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[Explainer] Understanding the science behind avian influenza

Femi E. Benny 25 Feb 2021

Lack of alternatives force women back to work in stone mines, which are health hazards

Mayank Aggarwal 1 Feb 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

Ignored and invisible: The burden of mining on women

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jan 2021

Coal industry gets a single-window clearance system but the affected people are ignored

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Jan 2021

Where is the DMF money meant for people living in mining areas going?

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jan 2021
Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa, India. Photo by Frederick Noronha/Wikimedia Commons.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2020

There is a path to prosperity for India’s coal-dependent towns, but it’s tough

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Nov 2020
Containers with microbial spray solution at an IARI facility. Photo by special arrangement.

[Commentary] A microbial spray could be the game changer against crop residue burning

Usha Rai 19 Nov 2020
Festive gift pack comprising exotic organic seeds, plants and organic tea - Picture Courtesy - Shweta Thakur Nanda

Green is the new gold this festive season

Shweta Thakur Nanda 11 Nov 2020

Rajasthan’s phosphate mines deprive villagers of land, livelihood, health

Kapil Kajal 28 Oct 2020

After early success, Kerala stumbles in containing the COVID-19 pandemic

K.A. Shaji 23 Oct 2020

Fly ash in India: A free movement of toxicity to Bangladesh

Namrata Acharya 23 Oct 2020

Multiple phases of mining in Ballari take a toll on its people and the environment

Tejas Dayananda Sagar 22 Oct 2020

Illegal mica mining continues unabated in Jharkhand, causing deaths and diseases

Saurav Roy 6 Oct 2020

The precarious journey of Goa’s mining-affected and dependent people

Supriya Vohra 23 Sep 2020

Kolar Gold fields: From fields of gold to a dust bowl

Kapil Kajal 21 Sep 2020

Closer watch on vulnerable tribal groups in the Andamans in the face of COVID-19

Sanjib Kumar Roy 18 Sep 2020

Will there be a sunrise for workers’ unions in India’s renewable sector?

Mayank Aggarwal 11 Sep 2020