International Day of Indigenous People: Floods in Godavari shed lights on tribals displaced by Polavaram
Project was hastily thrust on the people in 2004 without any clearances from any government authority
Nimmalapadu’s protracted struggle: Despite legal win, 3 Andhra tribal villages fight to save land from mining
Villagers near Andhra-Odisha border are fighting the state for calcite reserves two decades after securing Supreme Court victory
Kakinada fishers grapple with pollution, climate change and unemployment
Marine plastic pollution is reducing fish catch even as regular jobs have reduced, even for the educated
Ambrosial nectar for malnourished children
A unique scheme implemented in a cluster of villages in southern Andhra Pradesh, and being replicated in different states, involves administering …
Is Andhra Pradesh turning a blind eye to illegal shrimp rearing?
In the past few years, thousands of illegal shrimp rearing ponds have come up in East Godavari district, damaging fertilie soil and groundwater
India's forgotten Africans
Down To Earth speaks to Beheroze Shroff, Lecturer at the Department of Asian American Studies, University of California, Irvine about the current-…
Yawning gaps
The lack of planning and lethargic management have reduced the once prestigious Indian Science Congress to a meaningless jamboree
Cyclone Vardah wreaks havoc in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh
Four people killed in Tamil Nadu after heavy rainfall with wind gusting at 120-130kmph lashed Chennai, Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur
New viral disease targets sheep in India
A contagious disease, similar to rinderpest and first observed in the Ivory Coast in 1940, has surfaced among sheep and goats in south India
Novel approach to primary education catches on
New instruction methods have resulted in efficient primary schools in rural Andhra Pradesh, posing a challenge to the approaches adopted by the …
The mystery of the aquadeaths
One of the most lucrative pisciculture activities today, shrimp cultivation in India was recently given a devastating body blow by a mysterious …
All about Alamatti
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters
Educating the underprivileged
A review of our educational and training policy is desperately needed to educate tribals, the backward classes and the poor
Pongamia power enables Adilabad villagers to export carbon credits to Germany
When Gond tribals of Chalpadi village in Adilabad district, Andhra Pradesh agreed this April to export 900 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent in …
Civic polls: TDP sweeps Seemandhra, Congress shines in Telangana
Jagan' Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress and TRS, the party that led the Telangana movement, fare badly
Andhra Pradesh introduces lottery system for allotting sand mining leases
State’s new sand policy replaces auction system for allotting leases and bans inter-state transportation of sand
Andhra Pradesh struck by over 60 cyclones in four decades
More than one cyclone in the same season is not unusual for the state
Standing crop in half a million hectares of Andhra’s rice bowl may have been affected by Michaung: Expert
This would cause losses of Rs 4,000 crore in just paddy
Chennai Airport opens for traffic day after Cyclone Michaung wrought havoc on metropolis
Eight people killed in and around Chennai due to Michaung
Michaung heads for coastal Andhra Pradesh
Big impact around 12 noon on December 5
Andhra farmers turn masons, milkmen despite state getting ‘decent’ rain; here is why
They blame lack of remuneration, rising input costs and accumulating debt
DTE ground report: Polavaram — Displaced and nowhere to go
Blast in Anpara D power station
Hydrogen leakage from generator suspected to have caused blast
Exodus at Rollapadu
Why are birds abandoning the Rollapadu Wildlife Sanctuary in Andhra Pradesh?
45 farmers commit suicide each day in India
Underscores growing agrarian crisis