Jharkhand declares drought in 17 districts

The state overall recorded 38 per cent less rainfall than average during last monsoon

Districts must identify mining-affected people to keep DMF funds targeted

Not identifying them deprives potential beneficiaries of nearly Rs 29,000 crore

Simply Put: Life or livelihood?

Simply Put: Green Card

Delayed by decades: Centre-state tussle and red tape withhold compensation for land acquisition in Jharkhand’s coal belt

Many of those who were to be compensated, have become destitute

Adolescent leadership can address menstruation myths

Around 53% girls surveyed in Jharkhand believed that menstrual blood is dirty

Nature worshippers: How Sarna rituals propagate forest conservation to new generations & other communities

The Sarna followers have also helped bring attention of scientific community to conservation of sacred groves

Rumoured forbidden: It’s time to banish fears around ‘Khesari Dal’ and relish the nutritious legume 

Grass pea, linked to lathyrism in British India, could provide food security when conventional crops are failing due to climate change

To conserve tigers, 2 villages in Jharkhand to be relocated

While forest dept says the villagers have agreed to move, activists call it a lie

An attack on grassroots democracy?

Why the Jharkhand government is promoting illegal, parallel governance

Reading 2021 NCRB report: Jump in forest-related crimes in Jharkhand

Jharkhand registered the maximum number of crimes under the Forest Act since 2012

COVID-19: First case in Jharkhand

Patient is a Malaysian woman

Mine collapse kills six in Jharkhand, 12 feared trapped

The caved in mine saw illegal extraction of coal

Southern Bihar’s Jamui district becomes an avian paradise

Two potential Ramsar sites in the district have welcomed a host of migratory birds from Eurasia this winter

Horticulture boost: Litchi cultivation has expanded to 19 Indian states, according to officials

Muzaffarpur-based National Research Centre on Litchi is providing technical help, plants and training to farmers with the sole aim of …

Collective efforts can combat challenges faced by ultra-poor in Jharkhand

The intersection of caste, gender & occupational identities impacts their lives

Groundwater in 10 Bihar districts contaminated by uranium: Study

Researchers yet to find the source of uranium in groundwater

Monsoon 2022: Jharkhand farmers give up on paddy harvest due to scanty rains

Lowest amount of rainfall in the last decade; climate change to blame, says Met

Paddy sowing takes a hit as Jharkand reports 47% less rain

Over 1.7 million hectares of farmlands left unsown

Wild elephant kills 2 in Bihar

Officials say the elephant likely strayed out of forest in Jharkhand in search of food

Jharkhand: Water scarcity in Birsa Munda’s village exacerbates due to poor monsoon

Security personnel bring water in tankers to struggling villagers

75 years of people’s power: Jharkhand district modifies leach pits to tackle grey water

Pits in Sahibganj district raised to counteract frequent floods, shallow groundwater

Victory for Jharkhand tribals: Netarhat firing range not be renotified

Locals had been protesting atrocities by soldiers in the range for over 30 years

COVID-19: Nepal families wait for bodies of workers who died abroad

Families not getting a chance to hold funerals for their loved ones

Dying for ration: Tribal beneficiaries of Jharkhand PDS don’t have salt, surviving on plain boiled rice

Ration cards for many cancelled; Landless villagers migrate to city for work