'Joshimath can't be saved. It's too late'

'The entire public needs to be evacuated immediately. Any day, the entire town can collapse.' IMAGE: A building damaged due to land subsidence in Joshimath, January 10, 2023. Photograph: Ayush......

'Only time will tell if we can save Joshimath'

'All hydropower projects in the Himalayan region must be stopped.''Joshimath is not alone.' IMAGE: A red cross is marked on an unsafe building by the government due to the gradual 'sinking' of......

Joshimath land subsidence mainly due to NTPC's hydel project: Experts

Land subsidence in Joshimath is primarily due to the National Thermal Power Corporation's Tapovan Vishnugad Hydro Power Project and is a very grave reminder that people are messing up with the......

Climate Change: India Must Walk The Talk

India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade.Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover!It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero......

PEs sharpen focus on green energy

Last month, the Muthoot Pappachan Group (MPG), a leading non-banking finance company, decided to invest heavily in wind energy, to create 50 Mw generation capacity.This is part of its plan to......

Reliance is ready for a big surge: Mukesh

"It took three decades for Reliance to create an enterprise value of over $80 billion - that is, over Rs. 370,000 crore. However, I feel hopeful and confident that Reliance can accomplish value......

How Jairam Ramesh has made a difference

Jairam Ramesh is truly India's first independent thinking environment minister and it is also probably for the first time that an environmentalist has become a minister, says Magsaysay winner......

Govt lines up hydro projects worth Rs 84k cr

The government has firmed up an investment of over Rs 840 billion (Rs 84,000 crore) for setting up hydel projects in the north-eastern region of the country by 2020, which will produce 14,000 MW of......