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  • India in the firing line of antimicrobial resistance

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    Financial Express

    India in the firing line of antimicrobial resistance

    World Antibiotic Awareness Week (WAAW) was observed across the globe during November 12-18 2018. It is an annual event that aims to increase awareness among doctors, veterinarians, pharmacists and other health workers so that they administer antibiotics with caution and only when needed.

  • Moving beyond coal for green power: How to create an alternative economy using DMF funds in coal min

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    Financial Express

    Moving beyond coal for green power - How to create an alternative economy using DMF

    The existing overcapacity, coupled with increasing non-competitiveness of coal power plants, means that the country doesn’t need to construct new coal power plants till 2027.

  • Rising air pollution: Lessons Delhi can learn from Chinese capital Beijing

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    Financial Express

    Rising air pollution - Lessons Delhi can learn from Chinese capital Beijing

    Delhi faces the same challenge as Beijing did—what we lack is political willingness and public anger to force the govt to take hard action.

  • Saving the earth from disastrous climate change needs a Plan B. Here is what that could be

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    Financial Express

    Saving the earth from disastrous climate change needs a Plan B. Here is what that could be

    The world cannot afford warming of 2°C. To have a fighting chance to avoid the worst impacts of climate change, the goal must be firmly fixed at 1.5°C

  • Pro-GM lobby is the biggest enemy of biotechnology – Here is why

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    Pro-GM lobby is the biggest enemy of biotechnology – Here is why

    The pro-gm lobby is pushing for a weak regulatory system for the quick introduction of GM foods in the market, hurting the growth of biotech in the long run.

  • Garbage management is about fighting corruption

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    Financial Express

    Garbage management - Is waste-to-energy plants a feasible option?

    There is too much money in waste (mis)management. Proper waste management will mean less money for the corrupt and the criminals

  • What’s next for flood-devastated Kerala?

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    Financial Express

    What’s next for flood-devastated Kerala?

    An estimated 25–30 trillion litres of water fell over the state, enough to cause floods even if Kerala’s ecosystem was in pristine condition

  • Why the credibility of FSSAI is key to promoting biotech in India

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    Financial Express

    Pro-GM lobby is the biggest enemy of biotechnology – Here is why

    The food standard regulator has so far not assessed the safety of even one GM food and neither does it have a set procedure to assess safety.

  • Failing the mining-affected – How poor planning and implementation are leading to misplaced investme

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    Financial Express

    Moving beyond coal for green power - How to create an alternative economy using DMF

    DMF funds are being diverted for urban projects that have nothing to do with the priorities of mining-affected areas and communities.

  • The unacceptable logic of the markets

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    Financial Express

    The unacceptable logic of the markets

    India is the fourth worst-affected country despite it contributing only 5% in causing climate change, while it is over 20% for the US and the EU.

  • What model does the Swachh Survekshan bat for?

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    Financial Express

    Swachh Survekshan disappoints again, sweeping waste under the carpet a myopic approach

    The Survekshan ranks cities that do their waste management in a highly decentralised fashion poorly, despite their sustainable waste-management systems.

  • It is time India too recognises its own Dust Bowl

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    Financial Express

    As Delhi and parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plains were getting engulfed in a thick cloud of dust last week, a question kept coming to my mind: Is there any similarity between the recent dust storms in India and the dust storms that hit the Great Plains of the United States [...]

One of India’s foremost environment and climate change experts Chandra Bhushan is the President & CEO of the International Forum for Environment, Sustainability and Technology (iFOREST).

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