COVID-19 update: Over 1,000 daily cases in India for first time in 2023
Over 665,000 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the last seven days worldwide, along with 4,178 deaths
Climbing the machan: Poverty and animal conflict in Karnataka
Human-wildlife conflict is a monumental issue for farmers living in subsistence, conflict with wild animals disproportionately impacts the poor
Swachh Bharat cess: A few states may not agree on it
Except Andhra Pradesh and Uttarakhand, no other state has directly agreed to the central proposal
Kagga in peril
This rice can tolerate brackish water but is on the brink of extinction. Can government save it?
‘Tribunal order staying development on Karnataka grasslands ignored’
Environment ministry asked to filed response on Amrit Mahal Kaval allotments by end of this month or pay penalty
Another Kasaragod
Like Kerala’s Kasaragod, neighbouring Dakshina Kannada is bearing the brunt of spraying of endosulfan. While Kasaragod grabbed media …
Meltdown
Till a couple of decades ago Bangalore was a sleepy city -- running to the rhythm of old trading networks and retired people taking their evening …
Coronavirus update: 25 of 36 states / UTs record daily increase in cases
No decrease in number of deaths due to COVID-19 in any state
Escalating tiger-human conflict haunts Karnataka’s Mysuru, Chamarajanagar districts. Is big cat population spike to blame?
Five deaths reported in last three months
Cauvery dispute: Karnataka delegation urges prime minister not to notify tribunal award
State delegation demands reassessment of water needs of Tamil Nadu
Onion export ban lifted
Minimum export price fixed at US $475 a tonne. Will it profit farmers?
Bt Brinjal: NBA may prosecute Mahyco, collaborators
Mahyco claims innocence, alleges violation by Dharwad University
Karnataka to divert Mahadayi water
Goa cries foul. Supreme Court orders tribunal to settle dispute
Snakebites in rural India: A slow suppuration
Most people in rural areas die from snakebites during the monsoon season; a quarter of these are children less than 15 years of age
Waste smart cities
A survey by the Centre for Science and Environment shows how Indian cities are turning over a new leaf in solid waste management
MoEF withdraws draft amendments to solid waste management rules
Activists say amendments involve use of expensive, regressive and untested technologies for waste disposal
Cauvery row: SC directs Karnataka to release 283 cumec water to Tamil Nadu
Asks Cauvery Monitoring Committee headed-by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to meet within two days and decide water sharing between the two states
Blank on target
Most states fail to achieve renewable energy target under the climate change action plan
Bt Cotton imbroglio
A failure of our scientific preparedness. Where are our scientists?
Road of contention
CAMPA funds unlocked
Karnataka fast tracks power plant
In court
No apartments
Big idea
Monsoon vegetable jackfruit has caught the fancy of entrepreneurs in India, one of its biggest producers