The extreme rains and devastation in uttarakhand are possibly India's worst climate change disaster. It not only calls into question the entire ‘development' model that India is pursuing as man-made hydro-electric power projects have compounded the disaster along with irregular construction. Needless to say that the beneficiaries from the power projects have gotten away scot free while the most marginalized communities who faced the consequences of dams and other 'development'...

हिमालय की गोद में बसे राज्य उत्तराखंड में आई मौजूदा तबाही और इससे पहले लू के थपेड़ों से सैकड़ों जिन्दगियों के नुकसान के बीच 19 जून को विश्वबैंक द्वारा जारी एक नए आकलन में चेतावनी दी गई है कि अगले 20-30 सालों में दक्षिण एशिया के कई हिस्सों में जलवायु परविर्तन से मुश्किल हालात पैदा होंगे। आकलन में कहा गया है कि तापमान में बढ़ोत्तरी के साथ मौसम की विकरालता बढ़ते जाएगी। विश्व भर के पच्चीस चुनिन्दा...

Diehard devotees may not believe this. But it's true that the water of the holiest among holy rivers -- the Ganga -- fails to meet the drinking and bathing standards after it leaves Garhmukteshwar and is most polluted in Kanpur. The national river meets all three standard parameters -- Bio-Oxygen Demand (BOD), Dissolved Oxygen and total coliform -- only at Rishikesh. For a river water to be fit for bathing...

Union minister of state for rural development Agatha Sangma on Tuesday said the Centre would shortly bring women reservation Bill in the parliament. A consensus is being emerged for the early passage of the women reservation Bill and shortly it would be brought in the parliament, Sangma told reporters here after attending a meeting of women from rural areas of Jammu and Kashmir, uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh. The meeting ‘Himalayan Women: Political,...

SC lays down eight rules to streamline the PIL movement and wants the courts to follow them What the development of public interest litigation (PIL) and right to information has done to the justice delivery system can be compared, with a little exaggeration, to the growth of mobile telephony and Internet in communications. The only fear is that they may act like unruly horses at times. Public interest petitions have been filed...