Throughout the 1860s a frail young European woman with a medicine chest was a conspicuous presence at the women s ghats of the river Yamuna in Delhi. This was Priscilla Winter, an Anglican missionary who...

More than two years ago, the Union ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation moud issued a notification making wastewater recycling compulsory in Delhi. But the rules have not been enforced to date, with the capital s implementing agencies s

If the Union cabinet endorses a recent decision of the group of ministers, about 35,000 shanties will have to be removed from Mumbai s Santa Cruz area and relocated on reclaimed saltpan land in Kanjur village on the outskirts of the city. The project is b

Down To Earth gauges the ground reality before assembly elections

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