Our natural environment includes all living and non living things like land, forests, minerals, water bodies, the atmosphere, etc. While some of these resources may be renewable others get depleted and ultimately exhausted with their continuous use.

Before this piece of writing gets discarded as the ranting of someone who is still in the colonial era, I would like to present my stance on the issue in a manner that is not very commonly reported in the mainstream media. Not much of

I woke up startled with a disbelieving look on my face. Is it possible? For a moment I had dreamt about a world, conscious about its natural reserves and keen on saving them, thus ensuring a blissful future not only for themselves but also for their progeny. That it was only a dream is what saddens me the most.

Health care is vital for our life, health and well being. But the wastes generated thus can be hazardous, toxic and even lethal because of their high potential for disease transmission. Hospital waste or Health Care waste should include any type of material generated in Health Care Establishments including aqueous

Ever since man first noticed the brilliance of the flickering yellow fiery flames, we have strived to illuminate our homes and bring light into our darkness filled worlds. Today, we are lighting more bulbs, powering more machines and guzzling

The manner in which the models of developed economies have evolved has been on the central foundations of exploitation of resources of the not so developed yet resource rich nations. However while this has resulted in the colonisers becoming rich, it has worsened the levels of deprivation whose direct consequence

When we were kids we were taught the importance of trees and why we should not to cut trees. Trees inhale carbon dioxide and exhale oxygen which in turn is used by us, the human beings, for the survival.

At a time when the entire world is experiencing an economic downturn and a changing geopolitical situation, another crisis seems to be looming large over the horizon. The question of Energy Security has been one that has received the attention of leaders and policy makers for a long time but surely none greater than now. Spiralling oil prices, and depleting fossil fuel...

Let us begin on a sarcastic note, in the words of George Carlin:“Oh Beautiful for smoggy skies, insecticide grain, for strip-mined mountain’s majesty above the asphalt plain.Dear Earth, man sheds his waste on thee,and hides the pines with

Climate Change (CC) is the most burning issue these days. The potential effect of CC is a key concern for the environmental science community and the government of any nation. The degrees at which human conditions and the natural environment are vulnerable to the impacts of CC, have become primary issues worldwide. Over the past several years, scientists, policy makers...

The four ritus in Indian epics have its set timings. In the olden days, our Rishi-Muni had the duty to make people aware about the seasonal changes. The rituals, especially through the ‘Yagnas’, were considered to have a great impact on the micro-climatic conditions. Every Indian knows the story of the sinking of Dwarika in ‘Dwaparyug’.

Governments world over are fast and realizing that energy security is one of the most pressing concerns of our time. With consumption rates (individual as well as industrial) increasing globally, and with a booming economy and manufacturing sector, India realizes this need even more.

During times of spiraling oil prices and rising concerns on global climate change, two documents have hit the desk. These are Energy Conservation Building Code (ECBC) and National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC).

The original green revolution of the 1960s was supposed to save 58 million hectares land. Today, 120 million of the 142 million cultivable hectare land, over twice the magnitude that the green revolution attempted to save in 60s, is degraded. In the state of Punjab, 84 out of the 138 developmental blocks are recorded as having 98 per cent ground water misuse. The critical...

This is the century of the economic boom. India itself has seen a growth rate of 9 per cent in the previous fiscal. There is a hurry to reap as many benefits in as little time as possible. We want our production capacity to escalate and our profits to skyrocket in the industrial sector, infrastructural sector, manufacturing sector, etc.

Delhi, the focus of the socio-economic and political life of India, a symbol of ancient values and aspirations and capital of the largest democracy, is assuming increasing eminence among the great cities of the world. Growing at an unprecedented pace, the city needs to be able to integrate its elegant past as well as the modern developments into an organic whole, which...

Inclusive growth by its very definition implies an equitable allocation of resources with benefits accruing to every section of society. Utopia on the other hand is that ideal state which we all strive towards. As a race still in the process of developing itself, it would perhaps be very premature to let go of the dream of inclusive growth. Society by its very definition...

Analyzing some aspects of the Rural-Urban Divide:70% of India’s population lives in Villages, but the rural occupation of agriculture contributes to only 16% of India’s economy!‘The Leech Factor.’ That is what the phenomenon of unbalanced area development in India is called among economists and financial analysts. Since our nation’s independence, the government...