Should We Protect Nature for Its Own Sake? For Its Economic Value? Because It Makes Us Happy? Yes
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Should We Protect Nature for Its Own Sake? For Its Economic Value? Because It Makes Us Happy? Yes

As a conservation biologist, I’ve been part of the effort to value biodiversity for years. Here’s how thinking in this field has evolved, and why I’ve come to believe that there are many equally valid reasons for protecting nature.

By Pushing States to Import Expensive Coal, Modi Govt’s Domestic Production Policy Lies in Tatters
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By Pushing States to Import Expensive Coal, Modi Govt’s Domestic Production Policy Lies in Tatters

Given the severe shortage of coal supply from CIL at present, and states being asked to buy imported coal at three times the cost, it is imperative that the PM conducts a serious inquiry into what went wrong with the government’s 2016 plan to eliminate coal imports by 2020.

“Peoples Must Have the Right to Live Their Own Story, Their Own Life.”
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“Peoples Must Have the Right to Live Their Own Story, Their Own Life.”

Keynote speech at the Summit at the End of the World by Aleida Guevara, revolutionary doctor and daughter of Ernesto “Che” Guevara: One of the most beautiful things the Revolution has done for the Cuban people is to teach us how to feel solidarity for all human beings, in any part of the world.