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Saving Sunderbans, protecting the Environment

05/06/2023

Mangrove forests are coastal rainforests, also known as “tidal forests” or “coastal woodlands”. These forests and situated at the interface between land and sea in tropical and subtropical areas and can withstand the harsh conditions of high salinity, extreme tides,……

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Why corporates need to walk the talk on ESG reporting

29/05/2023

The philosophy of stakeholder capitalism in the western corporate world, which appeared during the 1950s and 1960s, is now staging a comeback in a new bigger and more modern avatar. It is now intricately linked to environmental social and governance (ESG) issues,……..

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Right to Repair and the Road to Circular Economy

24/05/2023

Government of India’s proposed law on the Right to Repair, drafted last July, situates consumer choice, e-waste reduction and tenets of circular economy at the center of a policy pertaining that can change Indians consumer behaviour dramatically by assuring ………

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A Time for Corporate Action

07/11/2022

Falling back on coal is an obvious option for energy-starved national and corporate leaders. But the current circumstances also present the same leaders with a unique opportunity to leap-frog clean energy, effecting the transition Glasgow COP envisioned so eloquently,…..

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Seeking Climate Justice

07/11/2022

How much will it cost India to achieve a net zero emission target by 2070? While different numbers are being bandied about at various platforms, one thing is clear: the number is staggering. A report titled “Getting India to Net Zero” by the High-Level Policy Commission……

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A Journey, Pangong lake, and some fond memories

11/06/2022

Dr Vishwanath Bhattacharya, a surgeon in UK, and Abhijit Majumdar, a senior banker with the State Bank of India, had been my friends at St Columbus School and it was the doctor who had insisted on making this trip to rekindle some old memories and enjoy …….

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Stainless steel: a perilous existence let’s be in touch

03/04/2022

the death knell of many small and mid-sized players. Instead of continuing with the imposition of countervailing duty (CVD) on Chinese imports—imposed on September 2017– and provisional duties on Indonesian imports on October 2020, the government decided……

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