India's genome saviours
Farmers and organisations who have won government recognition this year for conserving seeds of indigenous crops and plant species
Tiger tour operators' incidental love: tribals
Kumar Sambhav Shrivastava's take on tour operators' claim that tourism in core areas of reserves is good for tribals
New genealogy project allows astronomers to trace ‘ancestors’
The database provides information on more than 33,000 astronomers, their advisors and universities and the links to their dissertations
Gujarat's power consumers paying for losses caused by Coal India Limited
Supply of inferior quality coal to power plants has increased power production cost, points out NGO
Supreme Court allows SKS Microfinance to resume operations in Andhra
Micro-lender among those accused of coercive loan recovery from rural poor; court asks state not to take coercive steps against firm for now
Study undertaken to determine pollution guidelines for underground metro stations
India has to develop its own system to keep pollution levels low because the instrumentation used in other metros abroad is expensive and …
NEAA cancels environmental clearance to Vedanta bauxite mining
In three separate decisions says no to Vedanta, Kotli-Behl but approves Bhavanapadu power plant
“The source of the danger is black people” — Why is racism normalised in conservation?
Extra-judicial killings of innocent people — including children — in Africa and Asia are airily dismissed as collateral damage in a &…
AAP, woh aur hum
Aam Aadmi Party’s metamorphosis from a civil movement into political party is not a lone instance; such experiments started in rural India
Diabetes drug ban spells trouble for patients, doctors
Experts say pioglitazone difficult to substitute and health ministry has imposed ban without a back up plan
Forest dept finds irregularities in non-profit’s owl conservation efforts
Wildlife Research and Conservation Society accused of violations including straying from the core area of conservation, banding owl species …
Wildlife NGO group gets flak for seeking curbs on forest rights of indigenous people
Application moved in Supreme Court by three wildlife NGOs seeks to reverse rights granted under Forest Rights Act, allege tribal rights activists …
Bihar’s ambulance service staff go on strike
They have not been paid salaries for six months; private companies operating services under PPP model blame government
18 tribal villages in Maharashtra get tendu rights, finally
Sulking contractors refuse to put in auction bids; state tribal development corporation to the rescue
Medicines may be responsible for decline in wildlife population
Scientists urge for studies to estimate the environmental risks posed by pharmaceutical pollution
Mangroves on public land in Maharashtra will be reserved forests
Officials justify the move saying high court order of 2005 has done little to stop destruction of mangroves; but conservationists are critical
Radio collars for elephants in forests along rail tracks
Environment ministry wants to tag jumbos to track their movements and avert rail accidents
Western Ghats get World Heritage Site tag
It is recognised as one of the world’s eight hottest hot spots of biological diversity
Vulture numbers rise in Girnar hills
Maximum concentration of birds found on route of proposed ropeway which will destroy birds, says environmentalist
A hard rain’s falling
Sayantan Bera tells the story of a man and a state, paralysed inside the remote islands of Sundarbans
Demwe hydroelectric project put on hold
Wildlife board worried over the impact of public-private project on wildlife habitats
Nagpur has 200 bird species, reveals bird-spotting exercise
60 to 65 of the species were found in MIHAN-SEZ area earmarked for industrial development
‘Restore land to tribals; allow them to be self-reliant’
K K Usha Raju took charge as president of Attappady block in Kerala seven months ago. She is 31 years old and belongs to Muduga tribal community. …
Odisha diaries: the struggle for community control over land, forests and natural resources
No matter how much compensation is promised, companies will need ‘a social licence’ to conduct business on the land of the people
Maharashtra groundwater bill gets presidential nod
Setting up regulatory authority, notification of overexploited areas and developing watershed development plans to get top priority