Author: Rasheed Kappan
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International Day of Forests 2023: Manipulative Forest Report Masking India’s True Forest Cover Story?
First published: Mar 21, 2023 06:23PMReleased by the Dehradun-based Forest Survey of India (FSI), there was only one way this biennial report could arrive at ... -
Climate Change: India’s Future Would Be Warmer, Wetter With Extreme Human Suffering
First published: Mar 17, 2023 05:15PMThe Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) synthesis report is due for release this month. The report will collate the ... -
Fancy rail terminals and metro stations, but basic inter-modal connectivity takes a backseat in Bengaluru
First published: Jan 28, 2023 08:53PMImposing in scale and intent, it has been billed as India’s first airport-like railway terminal with the country’s largest centralised ... -
Building regional airports on overdrive, but are they viable?
First published: Jan 03, 2023 04:23PMBeyond the big cities, in remote towns and district headquarters, air connectivity is a distant dream. But what if politicians ... -
T3 chaos was terrible, but are we prepared for worse to come?
First published: Dec 23, 2022 06:09PMThe bizarre, chaotic, extended rush-hour crowds at the national capital’s Airport Terminal-3 (T3) during an unprecedented holiday season hit the ... -
Man-animal conflict: Rising deaths, but ignored realities
First published: Nov 24, 2022 05:00PMA leopard killed inside a tea estate in Dibrugarh, screams a headline from Assam in November. In distant Mysore down ... -
Mounting highway fatalities: Why are we so lax?
First published: Oct 29, 2022 11:07PMPerched at the bottom of road safety standards, the National Highways have taken a vicious, dangerous turn in recent years. ... -
Western Ghats: In dire straits again
First published: Oct 20, 2022 09:07PMOne of the world’s ‘hottest’ biodiversity hotspots, the Western Ghats, is in dire straits yet again. But this time, the ... -
Bengaluru suburban railway project: A deliberate slowdown?
First published: Sep 25, 2022 07:42PMFor decades, as Bengaluru roads got hyper-congested by explosive vehicular growth, a dream project remained only on paper: A well-networked ...
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