Bastar beyond Maoists: tale of a rich region and its poor people

The obsession with insurgents is so deep that no one is paying attention to health and education in this ancient and beautiful land

Rift Valley fever grips Kenya

Hudhud causes heavy rains across Chhattisgarh

Extensive agricultural damage expected

Caught in crossfire

Chhattisgarh government withdraws support to people who took shelter in Salwa Judum camps

Growing fences

Burgeoning population and agricultural encroachment in the last half century have erected artificial walls within the Gond tribes. These ethnic …

Of forests and wealth

BPL millionaires

Industrial houses use tribals as fronts to amass tribal land in Chhattisgarh

Shah Commission wound up before it could probe illegal mining in Chhattisgarh

As environmental groups appeal against termination of commission, Supreme Court asks government to respond by November 18

Super Market

Secretive. Exploitative. Is the market in Minor Forest Produce unmanageable? sopan joshi finds out

‘Tribals turn extremists because states are too busy making money from land’

The world’s largest democracy is facing a surge in tribal uprisings. The recent killings of Mahendra Karma and other Congress leaders in …

Science and Environment - Briefs

Capturing the monsoons

It's a season that inspires and engages everyone, from the farmer to the policy maker. From the scientist to the travel writer. From the …

Getting the bulletin right

EL Nino and the new challenges