Lost and found

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

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 …

Shut and dried

Why has private participation in the urban water sector failed to take off?

Up in smoke

National programme on improved chulhas put on ice

No return of the native

Chikungunya spreads its tentacles

Chikungunya, a viral disease borne by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, has assumed epidemic proportions in large swathes of the country, especially …

The paddy compulsion

War continues between Karnataka, Tamil Nadu farmers over Cauvery water for cultivation

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Question on employment guarantee scheme's success

What bleeds Bellary

How illegal iron ore mining has bled Karnataka’s Bellary district

Cereal killer

By promotong rice over coarse grains, the government is promoting food scarcity and defeciency of micronutrients among India's most malnourished …

A Republican Paradise: Mendha (Gadchirolli, Maharashtra)

Defied the Forest Act ÔÇó Every resident contributes part of annual income for community works ÔÇó If somebody bribes a …

Diabetes plan staggers

National programme to combat the disease is inadequate  

Rubber-stamp Authority

State environment regulatory bodies formed under the 2006 Environmental Impact Assessment notification have floundered. They have little …

Going off course

As the Cauvery river dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu gets reduced to a politico-legal wrangle, focal issues remain unaddressed

Chella Krishnamurthy, 57, murdered

The right blend

Ethanol, a safer alternative to MTBE, will now be mixed with petrol to curb emissions. Lopamudra Banerjee analyses the impact of this environment-…

Ailing systems

Hospital waste management suffers from poor understanding and even poorer implementation

Many takers of a park

When will Indian scientists unbolt?

Are Indian scientists really too busy to answer emails and phone calls? wonders Dinsa Sachan

Cotton conundrum

The powers that be are hanging fire on Bt cotton despite long and intensive research. Indira Khurana delves into the baffling issue

Unrealistic approach killing rural sanitation programme

OFFICIALLY BANKRUPT

June 30, 2004: The India Eco-Development Project -- a project meant to enhance the country's biodiversity and provide people living inside and …

Crank it up

Sugar mills in India are doubling up as power generators by burning crushed sugarcane or bagasse. But with the price of bagasse rising, their …

Organic thread

Even as Bt cotton invaded Indian fields in the past few years, some farmer groups kept pushing for organic cotton. In 2009-10, production in …