Two coal crises in less than a year. What is India doing wrong?

Instead of resorting to emergency action plans, the country needs to work on preventative strategies, say experts.

Manish Kumar

· May 18, 2022 · 07:30 pm

No need to own batteries: India considers a new policy to promote electric vehicles

At present, users have to either charge their vehicles at home or rely on public charging infrastructure, which is not widespread.

Manish Kumar

· May 07, 2022 · 01:30 pm

In Jharkhand’s Gumla district, solar mini-grids are fuelling women-led enterprises

Several women have started small-scale machine-based rural enterprises that run on solar energy.

Manish Kumar

· May 04, 2022 · 09:30 pm

Four decades on, a village in Jharkhand is still haunted by the ghost of asbestos mining

The authorities have failed to ensure scientific reclamation of the mine, leaving locals exposed, say experts.

Manish Kumar

· Apr 21, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Along India’s eastern shore, coastal erosion is forcing people to abandon their homes

While some living in vulnerable areas voluntarily moved as tidal waves hit their homes, others were resettled by the government.

Manish Kumar

· Feb 14, 2022 · 01:30 pm

Why the residents of Odisha’s first solar village switched to grid energy within three years

The system failed due to maintenance issues.

Manish Kumar

· Feb 13, 2022 · 07:30 pm

India’s clean energy startups are bringing new innovations to farms and rural households

Innovators are developing solutions for the drinking water crisis and other problems triggered by climate change.

Manish Kumar

· Jan 29, 2022 · 09:30 pm

In Odisha, a village protesting against a steel plant has isolated itself, fearing police action

Dhinkia is opposing the proposed JSW Utkal Steel Project, claiming it will threaten the livelihood of the people.

Manish Kumar

· Jan 08, 2022 · 01:30 pm

In Odisha, women farmers are growing climate-resilient crops while fighting inequality

Despite there being a large number of women cultivators in the state, their work is not recognised as farming and is often passed off as farm labour.

Manish Kumar

· Jan 05, 2022 · 01:30 pm

How a farmer from Odisha pioneered a viable and self-sustaining model of aquaculture

Padma Shri awardee Batakrushna Sahoo trains around 1,000 farmers every year.

Manish Kumar

· Dec 25, 2021 · 09:30 pm

In Bihar’s ‘first solar village’, the solar power station has become a makeshift cattle shed

The 100-kilowatt mini-grid launched by Nitish Kumar in Dharnai village was once believed to be a gamechanger for the state.

Manish Kumar

· Dec 18, 2021 · 01:30 pm

In Assam, a few remote villages are experimenting with floating solar plants to generate electricity

More standards and guidelines are needed to help in the smooth expansion of the sector, say experts.

Manish Kumar

· Dec 03, 2021 · 07:30 pm