Not only does manual scavenging goes on, sewer workers get no safety gear. At least 45 of them die every year in Delhi as others suffer ailments doing the dehumanizing job, says Prathiba Raju
 

There is a silent emergency prevailing in India today. The State that accuses us of waging war against it is indeed waging a war against its own people, writes S P Udayakumar from Kudankulam

Bio toilets that use bacteria for safe disposal of human excreta, which was developed by the DRDO for soldiers posted in high altitudes, will now be introduced in Indian villages

It has now come to light that the Russian made reactor pressure vessel fitted at the Kudankulam nuclear plant is an obsolete, unsafe model with welds in the core region, says Sam Rajappa

More and more people are now going for environment-friendly interiors as there is a growing awareness on depleting natural resources and global warming. Azera Parveen Rahman tracks the trend  

Do not be dependent on rice and wheat for your staple diet but switch to millets to address food security and climate change, says      P V Satheesh, who has a scary forecast for the agri sector

In a major move aimed at cracking down on the cement cartel that holds the construction industry to ransom, penalties amounting to over Rs.6000 crore have been slapped on 11 cement companies

Why have the suggestions for re-distributing authority within J&K raised hackles, when the Indian nation-state has seen so many redrawing of lines to resolve conflicts, asks Swarna Rajagopalan

Group of Ministers clears a German company’s proposal to dispose of the toxic waste from the Union Carbide plant in Bhopal, but activists want Dow Chemicals to foot the bill, says Moyna

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa joins other State leaders in demanding removal of R K Laxman’s controversial cartoon defaming Dravidian movement from class 12 NCERT textbook

TNA Member of Parliament, Sivagnanam Shritharan is an emerging voice of Tamils in Sri Lanka. In an exclusive interview to Paul Newman, he sets the record straight on TNA’s stand on Eelam

A loud blast followed by a gush of water that rose to the height of a lamp post in the middle of a river, 44 km from Kudankulam nuclear plant, raises fresh questions over the plant’s safety

In a rare show of unity, environmentalists, academics, and journalists join hands under the banner of the ‘Movement for Green Buildings’ for the cause of a Green Earth

The crowds that gathered at Mannar on May 27 to protest the Sri Lankan government accusing Bishop Rayappu Joseph of inciting Tamils against Muslims was a sign of a battered people waking up
 

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa has said that the Tamil Nadu Police would be sent to protect the Mullaiperiyar Dam if the Kerala government did not allow the closure of holes drilled in the dam