GENRE: In Focus

A former BJP MLA from one of the towns expects the elected bodies to ensure better execution of works and funds utilisation. People are not very hopeful, though.

Getting authorities to hear citizen voices is difficult, time-consuming and hard work. But if citizens understand the rules and laws, it may not be impossible.

Emergency use approval of Russia’s Sputnik V can help increase much-needed vaccine coverage in the country, but more is needed to beat the raging second wave.

The spike is because simple rules of COVID-appropriate behaviour are being ignored: wearing a mask, washing your hands, maintaining distance, avoiding crowds. And vaccine hesitancy.

Wetlands created by Raja Bhoj 1000 years ago face extinction today, thanks to the new Bhopal Development Plan. The plan threatens, among other things, increased tiger presence in some eco-sensitive areas.

It was clear from the word go that this lapsed Ordinance was meant primarily to prevent the Supreme Court from appointing the Justice Madan B Lokur commission to prevent stubble burning.

The heavy tourist influx during peak summers and weekends negates any and all traffic mobility plans the city administration draws up. Will the new SITRAM be any different?

Waste decomposition and manure formation need special attention and dedicated technology. The government has to step in and support the market while also creating a demand for the manure.

At our online roundtable on climate crisis in tier 2 cities, we asked participants to share that one call to action that they would give out to various stakeholders.

On February 10th, we organised an online round-table discussion on ‘Climate Crisis and Environmental Sustainability: Lessons for Tier 2 cities’. A summary of some key observations.

The question on everyone’s mind is, do we really need a vaccine when cases are declining sharply? The answer, health practitioners say, is an emphatic yes. Here’s why

Online teaching, physical coordination with students lacking digital access, frontline COVID duty — they have done everything expected of them. Yet their pleas fall on deaf ears everywhere.