Sustainable Development

This Toy Car Is Powered Just By Water Evaporating

It doesn’t look like the most cutting-edge vehicle. A dinky toy car made out of what looks like Lego Technic creeps in slow jerks across a tabletop—and that’...

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How Can Countries Finance The Sustainable Development Goals?

Countries will start a new chapter in their development this year with the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Designed to replace the Millennium Development ...

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Indian Origin Stanford Professor Creates A Computer That Operates On Water Droplets

Manu Prakash, an assistant professor at Stanford University has built a computer that operates on water. It gains its energy from moving water droplets. The idea stuck Mr. Pra...

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Why The Climate Fight Needs Engineers

A newly launched professional development scheme for engineers was welcomed by industry professionals, who emphasised the fundamental role that engineering expertise will play...

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Companies Worth Trillions Tell RSPO To Improve Standards

Institutional investors managing trillions of dollars, along with some of the world’s largest consumer goods companies, have called on the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm...

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A Sustainable City Needs Sustainable Finance

A new report by WWF reveals that banks in Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia perform poorly when it comes to ESG standards. It may come as a surprise to many that Singapore ban...

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Himachal Villages Claim Community Forest Rights For The First Time

More than 100 villages in Himachal Pradesh have filed their community forest rights claims for the first time since Forest Rights Act (FRA) of 2006 came into being. This happe...

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Now, Getting Appointment With a Govt Officer Is Just A Click Away!

It’s quite pleasing to see the rate at which various Government services and functions are coming online. In yet another online initiative, Government has launched a por...

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Govt to Digitize National Health Schemes; Proposal Mooted For Creating Apps & Interactive Websites

A vision of Digital India is incomplete if our citizens are not able to lead a healthy life. Leveraging the power of Internet and Mobile, Government of India has proposed a ma...

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Countries Pitch In For Early Warning Systems And Accurate Weather Projections

Taking into account the rising frequency of extreme weather events across the world and subsequent damages, the Subsidiary Body of Scientific and Technological Advice (SBSTA) ...

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TWO POWERFUL THEATRE REFLECTIONS

Sohaila Kapur reflects on two compelling theatre experiences — the experimental st...

May 13 2026

THE STING BEHIND BOLLYWOOD PAPARAZZI

Khalid Mohamed, without being judgmental, reports on the love-hate relationship of the c...

May 12 2026

MAHOGATHA REVIVES MAHASHWETA DEVI’S LEGACY

Prof Dr Avinash Kolhe reviews Mahogatha, a powerful Marathi theatrical adaptation of thr...

May 11 2026