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

How COVID-19 has jammed South India’s jackfruit economy

With no harvest, contractors, farmers, transporters and labourers are suffering huge losses

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Guess what's helping Indian coffee: Blockchain

It took two seasons, but farmers have taken to Coffee Board of India’s blockchain-based portal 

Cauvery: The river that the Tamils thought would never fail

The ‘Ganga of South India’ may be dying now, but was once a cherished waterbody in the lore of Tamil country

'We can contain the pest'

India's temperature and atmospheric conditions are ideal for the spread of Fall Armyworm

Activists favour grant of Scheduled Tribe status to Siddis across Karnataka

The state has the largest concentration of the Afro-Indian community but ST status is granted to them in only 1 district

Kerala, Karnataka cannot avail drought assistance despite being stricken by drought

The Central government’s new definitions of drought are acting as impediments

Sweet success for wonder fruit kokum

Local groups are helping farmers rewrite the story of the healthy fruit

Focus is on linking child labour with fertility

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Tribals adamant

Hear, hear

Clinging to the roots

IN FOCUS

STERN INDICTMENT

"Green" signal?

Even as environmentalists protest, the controversial Cogentrix thermal power plant is cleared by the Supreme Court

Contempt notice

ALMATTI

New power project

In combative mood

Kudremukh tribals refuse to budge

In a hole

Dengue grips Bangalore

Taxing times for Coorg

A new timber tax is a livelihood dilemma for coffee growers

Bangalore rides on LPG

Canadian gas kit trial in autos; auto drivers dissatisfied

Mahseer in danger