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Frozen Lines

India’s sharp rejection of the latest China-Pakistan joint statement on Kashmir was predictable.

Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary is India’s 99 Ramsar site

Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Bhupender Yadav on Tuesday announced the designation of Shekha Jheel Bird Sanctuary in Aligarh as a Ramsar site, taking India’s total to 99 and the state’s tally to 12.

Green transformation through environmental governance

Traditional wisdom on environmental governance, captured through the Environment Kuznets curve, posits that countries grow first and clean up later. This empirical insight is informed by the experience of now developed countries which exploited the natural environment, at home and abroad, to feed the resource requirements of the growth process.

Straits of Discord

Maritime transport is the backbone of global trade, moving over 80 per cent of goods traded worldwide by volume. Several studies have predicted a significant increase in population and urbanization in Africa, Asia and South America by 2050, resulting in the massive development of future societies and megacities.