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Indian firms are mining e-waste for battery minerals – but must pay more heed to waste collectors

Urban mining offers India a vast opportunity to shore up supplies of key minerals for its surging market for electric scooters, bikes and three-wheelers.

Cheena Kapoor
· Mar 16, 2025 · 09:00 am
India’s push to use sugar for fuel may create more problems than it solves

The second-largest sugar producer, India has started to turn its surplus into bioethanol as it strives to lower energy costs and meet climate pledges.

Cheena Kapoor
· Feb 13, 2023 · 01:30 pm
How deepening Covid-19 distress has left Indian women malnourished

With job losses and increased costs, women have been prioritising the food security of their families, often at the cost of their own health.

Cheena Kapoor
· Nov 10, 2022 · 11:30 am

In Sundarban villages battered by cyclones, girls are dropping out of schools

As climate change leaves families struggling to feed children, girls are being married off at a younger age.

Cheena Kapoor
· Oct 18, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Stalled monsoon and unusual winds are behind the floods in North East India and Bangladesh this year

A lack of easterly winds and other abnormal weather patterns have also meant low rainfall in north and central India.

Cheena Kapoor
· Jul 08, 2022 · 01:30 pm
Uttarakhand is caught in a vicious cycle of heatwaves and wildfires

This year’s forest fires, compounded by record-breaking heat, are leading to a spike in respiratory diseases among the state’s mountain communities.

Cheena Kapoor
· May 23, 2022 · 07:30 pm

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Indian firms are mining e-waste for battery minerals – but must pay more heed to waste collectors

Urban mining offers India a vast opportunity to shore up supplies of key minerals for its surging market for electric scooters, bikes and three-wheelers.

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India’s push to use sugar for fuel may create more problems than it solves

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Uttarakhand is caught in a vicious cycle of heatwaves and wildfires

This year’s forest fires, compounded by record-breaking heat, are leading to a spike in respiratory diseases among the state’s mountain communities.

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In summers, hospitals in Uttarakhand struggle to provide healthcare because of lack of water

As water shortages become more common in the Himalayan state, hospitals in some parts are unable to follow even basic hygiene practices.

Cheena Kapoor · Apr 23, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Photo feature: Struggle and hope in the tea gardens of the Dooars

What a students’ protest around a school bus on one West Bengal estate represents.

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