In Court
Karnataka appellate tribunal cancels transfer of 3,111 acres of forest land to politicians
The land spread across 99 villages was granted between 2016 and 2018
Pesticide that killed Karnataka devotees has a sordid record in India
Monocrotophos has killed farmers in Maharashtra and school children in Bihar in this decade
Why has Nipah Virus resurfaced in Kerala?
The Nipah strain this time around is the Bangladesh variant which spreads wly, but, however, has a high mortality rate
Five points on food inflation and onions
Retail inflation hitting double digit being attributed to high food prices, but is it so?
Drought to deluge: Kodagu was parched 3 months ago, now receives extreme rainfall
The district has received double the amount of August’s rainfall in just nine days
Landscape-level approach necessary to address human-elephant conflicts
A study involving close monitoring of elephants on daily basis for two years in Karnataka has concluded that landscape-level management is …
Kaiga nuclear plant expansion: Expect body blow for Western Ghats biodiversity
Rich tropical forest, vibrant wildlife, water of Kali river will be in line of destruction
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-…
At rock bottom
It is difficult to find water even at record depths in Kolar, Karnataka's horticulture hub
Karnataka forest encroachments outpace reclamation efforts
The state witnesses the third highest encroachment of forests in India after Madhya Pradesh and Assam
Bitter organic brew
Falling income and lukewarm market are forcing organic coffee growers to go back to chemical fertilisers
Cauvery calamity
Promotion of water-guzzling crops like rice is leading to maximum utilisation of river waters in India. The Cauvery dispute between Karnataka and …
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
Villegers blueprint their own development
MYRADA moves a step forward in rural appraisal programmes, emphasising the necessity of involving villagers in their own development.
Breaking the rural barrier
The Centre for Application of Science and Technology to Rural Areas, set up in 1974, was a bold effort at bringing appropriate technology to the …
Helping children find work at home
Gramashrama, a children-based organisation in Karnataka, is trying to understand the causes of migration and prevent the exodus of youngsters …
All about Alamatti
The Alamatti dispute between Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh joins the ranks of the nation's major wrangles over river waters
By book or by crook..
... has been the motto of an erring plant in Karnataka. But recently, the local fisherfolk scored a victory by forcing it to agree to install an …
Waterfront Cauvery
Findings of a panel report on crop conditions in the Cauvery river basin and the delta may suggest water pricing as one of the remedial …
The grand old man of Kannada
SOME PEOPLE live in years, others in deeds. At 91, Kota Shivarama Karanth has done both. Journalist, litterateur, dramatist, playwright, …
A lost name, a vanishing ecosystem
In the Kannada language, the word kere means a man-made or natural water tank, and the word for the numeral nine is ombhatthu , pronounced …
A quick fix: How ponds built under MGNREGA turned lives around
The realisation that ponds can rapidly recharge groundwater has increased demand for MGNREGA
Karnataka forest department performs rare ‘operation’, trims tusker’s irregular dentition
Pachyderm had taken to raiding villages for food as it could not get its regular forage
These 2 coastal Karnataka towns are reviving their millennia-old water bodies; here’s how
Residents of Moodbidri and Karkala have taken it upon themselves to reclaim their natural heritage
