Exploring the Various Dimensions of Rural Energy and Development
Development is the expansion of people’s capabilities (Sen, 1999). Sen highlights in his book “Development as Freedom,1999” that development is not measured in terms of the economic growth of a country but instead measured in terms of the increase in the capabilities...
IIT Scholar Invents Eco-Friendly Paper Battery Using Sewage Water
An Indian research scholar and scientist has developed a disposable as well as a flexible battery made from paper that can be used to generate power from the bacteria that is present in sewage water. IIT Kharagpur research scholar Ramya Veerubhotla’s battery has been...
Water crisis won’t constrain development of China: Opinion
Recent analysis suggests that China’s economic security is imperilled by water shortages and that a crisis is looming. Indeed, a water crisis often seems to lurk just around the corner, particularly for Beijing. There are certainly serious issues of water supply and...
Three leopard cubs reunited with mother at Tea Estate, Tinsukia, Assam
Three leopard cubs which were found by tea garden workers have been safely reunited with their mother. This was done by isolating the area and providing the mother undisturbed access at Rangagora Tea Estate, Tinsukia. This is a truly heart-warming story of the lost...
How Indore Became India’s Cleanest City: Sustainable Development
The Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has declared Indore as the cleanest city among the 4203 urban local bodies (ULBs) in India during the Swachh Survekshan 2018, which was done earlier in 2018. This will be the second time in a row that the city of Indore, which...
World’s 1st solar eToilet creates power & fertilizer from waste in India
The world’s first electronic solar public eToilet has been put up in Thiruvananthapuram, in Kerala. It generates power as well as fertilizer from the waste. The toilets have been set up in Pulluvila, a village in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala....
Indore, Bhopal, Chandigarh Ranked Cleanest Cities of India
Indore together with Bhopal has been ranked as the top two cleanest cities for the second year running. Chandigarh has been positioned as the third cleanest city in the country. The first two have retained their positions in the listing. The results were thrown up by...
Solar street lights installed in Meghalaya, India, to fight climate change
As India seeks to go for green and renewable energy, including solar energy, different parts of the country are taking initiatives to go green. The latest example is that of 16 KW solar street lighting project, at Garobadha, in South West Garo Hills. The Solar street...
10 Best Ways To Clean The Air and Environment: Breathe Fresh Air
You experience breathing problems. At first sporadically. Then, regularly. One day the pain is unbearable. You are admitted in a hospital where you are given oxygen. You are then able to breathe comfortably. Would you consider this the new normal and move around with...
India’s air pollution plan (NCAP) is a disappointment: Joydeep Gupta
Over the past few years, reporting on India’s air pollution crisis dominated the news. The state of capital city Delhi and health costs of living in it has been declared a ‘national crisis.’ Not only that, scientists report the air pollution is now set to affect...
Increasing heatwave frequency & GHG emissions a threat to India: Study
The increasing frequency of heatwaves (1) is a threat to a country like India due to high population, large number of people below poverty line and increased dependence on agriculture. Rising greenhouse gas emissions are responsible for warming of the atmosphere....
Woman social entrepreneur invents waste management tool: TrashCon
India faces a chronic problem of waste management since a long time. With urbanization, the problem of waste management is getting worse. It is creating pollution and harming the environment. India produces 42 million tons of waste every day, most of it is...