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India Needs To Take The Lead On Climate Change Action, Says US Ambassador Richard Verma

India needs to take the lead in spearheading the cause of climate change even as the US will help it realise a low carbon and clean energy future, US ambassador to India Ri...

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Sustainable Development

#dnaEdit: Tough Choices For Sustainable Development In India

The National Green Tribunal’s ban on diesel cars older than 10 years in Delhi and the launch of the national air quality index, signal a new urgency as well as the im...

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Sustainable Development

Health sustainable development goal must tackle inequity head on to succeed

Last month’s intergovernmental negotiations in New York put the spotlight back on the proposed sustainable development goals (SDGs) and how to measure their impact.It...

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Thought Factory

TRADITION - BOON OR BANE

Tradition is a word that almost all Indians have grown up hearing. "India is a land of tradition", "our traditions date back to the earliest forms of civilisation", are jus...

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Environment

India To Measure Air Quality In World's Most Polluted Capital

The government today launched a new air quality index on, under intense pressure to act after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared New Delhi the world's most pollut...

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Sustainable Development

Delhi’s Waste-To-Energy Plants ‘Toxic, Costly, Inefficient’

Waste-to-energy incineration plants may not help Delhi deal with its massive trash problem. They may instead end up adding to its air pollution and cost the government a su...

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Environment

Jammu and Kashmir flood: Two Houses Sink, 16 Feared Trapped; 100 NDRF Personnel Rushed To Valley

People in Jammu and Kashmir were advised to move to safety on Monday morning after the state government declared flood following incessant rainfall. The meteorological depa...

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Soon Consumers Will Be Regulators…

A few years ago, global consumer goods giant Unilever found itself in a sticky situation. A new advertisement for its margarine Flora, had sparked a huge row. The ad showed...

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Thought Factory

WHEN THEATRE MARRIES CINEMA

As I sat watching a CinePlay screening of the play sometimes, in a preview theatre, I was tad perplexed. Am I watching a play or am I watching a movie? Some months back, I ...

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Thought Factory

Negotiating Identity In The Changing Times

“The real world is simply too terrible to admit. It tells man that he is a small trembling animal who will someday decay and die. Culture changes all of this, mak...

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