Environment

Let?s talk about the weather

Diplomacy in the 21st century promises to take on a very different character and content from what has been practised in the past. Issues like energy security and climate chan...

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Cyclone Hudhud toll rises to 40 in Andhra Pradesh

The death toll in the severe cyclonic storm Hudhud which battered north coastal Andhra last Sunday climbed to 40, officials said Saturday. A week after the disaster, the autho...

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India to finally get a national air quality index

Proposed air quality index is an important step forward to achieve clean air standards and reduce public health risk, says CSE After a long wait, the Union ministry of environ...

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REUTERS SUMMIT-G20 host Australia stumbling block to global climate change action

Business and political leaders around the world, most notably in the powerhouses of the United States and China, are pressing for action to avert the potentially huge financia...

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Climate Change: How To Make The Big Polluters Really Pay

By dropping Shell, Lego shows new ways to target the astronomical profits of the fossil fuel industries When the call came in that the University of Glasgow had voted to dives...

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Addressing India's air quality, health and climate requires public action, study finds

Just weeks after New York City saw the largest climate march in history, new research shows that such public demand can have a direct impact on environmental improvements and ...

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Commonwealth Bank sued in bid to reveal carbon pollution it finances

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility launches proceedings after failing to force bank to put the issue up for shareholder vote A court case has been launched again...

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Showtime's Emmy-winning

Showtime's Emmy-winning series on climate change, "Years of Living Dangerously" is receiving another prestigious award this week. The series will receive the Environmental Med...

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Global Warming Driving Migration of Species in India

Rising temperatures are forcing a huge, untold number of species to move their homes northward or climb to higher altitudes, says an alarming study. Global warming and changin...

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US east coast cities face frequent flooding due to climate change

From Miami to Washington DC, towns and cities on America?s east coast could see triple the number of tidal floods by 2030 as sea levels rise, say researchers Dozens of America...

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ALTERNATIVE ENTERTAINMENT: THE FILMMAKER, THE ETERNAL SEEKER

As it completes a 50-day run, Shantanu Ray Chaudhuri looks at Srijit Mukherji’s Pa...

October 9 2024

THOUGHT FACTORY: LOVE LANGUAGES GUIDE TO MOHABBAT KI DUKAAN

Discover how to express and receive love through the five love languages, nurturing rela...

October 8 2024

FESTIVALS: THE CHANGING FACE OF DURGA PUJA

Religious Fest? Reality Show? Sponsored Program? A little of all these? Monojit Lahiri l...

October 6 2024