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Centre introduces new law to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR

Faced with rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Centre has introduced a new law through an ordinance that puts in place a powerful oversight body and provides for up to five years of jail term......

Dom's Take: COVID-19 cases rise and rise

India on Thursday recorded a single day record spike of 75,760 infections -- the most in the world -- taking the country's total coronavirus caseload to 3,310,234. India's COVID-19 tally crossed......

COVID-19 is raging across the country

'Governments have neither any idea of the source of the infection, nor a grip on the disease.''Headline management will not work, not in this case,' observes Sunita Narain. IMAGE: A healthcare......

Every breath we take is poison

'And for the developing lungs of our children, this should not be tolerated. Not at all,' says Sunita Narain. We can't breathe in Delhi. It is a public health emergency as pollutants in the......

Delhi chokes with 'very poor' air quality again

The national capital's air quality slipped into the "very poor" category on Friday morning, and was expected to decline sharply over the weekend owing to changing weather and "significant" stubble......

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......

How best to tackle India's water crisis

The tragedy is not the inevitable drought or the inevitable flood. It is our inevitable lack of ability to push and get done what needs to be done, says Sunita Narain. By the time you read this,......

How NOT to celebrate Environment Day

Growing and harvesting trees for productive and economic uses are once again dead in the water, says Sunita Narain. On this World Environment Day, let’s understand how we are not going......

Why the fuss over BS-IV vehicles is quite meaningless

The fact is that BS-IV vehicles, particularly diesel trucks, are much less polluting than BS-III ones, says Sunita Narain. Why this huge fuss? I am talking about the automobile......

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Environmental watchdog CSE provides FSSAI details of honey adulteration investigation

CSE Director General Sunita Narain emphasised that the investigations had revealed that the honey adulteration business was sophisticated and that... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/environmental-watchdog-cse-provides-fssai-details-of-honey-adulteration-investigation/articleshow/79568175.cms

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,... ...

http://www.rediff.com/money/column/sunita-narain-paying-farmers-for-not-burning-stubble-is-wrong/20201112.htm

Centre introduces new law to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR

Faced with rising air pollution in Delhi-NCR, the Centre has introduced a new law through an ordinance that puts in place a powerful oversight body... ...

http://www.rediff.com/news/report/now-new-law-to-tackle-air-pollution-in-delhi-ncr/20201029.htm

Sunita Narain, Centre for Science and Environment

"A lot of the bans that states have introduced are really simple to enforce. You could start by banning plastic cutlery — simple things like... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/covid-undoing-the-fight-against-single-use-plastic-sunita-narain-centre-for-science-and-environment/articleshow/78849130.cms

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Centre introduces new law to tackle air pollution in Delhi-NCR

Dom's Take: COVID-19 cases rise and rise

COVID-19 is raging across the country

Every breath we take is poison

Delhi chokes with 'very poor' air quality again

Paying farmers for not burning stubble is wrong

Why vegetarianism is not all that great an idea for India

How best to tackle India's water crisis

How NOT to celebrate Environment Day

Why the fuss over BS-IV vehicles is quite meaningless

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