Renal emergency
Sri Lanka’s north-central region has been facing a health crisis for two decades. A large number of people in the region suffer from …
Flat in 20 days
Global climatic anomalies allied with local weather conditions produced the most freakish hailstorms in central and north India in February and …
New gene promises kidney stone cure
Scientists have isolated a gene that can break down oxalic acid, the primary culprit that damages tissue and leaves the victim gasping in pain
A village betrayed
The people of Salehpur get a raw deal from the forest department of Haryana in return for the services rendered by them
Kerala: Floods over, struggle continues
Incessant rains and severe flooding have rendered several people without homes, food or even a livelihood
Threat of dam collapse, floods in California force nearly 200,000 people to flee
Crumbling emergency spillway on Oroville Dam could unleash floodwaters onto rural communities along the Feather River
El Nino-induced drought leaves Africa dry and hungry
El Nino-induced drought in Africa has destroyed crops, challenged food security and caused cattle deaths. Ahead of the African Drought Conference …
More dams will not solve Mahanadi water conflict
Stakeholders in Odisha suggest building more dams on Mahanadi to resolve a water-sharing conflict, but that will make matters worse
Researchers study behavioural aspect of farmer suicides
One of the major causes behind suicidal intent is depression, experts find while studying cases in Punjab, Telangana and Maharashtra
'Spare parts' for sale
Unless Indians realise the nobility of donating their organs after death, the illegal trade in organs from living people will continue to flourish.
Death of the Nile? Mega dams have killed the river’s ability to flush carcinogens, slowly killing its delta
Much of the contamination by heavy metals is irreversible, but science-based conservation measures could help, study claims
Edge of unreason
From a little-known Gurgaon doctor in 2008 to the alleged involvement of a nephrologist from Delhi's Apollo hospital today, the kidney racket …
Latest in farmer woes: Heavy unseasonal rain, pending payouts from Centre’s crop insurance scheme
523,000 hectares in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh affected by untimely rains in March, April
Punctured cover: India's crop insurance scheme loses sheen
Insurers withdraw from Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana as extreme weather events spike claim rates resulting in heavy losses
Dams were built to control floods; they are now triggers
Most of the recent floods in the country have occurred due to sudden release of dam water
Ratnagiri dam breach: Flooding causes 44% of dam failures in India
Tiware Dam in Maharashtra’s Ratnagiri district breached, flooded seven villages and swept away 20 people on July 2, 2019
Ensure development doesn’t go against the flow of Himachal rivers, activists ask govt
Activists staged a dharna and sent a 10-point memorandum to the CM demanding clean and free-flowing Himalayan rivers
Extreme rainfall damages nearly 4 million hectares of crops in Marathwada
Incessant rains through the month of August and September have affected 4.48 million farmers this season
Does 2017 Tamil Nadu budget address water crisis, agrarian distress?
While government allocates fund for conservation of water bodies, farmers say their concerns not allayed
UN seeks response to deal with El Niño effect; urges preparedness to deal with La Niña
The UN estimates that the number of people affected by the combined impacts of El Niño and La Niña could top 100 million
Not one dam in Kerala was inspected before monsoon, reveals RTI
The state received 42% above normal rainfall but the Central Water Commission didn’t have any information of the criticality of dams
Odisha’s deadly farmlands: Another farmer commits suicides due to crop loss
Between 2001 and 2010, over 2,600 farmers committed suicide in Odisha and this year, drought has already broken their economic backbone
Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana is a good scheme with flawed execution, says CSE
Agriculture insurance is recognised as an important part of the safety net for farmers to deal with the impacts of extreme and unseasonal weather
Explainer: What is the Farmers Distress Index?
The index will try to anticipate this distress and prevent its spread from a few farmers to the village or block level
Alien pest invades farmlands in Africa, destroys crops in more than 10 countries
Unlike the native pest, the fall armyworm from the Americas is harder to detect and eradicate
