Conspicuously missing

Teak rings uncover rainfall data

Stones tell a story

Tough nut to crack

Tree is not timber

Role models

Two Madhya Pradesh villages break free of debts, Naxalites

Nagpur village moves court against Bhopal's toxic waste incineration

Say it would endanger people’s their lives and environment

Another cheetah ‘Shaurya’ dies at Kuno; 10th death so far

Trackers witness incoordination & staggering gait, tranquilised cheetah fails to recover from CPR

NGT probe into cruise operating in Bhopal Ramsar wetland

Pollution control authorities directed to monitor contamination by ship periodically

No two-finger test for rape

Health ministry does away with the controversial test; medicos demand use of rape kit

Forest staff helped poachers in Panna Tiger Reserve: report

This resulted in wiping out of tiger population in the reserve in 2008

Pricing the precious

A pricing mechanism and harvesting techniques will solve water crisis

According to report

24 deaths in 2 months

Wavering

Ponds for strongmen

Village heavyweights use natural farming methods

Operation Clean-up

Gom recommends rs 300 crore  

Celebrities liable for commercials

Consumer protection council sets up committee to regulate contents of advertisements

India fails to curb tobacco use, report

Poor enforcement of laws and affordability of tobacco products are blamed

Agents of change

Gramdoots, or village volunteers, mobilise people to get government machinery moving

Activists petition PM against dam

Maheshwar dam nears completion; rehabilitation too slow

Development is not a road

Dispute over status of forestland in MP, Chhattisgarh

Tiger population has declined, says WII census

Tiger transfer