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Study finds high mercury content in CFL bulbs
By d-sector Team | 29 Sep 2011
More than permissible presence of mercury in most brands of India made CFL bulbs has raised concerns about its impact on environment and health. |
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UNCTAD finds fault with recovery measures
By Ashok B Sharma | 08 Sep 2011
Instead of regulating the financial system, developed economies are trying to woo the very speculators who created the problem, says a report by the UN agency. |
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BNHS launches revised Field Guide of Salim Ali
By Atul Sathe | 01 Aug 2011
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Land of Goddesses remain dangerous for women
By Ragini Shankar Sinha | 20 Jun 2011
Despite significant economic growth and education among women, globally gender experts view India as a risky place for women to live. And, many Indian women agree to this perception. |
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Get that green byline
By Ashirbad S Raha | 04 Jun 2011
Ashirbad S Raha spends a day with experts and journalist in a workshop to discover that it is time now for issues related to environment to make it to the headlines. And it's not because Climate Change is the buzz word these days but also because of the intrinsic linkages that environmental issues have with our everyday activities starting from the water we drink, clothes we wear to the air we breathe. |
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Initiative to save Asia's vultures
By Atul Sathe | 20 Feb 2011
Two prominent conservation groups join hands to save vultures of Asia. |
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Information in the hinterlands
By Ashirbad S Raha | 02 Feb 2011
Committed and collective efforts at the grassroots have kept the villagers informed of the issues which matter the most to them. Such initiatives are trying to fill the gaps created by the metro-obsessed mainstream media. |
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Caught in nowhere zone
By Ragini Shankar Sinha | 07 Jan 2011
As fundamentalism spreads in Pakistan and minorities come under frequent attacks and face discrimination, thousands of Hindus have arrived in India to live under security and peace. But for the Indian government, they remain unwanted guests from an enemy country. |
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No bed for poor
By Ragini Shankar Sinha | 21 Dec 2010
Despite Delhi High Court ruling and government directives, Delhi's private hospitals do not reserve 10 percent beds for poor patients. |
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Women don't feel safe in Delhi
By Ragini Shankar Sinha | 16 Dec 2010
The national capital is fast becoming the crime capital but the local government led by a woman remains indifferent and ineffective. |
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Distressed farmers want to be heard
By d-sector Team | 12 Dec 2010
At the conclusion of Kisan Swaraj Yatra, farmers travelled far and wide to reach Rajghat to share their concerns and pains. |
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India comes together for farmers
By Rachna Arora Verma | 09 Dec 2010
Kisan Swaraj Yatra, after 71-day long bus tour would be reaching its last stop at Rajghat (Delhi) on December 11, 2010. The Yatra, as the travelling farmers and activists found, received enthusiastic response from people all over the country. One of them shares her experiences as the Yatra concludes. |
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Cancun summit fails to mobilise activists
By Soumya Dutta | 09 Dec 2010
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National awakening on farm crisis
By Rachna Arora Verma | 26 Nov 2010
Kisan Swaraj Yatra, a nationwide mobilization effort to draw attention to the widening agricultural crisis and to campaign for the need for a sustainable agriculture model, began from Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram on October 2 and will culminate at Rajghat on December 11, 2010. After accompanying the Yatra for weeks, a participant shares her experiences. |
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Smoke or chew, tobacco will kill!
By Ashok B Sharma | 21 Oct 2010
The GATS-India report is a wakeup call to the policymakers and the government that its anti-tobacco measures are not enough to contain the menace. |
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Risk of identity theft major concern about UID
By d-sector Team | 06 Oct 2010
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Corporal punishment is still prevalent
By d-sector Team | 06 Oct 2010
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Access and empowerment key to development - Sethi
By d-sector Team | New Delhi | 21 Sep 2010
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Playing games with the poor
By Gaurav Sharma | 16 Jul 2010
Delhi's makeover for the Commonwealth Games 2010 has brought unending suffering and misery for thousands of poor living in the city as hundreds of slums accommodating them are being demolished for the city beautification drive. |
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NGOs charge Delhi Govt of diverting welfare funds for CWG
By d-sector Team | 04 Jul 2010
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