Slamming on the brakes

Karnataka farmers upset over Bt cotton

Silver iodide lining

Cloud seeding is a safe but improbable method to enhance rains

Playing truant

Karnataka still awaits rain

Timely, but incoherent

Deja vu

Coal based thermal power plants come back to haunt villages in Udupi district, Karnataka

Eviction over coffee

Tribals will be rehabilitated, but how?

Stop privatization

In Court

Cauvery turmoil: Bengaluru city, Old Mysuru region hold total bandh; little or no effect elsewhere in Karnataka

Ten thousand people will go to Delhi on October 5 to drive home a point with the President of India on Karnataka’s claim over Cauvery water

Kerala submits revised recommendations on Kasturirangan Report

The Kasturirangan Committee has been set up to suggest measures to conserve the ecology of the hill range

What's causing elephants in Karnataka, Tamil Nadu to die? Hunger and thirst

In last one week, two elephants died in Cauvery Wildlife Sanctuary in Karnataka due to dehydration and heat stroke

Freshwater crab species with striking colours found in Western Ghats

Citizen scientist with no experience make accidental discovery in Karnataka; collaborates with scientists to write paper  

Some 100 people have died in Kerala, Karnataka and Maharashtra floods this week

A clearer picture of the death toll would only emerge later, with rains continuing to lash Peninsular India

Rebuilding lives and livelihoods in Karnataka’s Kodagu

The district received unprecedented rain last year, followed by landslides in nearly 40 villages; nine months later, lives of the affected …

Are dhole packs in peril?

Safeguarding these true underdogs of India’s tropical forests will require much greater resolve from scientists, wildlife managers and the …

Drought but why: Deciphering the disaster in detail

Do you know that a normal monsoon doesn’t mean no drought and the same districts are parched every year. Read all this and much more here …

Karnataka launches gross metering for solar rooftop

Incentivising rooftop solar in the state through gross metering is one of the new ideas of Karnataka Electricity Regulatory Commission

Green promise: Silver cockscomb isn’t a troublesome weed for Karnataka’s Soliga tribe

For the Soligas, known for their traditional knowledge of ecology, silver cockscomb is a nutritious leafy green vegetable that grows well even on …

Yettinahole water project: Not a drop at end of the pipeline after spending Rs 22,000 crore

Tribal families around the project site are living in constant fear of losing their lives and homes

EIA 2020: Public consultation without informing the public?

The government’s refusal to make the draft Environmental Impact Assessment accessible in regional languages is a violation of the …

World Snake Day: Unique pilot project uses telemetry to tackle snake bite problem

The technology is used to inform rural people about the movements of snakes so that they may steer clear of them  

Civil society asks Karnataka govt to cut ties with Akshay Patra

The non-profit, a wing of ISKCON, has been accused of not providing onions, garlic and eggs in the mid-day meals that it supplies for school children

In Karnataka, 258 cows may be culled to prevent spread of disease

Brucellosis, also known as ‘contagious abortion', is an infection transmitted from animals to humans

A question of control

Karnataka's new panchayati raj law has sparked a debate, with the Congress government saying it gives the people more power and opposition …