First food: a taste of India’s biodiversity
This collection of around 100 recipes from different parts of the country brings to life the magic that takes place once biodiversity is combined with culinary dexterity.
Sunita Narain
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Measuring change through the young
Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the world with her protest against inaction on climate change Greta Thunberg is a 16-year-old Swedish school girl who is rocking the
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Food = Nutrition, nature and livelihoods
We need a model of agricultural growth that will value local good food production and not have to first "chemicalise" and then learn better Poorer countries have health problems because of lack of
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Global-Local and illegal
We have to change this cycle of destruction, where we shift our consumption to poorer regions where pollution does not matter. Livelihoods do Some weeks ago, I had discussed how “illegal” industrial
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Water's crisis is ours to change
Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will
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Movement for village republics
It is a movement which seeks better governance and community rights over natural resources - land, water, forests - for better management It’s eerily calm in this village, located some 40 km from Jharkhand’s
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PET Coke imports rose five fold as air pollution spiraled in last three years
Crop burning, dust pollution, vehicular pollution, thermal power generation, have all been around for donkeys years. They all cause air pollution but are marginal contributors . The game changer that has
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Corruption of science: Why are governments not banning Monsanto's Roundup?
There is one chemical that is igniting much fuss these days — legislators in New Zealand want it banned; South African leaders are asking why they are continuing to use it; closer to home in Sri Lanka
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Air pollution report card
Let's take stock of what we have done and what needs to be done for the right to clean air It’s that time of the year again. The winter is closing in. The cold will bring inversion and trap the pollutants
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Status and action to be taken Status and action to be taken under Graded Response Action Plan in Delhi NCR: EPCA Press Conference
As the festival of Diwali and winter season draw near, Delhi-NCR is gearing up to meet the severe air quality challenge that it faces every year around this time. A Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) has
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Why the environment matters
Globally, it is clear that climate change is happening and has made economies and people insecure Over two decades ago the Supreme Court directed the government to make the subject of the environment