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Health

Health insurance companies ignore laws, refuse to reimburse mental illness treatment costs

July 27, 2022 Geeta Lal Sahai

The IRDA issued circulars in 2018 and 2020 to include mental illness under insurance coverage. But insurance companies have failed to comply.

The omicron variant
Society

Editorial: Have we learnt any lessons from 2021?

December 31, 2021 T R Gopalakrishnan

A selection of our most important stories published over the 12 months just passing us by, and the lessons they hold for the future.

Delhi construction ban hits workers
Environment

Can the ban on construction really improve Delhi’s air quality?

December 9, 2021 Sri Krishna

The Delhi government has issued fresh guidelines to check pollution caused by dust from these sites. Is the ban on construction still needed?

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Waste Management

Opinion: Five areas Swachh Bharat 2.0 must focus on to overcome our real waste challenges

October 26, 2021 Tikender Panwar and Aravind Unni

Swachh Bharat 2.0 should aim for a decentralised model that looks at zero-waste cities with mandatory inclusion of all waste workers.

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Infrastructure

Explainer: National security concerns dominate Draft Drone Rules 2021

July 30, 2021 Utkarsha Srivastava

Drones have tremendous potential for important applications in areas like mapping, agriculture, logistics, healthcare and others. Here’s what the Draft Drone Rules 2021 say about their use.

Economy

Why Smart City projects may not be enough to hold back Jalandhar’s youth

September 5, 2019 Ayona Datta

For the older generation, many of them tradesmen, smart city is about a lot more than “chowk redevelopment.” For the youth, ‘Jalandhar ka kuch nahi ho sakta’ appears to be the dominant sentiment. The smart citizen they say is one who is successful in his efforts to emigrate.

Water Supply

Can individual water metering help Indian cities avoid Doomsday?

August 29, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

Is there any scarce resource that we can enjoy for free or for a fixed sum, irrespective of the amounts we consume or use? If that’s not true for anything, why should it be so for water? As Indian cities stand perilously close to running dry, a look at whether water metering can help the cause of conservation

Commute

Delhi, Mumbai or Bengaluru, our cities treat pedestrians as second class citizens

August 21, 2019 Dattatraya T Devare

In 2018, pedestrians comprised more than 50% fatalities on Mumbai streets; the numbers for Delhi and Bangalore stood at 44% and 40%. Our streets have turned into a battlefield between cars and citizens, and citizens almost always lose.

Environment

Trendy vacations, urban comforts, lavish weddings: What is killing our Himalayan region

August 19, 2019 Rishabh Shrivastava

Ask Shimla, Mussoorie, Leh or any other Himalayan town and they will relate the woes arising from unplanned urbanisation, irresponsible tourism and an unsustainable model of growth followed by the state. A ‘green bonus’ or a separate ministry may not be enough to reverse the damage being done.

Commute

Where cars are king and pedestrians their slaves

August 17, 2019 Dattatraya T Devare

Thanks to lack of political will and unfortunate US-style aspiration, we have arrived at a sad state of affairs as far as urban mobility is concerned. In this first of a four-part series, the author explains the latent inequality and hierarchy in our city streets.

Environment

How we manage land today holds the key to addressing climate change

August 9, 2019 Gunjan Jain

Land is a critical resource and under pressure from humans and climate change, but it could also be a part of the solution, says latest IPCC report.

Commute

Seven action items that could make India’s electric mobility vision a reality

June 28, 2019 Pawan Mulukutla

The push from the government for electrification of mobility in our cities has been unmistakable, and several cities/states have started deploying EVs in public transport services. But to scale up the adoption of EVs across the board, some more action is needed on these fronts.

Environment

Smoggy, but unfazed: Mumbai needs to take air pollution more seriously than it does

June 5, 2019 Apekshita Varshney

For many Mumbaikars, ‘air pollution’ is a Delhi or at most a North Indian problem. Yet, Mumbai air itself says otherwise on many a day. But are city authorities really aware and equipped to take the steps they need to?

Economy

State of RERA implementation: Are home buyers really safe?

May 3, 2019 Soumya Shekhar

The roll out of the Real Estate Regulation Act (RERA) has anyway been lacklustre; now, there are fears that it may be amended to make it more builder friendly, rather than home buyer friendly.

Civic

Smart City plans hit Aligarh’s small businesses

May 1, 2019 Meher Ali

Over a hundred shops belonging to small traders and even some homes have been demolished in Aligarh with little prior warning and no compensation, as smart city protocols were initiated in the ciity with zero or minimal planning.

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