Environmental Impact Assessment rules in India were already geared towards damage management, not sustainable development

Months later, residents of Baghjan village suffer headaches, nausea and anxiety with no idea of long-term health impacts or whether they will get proper compensation

In parts of northern India, including Delhi, life expectancy shrivels by over nine years from breathing filthy air, a situation that can be reversed only through drastic policy changes and action

Due to a clogged, ineffective drainage system, even a short shower brings great misery to residents; experts say solutions can come from improved urban planning

Nearby residents evacuated but falling ill; well in the middle of globally vital habitats

With fossil fuel imports almost outstripping revenue from hydropower exports, the government needs to find alternative sources for cooking and cars

As Asia’s two big powers assume a more pro-active stance in the Arctic, their participation holds both opportunities and challenges for the sustainable development of the Arctic and the world’s oceans

Authorities promise to restore and preserve wetland

The new policy is ambitious, but will need lots of money, and there are worries about entrenched lobbyists

As politics took centrestage, Srinagar’s Dal Lake suffered, but is this a blip or a feature of the political changes that have happened in Kashmir, asks Auqib Javeed