Murder mystery in Bihar

The killing of two social activists has left behind a series of unanswered questions. On the evening of January 24 social activists Sarita and …

Taken for a medical ride

Book>> The doctor is cheating you: A devastating expose of unethical malpractices in the medical field • by N C Asthana • …

Reviving the Tharparker cattle breed

An NGO in Barmer has launched Tharparker animal breed improvement programmes in Minjrad and another village in the district. Two pure Tharparker …

Suddenly tribal

Some wildlifers resorted to outdated anthropology to stop the tribal forest rights bill. They failed

Will an amended Seeds Act make industry accountable?

The Union ministry of agriculture has moved an amendment to the Seeds Act, 1966, and also proposes to create a National Seeds Grid. While the aim …

The Baigas and their weavers

The buzzword these days in Baigachak is the Baiga Mahapanchayat. It is an effort of Nai Disha, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Sijhora …

Seeds bill doesn't matter in India's horticulture capital

sopan joshi meets farmer-tycoons oblivious of the Seeds Bill 2004, but hooked to a biotech future

Sudev Barar on open-source software

Nuchem is a company in Delhi that develops and sells water/effluent treatment technologies, chemicals and laminated panels. Sudev Barar, its …

The dam that could not be built

Ruminating livestock

Precinct in the sand

A university of desert knowledge

Takeover bid

Bihar government has fresh designs on Bhoodan land

Farmer who nearly became Jat-Mahatma

Tikait’s appeal had to do with earthiness and instinct

1997 repeated

How tribals are conned out of their timber

At farm's length

Andhra Pradesh is a crash course on all that is wrong with India's farm sector

Experiments with truth

Innovative science teaching scheme relegated to supplementary status

Split wide open

Officials, experts differ on cause of check-dam breach

Ploughing on in Punjab

How successful will the state's crop deversification scheme be?

Modified?

GM regulators consult NGOs, seed companies on biosafety

High yields in Andhra's pesticide-free village

Protests against retail chains getting into fruits and vegetables

No firm commitment on climate change at G8 meet