-Newsclick.in In a recent paper published in the Bioscience journal, the scientists highlighted that the world will face grave dangers if immediate global actions are not taken to stop climate change. Let us no more turn a deaf ear to the disastrous possibilities of the unabated climate change due to human activities, let us immediately tackle climate change, let us script policy change, if the human race is to avoid the ‘untold...
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CCTV Of Jharkhand Judge's Murder Spurs Outrage, Raised In Supreme Court -A Vaidyanathan, Manish Kumar and Sukirti Dwivedi
-NDTV.com Jharkhand judge's death: Chief Justice NV Ramana said the Jharkhand High Court "has taken up the issue and the case is now on". Dhanbad, Jharkhand: The death of a judge in Jharkhand on Wednesday in what was initially believed to be a hit-and-run has taken a chilling turn with security footage of the incident leading to a murder investigation. As the killing generated shock and rage, Chief Justice of India NV...
More »Why flooding raises alarm over bearing of hydropower plants on the Himalayas -Jasleen Bhatti
-Down to Earth The need of the hour is to put halt large hydel-power projects in the Himalayas. Can small hydropower plants offer a sustainable solution? Hydropower is a renewable and non-polluting source of energy. India has an economically exploitable and viable hydropower potential, which is estimated to be about 84,000 megawatt at 60 per cent load factor. It has an installed capacity of 148,701 MW, according to the National Hydroelectric Power...
More »How Delhi Master Plan 2041 misses the bus in every aspect -Depinder Kapur
-Down to Earth The draft Delhi Master Plan 2041 in its current form, lacks substance, basic data and numbers worth of a Master Plan on a range of issues, from shelter and mobility to infrastructure The Delhi Master Plan 2041 is out for public feedback. The Plan has been prepared by the National Institute of Urban Affairs on behalf of the Delhi Development Authority. It took four years of preparation. It is...
More »Filling the gaps in gender studies -Kannalmozhi Kabilan
-The New Indian Express Gender experts discuss the need for awareness, advocacy and activism to be streamlined through an academic route CHENNAI: The recent slew of sexual harassment complaints from school students and alumni has made apparent a strange pattern the media tends to follow when it comes to matters of gender. Its particular penchant for calling on sexual harassment/abuse survivors to comment on the ‘developments’. For as the analogy goes, don’t...
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