Diwali firecrackers only from 7-10 pm in Mumbai: HC

Citizens have to choose between a disease-free environment and bursting firecrackers during Diwali, the Bombay high court observed on Monday while limiting fireworks between 7 pm and 10 pm for......

How researchers detected Joshimath sinking

The PSInSAR satellite technique used to observe the gradual sinking of Uttarakhand's Joshimath town is a powerful remote sensing tool capable of measuring and monitoring displacements in the......

Can more disasters happen in Uttarakhand?

'Above 2,000 metres the gradient of the Himalayas is very steep and if you build any infrastructure (roads, dams, hydro power projects) in these regions, it will not be able to sustain these events......

What The World Needs: A Fellowship of Minds

'They don't always agree with our governments, their teachers or their parents, but it is the conviction of their ideas, and their determination to share them with the world that, I believe, is one......

Indian-American named MacArthur Fellow

Indian-American environmental engineer Kartik Chandran, left, has been named a 2015 MacArthur Fellow and given a 'genius' grant of $625,000 for working on a novel solution to the world's need for......

Govt steps up drive to make office buildings green

In two years, Indira Paryavaran Bhawan, which comes under the ministry of environment and forests and being constructed over a 9,000-sq metre plot at Aliganj in Delhi, will be showcased as the......

50 ways to green your business

Imagine asking today how the Internet affects business. It's an absurd question, like asking how electricity changed business. Asking the same about sustainability, it turns out, is equally absurd.......

Modern India's most ambitious project

It is an extraordinary project that involves building a 64 km dam and turning a part of the Arabian Sea into a freshwater lake. It will take at least 20 years to build and if it ever gets off the......