Ministries battle over applicability of Forest Rights Act

Union ministries are engaged in an official tussle over the ambit and implementation of the Forest Rights Act. After the environment ministry (MoEF) issued a circular in Oc...

India’s smart cities need smart governments

Narendra Modi is a leader with an urban vision. As the chief minister of Gujarat, he transformed Ahmedabad with an award-winning sustainable bus transit system and a &lsquo...

Can Solar Thermal Desalination Make Sustainable Agriculture Possible?

The jury is still out on solar thermal, which is certainly efficient but has its critics because of its costs, both financial and ecological. The International Energy Assoc...

Oopsie! $1 Billion in UN Funds to Fight Climate Change Built Coal Power Plants Instead

About $1 billion in Japanese funding that Japan claimed was part of a UN initiative to help developing countries take action against climate change went, unnoticed, towards...

Food & water crisis ahead

India’s rising affluence and water profligacy could trigger a food crisis very soon At first blush, there is a lot to be cheerful about. India’s index of indust...

NFDC Film Bazaar 2014 closes, marks new beginnings

~Film Bazaar sessions and labs bridge the gap between global film industries ~
~ Some promising projects: ‘No Land’s Man’, ‘Proposition for a R...

NFDC’s Film Bazaar Day 2 cements film collaborations and contracts

~ New segments, Writers Lab WIP Lab, Producers Lab a huge hit ~

Goa, Saturday, November 2​2 2014: National Film Devel...

NFDC Film Bazaar Day 1: A Melting Pot of Film Cultures and Conversations

~ Day 1 brings new shades to the film bazaar with newer sections ~

~ International ...