Instead of making hollow claims, the Modi government should learn about sanitation from Bangladesh

Narendra Modi may declare that India is open defecation free, but toilet use has to be driven by community engagement.

Omair Ahmad

· Oct 04, 2019 · 01:30 pm

Why Indian researchers are studying the Arctic to predict monsoon patterns back home

An interview with Director of India’s National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, M Ravichandran, on India’s polar projects.

Omair Ahmad

· Nov 24, 2018 · 08:30 pm

Ranger, Ranger: A project documents those who protect India’s flora and fauna – often at great risk

Journalist Sonali Prasad talks to thethirdpole.net about what inspired her to profile the lives and challenges of India’s forest guards.

Omair Ahmad

· Aug 14, 2018 · 08:30 pm

The Uttarakhand High Court said animals have legal rights like humans – but who’s enforcing them?

The judgement might have brought the thinking about law on ecosystems forward, but there is no clarity on how such a law may apply.

Omair Ahmad

· Jul 28, 2018 · 01:30 pm

India is finally looking to develop its neglected waterways, but it needs to proceed with caution

Inland waterways may allow India to address its issues of poverty reduction and economic development, but local communities need to be part of the process.

Omair Ahmad

· Nov 01, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Uttarakhand’s case points to the challenges of giving a river the rights of a human

The state government has moved the Supreme Court arguing that some points in the order giving rights to the Ganga and Yamuna are ‘legally untenable’.

Omair Ahmad

· Jul 05, 2017 · 09:30 pm

Why water-based transport has not taken off in India, despite its many benefits

Practical and policy difficulties have led to limited growth of inland waterways in India over the past decade.

Omair Ahmad

· Jul 02, 2017 · 08:30 pm

Watch: Nepali and Indian villages are caught in a tussle over caterpillar fungus

The yarsagumba, which grows in the high Himalayas, is used in traditional medicine, especially as an aphrodisiac.

Omair Ahmad

· Jun 16, 2017 · 09:30 pm

A court naming Ganga and Yamuna as legal entities could invite a river of problems

The Uttarakhand High Court's March 20 ruling could create more conflict than it solves.

Omair Ahmad

· Apr 03, 2017 · 07:30 pm

An Indian scientist is studying the South Pole from the North Pole

Based out of Tromso, a city in the Arctic, Vikram Goel has been travelling to Antarctica to study the glaciers there.

Omair Ahmad

· Feb 22, 2017 · 11:30 pm

Interview: An Indian scientist’s research on glacial melt in the Arctic could hold lessons for India

Ankit Pramanik studies how meltwater from glaciers reaches the sea.

Omair Ahmad

· Feb 16, 2017 · 11:30 pm

India’s rapidly growing cities are eating into wetlands – at their own peril

The destruction of water bodies and wetlands in Bengaluru serves as a prime example.

Omair Ahmad

· Feb 15, 2017 · 11:30 pm