Hon. Shri Prakash Javdekar

Excerpts from address of Hon. Shri Prakash Javdekar, Minister of State (Independ…

Why are we so NEGATIVE?

Why is the media here so negative? Why are we in India so embarrassed to recogn…

Expert Roundtable

Selecting and Best Service Practices for Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Equi…

Kaas - In all its might or at the limit of its plight?

Kaas - A beautiful plateau, situated just a few hours away from Pune, is not onl…

Interview with Paul Newman, Senior Scientist, NASA, USA

On hurricane aircraft field mission at the Wallops Island Flight Facility. Rajen…

United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA) : What has changed?

United Nations Environment Programme was established as a result of Stockholm Co…

Paying back for Nature’s Services: Our way

Bio-diversity by definition expresses the variability among the various living o…

Yoga can help deal with climate change

Except for the quiet perennial flow of waters in the Rhine every ambience of the…

Mr. Rajendra Shende invited on the France 24 channel

TERRE Chairman Mr Rajendra Shende invited on the France 24 channel for the panel…

Beyond borders: India, China must show climate stewardship

Hsan-tsang, a scholarly Chinese monk in Vedic and Buddhism studies, crossed the

French rural tourism concept could help Modi’s inclusive development

One year after Prime Minister Narendra Modi was born, in 1951, a young French

An opportunity for 'nouveau' chapter in India-France collaboration

AS Prime Minister Narendra Modi embarks on a visit to France, the first stop of …

Coughing Kejriwal: Scary Mandate and Scary Pollution

The day Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP, which means Common Man's Party) …

Was Modi-Obama's bullet proof summit climate-proof too?

When US President Barack Obama alighted from his bulletproof car on Rajpath on J…

Obama and Modi can change global climate of inaction (Comment: Special to IANS)

It was early morning. I was listening to US President Barack Obama's 2015 State …

India's Ecologica Challenges Dangers of forgetting the past

Ecology is ingrained in Indian psyche. It is part of our scriptures, our culture…

Will South Asian countries swear-in by Green Growth?

May 26, 2014 could prove to be the day of ‘turning a page’ in the history of the…

It Does Little for Poorer Countries

I was an observer from the United Nations at the jamboree that gave birth to the…

Climate apartheid: Sherpas fall victims in Himalayan black snow

A few more whacks of the ice axe in the firm snow, and we stood on top," stated …

An opportunity to abolish climate-apartheid

Delegates taking part in Abu Dhabi Ascent should pledge to adopt plans that will…

Diaspora & sustainability

Erica Sita is a young enthusiast from a small island called Reunion near Mauriti…

The Developing World Must Act Too

It is not the strongest species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the …

Greetings on the National Science Day

28th of February, 1928 has gone down in the global history of science. India's m…

न आटणारा वनराई बंधारा

धारीयाजींच्या संपूर्ण काम करण्याच्या विस्मयकारक वृत्तीच्या आशीर्वादामुळे वनराई ब…

Climate game played in stadium without any goals

The national stadium of Warsaw is brand new but the game being played there has …

Mandela Madiba : 95th Birthday Leader of the Centuries to Come

A man who was not bitter about those who put him 27 years in prison is Mandela-a…

General Motors and Raju Bhagarwalla

Raju is 'bhangarwalla' (one who goes house to house and collects all kinds of so…

Back to Nature...

Environmental Restoration and living with nature is turning out to be the key fo…

Troubled Talks, Gapping Gulf and Courageous Qatar

Four years ago, at this time of the year, I was in Doha, capital city of Qatar, …

Treaty or climate Treaty ?

Rajendra Shende, who retired from UNEP as Head of OzonAction of DTIE at the leve…

Mahatama Gandhi and Steve Jobs

The first week of month of October brought shower of thoughts about Mohandas Kar…

From Rhine Land to Amazon Forest Can we see the Forest for the Trees ?

On such Journey, as a former Director in United Nations, I should be forward loo…

Finally, I see some Green shades after French election, …………… but not really !

The frantic and some times even querulous French Presidential campaign ended on …

iCloud : up in the sky!

The world of today can best be described as a “virtual-world”! We engage in alm…