Saving rice
Rice is at the heart of a fierce strategy debate as the country prepares to launch the second Green Revolution in the eastern states. …
Organic thread
Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …
Universal health scare
The country’s planners are debating how to provide healthcare to all. In a drastic shift from the 65-year-old public health system, the …
Organic Universe
Organic is all the rage. Organic food, cosmetics, clothes and even organic medicines. But mostly it is food. There are speciality stores that …
Sand slips
Where there is a river, there is sand. Called a minor mineral, it fulfils a major requirement of the booming construction industry. No wonder, …
Lives of others
Wildlife is more of an academic concern except when the charismatic tiger is wiped out from a protected forest or our favourite fish vanishes …
Polavaram fraud
The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. Most of the people threatened …
Andhra Floods: Farmers on month-long march, demand compensation for crops
Recent floods in Andhra Pradesh a sign of climate change effects visible since 2012, say experts
Naveen’s journey from child labour to young inventor
After rejoining school, this boy from Andhra Pradesh has won a national prize for inventing a cleaner cooking method
Desperate Digging: Bal Swami's Story
In the past six years, Bal Swami has dug 39 borewells with only two yielding him water. He continues to desperately dig for water in an attempt …
Hold public meeting in Polavaram affected areas: SC to Centre
The SC bench, led by Justice Madan B Lokur, also said the project will only move forward after the public hearings are held
The cleanest cities of India: Kakinada uses facial recognition, GPS, RFID to stay clean
Kakinada, a city of over 0.35 million people, uses the latest technology to monitor and supervise waste collection
Green and golden Srikakulam
Several efforts are being made to turn Andhra Pradesh’s remote, coastal district green and empower tribals in the process
‘Zero date’ for Amaravati begins through Singapore!
The allegations of collusion between the Andhra government and Singapore companies under the Swiss Challenge Method are not untrue
Deeper Debt for Water
In his desperate search for groundwater, Bappu Reddy is not willing to give up on borewell digging and wants the government to help him. Read …
Andhra Pradesh invites bids for 500 MW solar projects
No provision for domestic content requirement in projects, which would make it obligatory for developers to source equipment locally
KCR sworn in as first chief minister of Telangana
Reconstruction will be state's top priority, but to implement his agenda Chandrasekhar Rao will need to develop a cordial relationship with the …
Where have the groves gone?
Overexploitation, skewed pricing policies and inefficient utilisation have laid bare the bamboo's vast reserves. While local communities clamour …
Migrate they must: Janikari Jima
This booklet in Oriya, entitled We will go Informed, is predicated upon a necessity: the migration of the poor and the landless from Orissa's …
Andhra Pradesh extends support to SC women farmers for natural farming push
The government will use its extensive network of women’s self-help groups to encourage the transition.
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 16, 2023)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal
How these two remote districts in Andhra are tackling wild elephant intrusions
The forest department in Srikakulam and Vizianagaram, which border Odisha, are doing their best to manage pachyderms that regularly stray from …
Worth a thousand words
Atlas>> Water resources of Andhra Pradesh • by Sanjay Gupta, Anne Chappuis, Satya Prakash Tucker • Visual Information Systems for …
When the birds come home
A symbiosis between bird and man provides a welcome winter home for the blacknecked crane, rediscovered in India after four decades
Shame puts the cork back in liquor bottles
Campaigns by women have been successful in curbing alcoholism among their menfolk in Manipur and Andhra Pradesh, but similar efforts have failed …