers that store and process data underlying the modern information economy. Most policies concerning the installation, use and maintenance of data centres ignore an important aspect: their...

Read more May 18, 2022 at 1:03 pm Gunjan Jena

Fishing Community That Took on World Bank Group Immunity Continues Quest for Justice

Landmark corporate accountability case resulted in critical reforms for the World Bank’s lending arm. Today, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a petition from a fishing community in India whose livelihoods have been destroyed by...

Supreme Court rejects World Bank coal case

The Supreme Court today turned down an appeal from a fishing community to review its lawsuit that seeks to hold an arm of the World Bank liable for environmental damage from a coal-fired power...

Reimagining Renewable Energy for this Earth Day

22nd April 2022 will be the 52nd year since the observation of Earth Day. A day that marked the birth of the modern environment movement across the West in the back drop of protests against war...

Read more April 21, 2022 at 11:30 am Bhargavi S. Rao

New Mineral Amendment Bill (2020)- Who Bears the Cost of Development?

The mining industry in India has constantly been in the spotlight for violations of many kinds, ranging from environmental degradation to labour violations and cases of child labour.

Read more April 20, 2022 at 4:39 pm Nikita Chatterjee

Political motive? NREGA’s payment move creating caste divide where ‘none existed’

The Modi government’s accounting jugglery and gaslighting are legendary. Yet, here is one more instance, which is a work-in-progress, and threatens to further damage the society and the economy. We are talking about the...

Read more April 5, 2022 at 4:28 pm Prasanna Mohanty

The hidden costs of waste incineration for women in a country like India

Gender mainstreaming (the process of assessing the implications for women and men of any planned action, including legislation, policies or programmes, in all areas and at all levels) became popular in several international institutions,...

Read more April 4, 2022 at 11:21 am Ashi Datta

தூய்மையாகும் சென்னை நகரில் தூய்மைப் பணியாளர் நிலை – ஸ்ருதி.எம்.டி.

சென்னை பெருநகர மாநகராட்சி நிர்வா கத்தில் திடக்கழிவு மேலாண்மைப் பணி, பெருமளவில் தனியார் நிறுவனங்க ளிடம் ஒப்படைக்கப்பட்டு ஓராண்டுக்கு மேலாகிறது. ஐரோப்பிய நாடான ஸ்பெயினைத் தலைமையிட மாகக் கொண்ட, உர்பேசர் நிறுவனம் மற்றும் இந்தி யாவை சேர்ந்த சுமீத் குழுமம் இணைந்து, உர்பேசர் சுமீத் என்ற பெயரில்,...

Read more April 2, 2022 at 1:25 pm Sruti M D

Modi’s welfare offers: Extreme poverty led people to condone govt failures during polls

One of the striking factors in the BJP’s electoral win in the recently concluded election in five states is the role welfarism played in overcoming anti-incumbency. Ground reports and political analysts have reported and...

Read more April 2, 2022 at 1:03 pm Prasanna Mohanty

Worshipping Ambani, Adani? Lower tax for the rich ‘means’ higher tax for the poor

The Indian tax system has been regressive for long with direct tax contributing less than indirect tax – contrary to what happens in developed economies. It is also known that tax incentives benefit corporates...

Read more March 14, 2022 at 7:19 pm Prasanna Mohanty

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