Sustainable development economics

TWO schools of thought tend to dominate today’s economic debates. According to free-market economists, governments should cut taxes, reduce regulations, reform labour...

NRI billionaire Manoj Bhargava pledges Rs 500 crore for Uttarakhand development

A charitable organisation founded by billionaire NRI entrepreneur Manoj Bhargava has pledged Rs 500 crore to fund development activities in Uttarakhand.

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Stimulating Innovation to Create More Sustainable Cities

It won’t be long before the world’s population reaches nine billion and by 2050, 70 percent of the world’s population will live in cities. All around the ...

Country loses huge chunk of forest to infrastructure projects

India lost a chunk of its forest wealth in the first six months of 2014 as regional offices and State Advisory Groups (SAGs) of the Environment Ministry approved 50 of the ...

Four priority areas of India-US clean energy collaboration

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s successful visit to the US, both sides have identified four key areas to enhance energy collaboration and sustainable develop...

Coastal cities need to plan for climate change

Coastal cities in India need to plan and implement climate risk management strategies as an integral part of city development, experts said Friday. They were participating ...

Rohit Sharma takes part in cleanliness campaign

India opener Rohit Sharma yesterday kick started the ‘Swachch Bharat Abhiyan’ in the state-run Indian Oil by cleaning the place with a broom along with top comp...

India may miss U.N. Millennium Development Goal for maternal mortality rate

India, which accounts for the largest number of maternal deaths in the world, is unlikely to achieve the fifth Millennium Development Goal of reducing maternal mortality to...

Flood and devastation sweep Assam, Meghalaya

Cloudburst, landslides kill 27 and damage infrastructure, property and crops in Garo Hills and West Khasi Hills Assam?s capital, Guwahati city, which received heavy rains o...