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The human price of climate change

 What are the most worrisome aspects of climate change for India?Can they be solved?Environment crusader Sunita Narain believes it is possible.A must read excerpt from her latest book, Conflicts Of......

Delhi, the No-No capital

 Delhi is a year-round health hazard that visitors shun like the plague, says Sunil Sethi. IMAGE: India Gate, obscured by Delhi's smog. Photograph: Manvender Vashist/PTI Photo   A frequent......

Time has come to correct what's wrong in meat production market

 We need to clarify the rules for legal slaughterhouses and make sure that these can be enforced, notes Sunita Narain. When I wrote about vegetarianism, or, more precisely, why I as an Indian......

The truth about Swachh Bharat

 Building toilets, however essential, must not be confused with sanitation. Or the crying need for a revamp of India's sewage systems, says environmentalist and political activist Sunita Narain.......

Why I would not support a ban on meat

 Banning meat is cruel demonetisation. It is stealing from the poor, nothing less, writes Sunita Narain. Recently at the release of our book First Food: Culture of Taste, which discusses the link......

Paying farmers for not burning stubble is wrong

 To justify that farmers must burn if they are not paid cash incentive is doing injustice to them and to the lungs of the children of the country, notes Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A farmer burns the......

Why vegetarianism is not all that great an idea for India

 Indian farmers practise an agro-silvo-pastoral system and that livestock is a crucial part of their economy. Taking away the meat would demonetise their assets. It would kill their income, says......

It's high time to revamp India's inefficient power plants

 Companies need to voluntarily share data. It was India's largest power generator, NTPC, that refused public scrutiny, notes Sunita Narain. Coal is an environmentalist's bugbear. The use of coal to......

PM re-constitutes climate panel; CSE's Narain, Ratan Tata out

 Prime Minister Narendra Modi re-constituted a high-level climate panel and dropped well-known environmentalist Sunita Narain and top industry leader Ratan Tata from the council. TERI chairperson R......

2010: High profile projects hit the green hurdle

The year 2010 was a loud year for the environment. High profile projects -from Vedanta to Posco and Navi Mumbai airport and now Lavasa - hit the headlines for non-compliance with environmental......

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