Salt farmers

Custodian violates forest rights

MoEF clears projects in forests without settling land rights of people  

Bee sure to yield fruit

It is established that bee-keeping increases fruit productivity, but can the practice become successful in urban India?

Become iron woman, eat veggies

As government fails to tackle anaemia, NGOs in Maharashtra help women increase haemoglobin by raising kitchen gardens

A Maharashtra village revives by reviving a tank

Maharashtra revokes ban on popular lentil

Lost and found

Karnataka villages are reviving underground springs that were once their lifeline in summers

Cashew apple jinx

Maharashtra farmers do not earn much from the 1.2 million tonnes of cashew apple they grow every year. But things are looking up with PepsiCo …

‘Tribal philosophy can’t be ignored beyond a point’

At a time when climate change is emerging as a reality, indigenous people are eager to give-up their low-carbon lifestyle and join the bandwagon …

Nagpur to fully privatise water supply from November 15

Consumer organisations demand public hearing

A sip of earthy flavour

Anantamool tea is more than a refresher for the farmers of Vidarbha

Chirala saree weavers losing out to computer-aided designs

A pair too rare

Gaolao breed of cattle is cherished for its capacity to carry load and quality milk, but only 3,000 of them are left

Peepal power

The Baiga tribe in Madhya Pradesh never misses the opportunity to savour the tender leaves of peepal

‘Phailin’s wind speed exceeds that of 1999 super cyclone’

Where India Met office differs from private forecasters

Agents of change

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

Flood on hilltop

Unplanned development is leading to floods in Lonavala. This can stop if the municipality declares it a hill station

Bor becomes smallest tiger reserve in India with four tigers

Conservation authority bends its own rules to declare the area a tiger reserve

So long, Suvin

The finest and longest staple cotton in the world, and part of India's cotton heritage, is on the verge of disappearing

Rewa tribals suffer high handedness

It's trust vs certification

For farmers, trust sells more than organic licence

Tadoba tiger reserve An unsafe haven

Uranium mine waste imperils villages in Jaduguda

Nagpur plots pro-poor plan to help land grabbers

Biomass market in a flux

Biomass power generation started with a bang 10 years ago. Plant owners, Ruhi Kandhari and Aparna Pallavi met say the picture is not that …