Indira KhuranaThe pandemic has laid bare the correlation between economic growth, environment and human conditions — avoiding which could come at great cost.In March 2021, the WHO established the Council on Economics of Health for All which will focus...
Water has immense significance which occupies 70% of the space on the planet. It is a necessary resource for life forms to survive in the planet. However, over the past two decades, water stress has been on the rise globally including India. In this context Center for Environment, Climate Change, and Sustainable Development (CECCSD), IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi, and India Water Portal organized a Distinguished Lecture titled How Does India Value Water? with Shri Rajendra Singh, Waterman of India, Chairman, Tarun Bharat Singh, Alwar.
The government would appear to be paralysed at the edge of the fiscal cliff, stricken by a fear of heights. Do not count on it to fund vaccine production. At this time there is a need for concerted effort, there is a need to increase vaccine production immediately and there needs to be an acceptance that the financial burden the Indian Government might not be able to fund entirely.
Arjun Kumar, Ritika Gupta, Anshula Mehta, Sunidhi Agarwal, Sakshi Sharda, Chhavi KapoorOn April 20, 2021 PM Narendra Modi addressed the nation about the rise of COVID-19 cases in the country for the second time. In his national address, he...
Tikender Singh PanwarInternational Mother Earth Day, April 22, 2021, marks the 51st internationalday to protect ‘planet earth’ from the grotesque challenges it faces; challenges for the survival of the planet, and also of the living species, including human beings....
Utpal K De, Simi MehtaThe project Model Gaon was conceived on the basis of Dr Heela Lal’s experience at the Banda district of Uttar Pradesh, where he was the district collector. In his brief time there, Dr Lal performed...
Simi Mehta, Amita BhaduriThe theme for World Water Day 2021 is valuing water and the talk focuses on the ways to value water by revising our water demands. It is time to think about the water consumption routine. We...
Only Impactful Solution to the Second WaveArun KumarThe Prime Minister, in his short recent address to the nation, used the imagery of a ‘toofan’ and admitted that India has been hit by a frightening surge of COVID-19 cases. There...
Arun KumarThe Union finance minister promised that the Union Budget for 2021-22 would be a ‘once in a century’ budget. What she has presented is far short of what she needed to if the current economic problems had to...
S Irudaya Rajan, Nelgyn TennysonThe Indian government imposed a nationwide 21-day lockdown on March 23, 2020, As a preventive measure against the COVID-19 pandemic. The nationwide lockdown continued until May 3, after which it was extended with conditional relaxations...
