Rajasthan farmers revive agitation over irrigation water

Landless poor march to Delhi. Then what?

Global warming can't be fixed without egalitarian ethic

UP agriculture policy rolled back

UP police withdraws charges against social activist

Update

Reliance SEZ in Haryana sanctioned

Karnataka begins building Kalasa-Bandurinala irrigation project

Nano flip-flop

Natural bad debt

Orissa calling

Asbestos Unit Disturbs Chainpur's Peace

An 18 hectare plot straddling lychees orchards and farms in Chainpur village of Muzaffarpur district is in the middle of a dispute. Balmukund …

What led to forest officer’s killing

In Andhra Pradesh, revenue department gives land to poor, forest department wants it back

Conflicts are bad for the environment, says UNEP report

At a time when the threat of war looms large over Iraq, here's more ammunition for peaceniks to confront warmongers with. The United Nations …

7 million internally displaced people live in Central Africa – they need more support

Displaced people are forced to live in crowded and unsanitary camps

Refugees in their own home

In Kanyakumari Wildlife Sanctuary, thousands of hectares of land leased to private contractors is threatening wildlife in the region 

Banking Ordinance a bold step but silent on considering environmental and social risk management to reduce NPA: CSE

The CSE calls for mandating environmental and social risk management for internal credit risk appraisal process

Yemen needs aid to tide over worst hunger crisis

Twenty of the country’s 22 governorates are in “emergency” or “crisis” food-insecurity phases and almost two-thirds …

Corruption in timber trade fuels deforestation, biodiversity loss

Illegal timber trade also gives rise to conflicts between local communities and logging companies

Africa development challenges are heavily under-researched

African leaders call for "critical interrogation" of the current challenges that the continent is facing

Enemies of the state?

As the Centre for the first time allows widespread culling of nilgais, it triggers a debate over whether culling is the only way to save crops …

Almost half of the population of Kashmir Valley mentally ill, claims survey

According to the survey, 41 per cent of people exhibit symptoms of probable depression, 26 per cent show symptoms of probable anxiety and 19 per …

Refuge pockets critical for persistence of Blackbuck in human-dominated landscapes: Study

The study examines how blackbuck use habitats characterised by seasonally changing resources, threats of predators, intensive human pressures in …

Several African countries in need of food assistance

Drought associated with El Nino has affected agriculture prospects in Southern Africa

Not so safe cities – role of urban planning

This blog highlights that besides other factors that contribute to lack of safety in Indian Cities, a particular approach to urban planning and …