From miracle cures to holistic development

A doctor whose aim once was to treat poor patients, now helps Soliga tribals to assert their rights and choose their own way of development.

Anomalies galore

A survey of a World Bank-funded environment programme in Assam

Worm wonder

Vermicompost has changed fortunes of farmers in a drought-prone Karnataka district

The private eye

Water privatisation in IT capital is taking citizens for a long ride

High on Chinese demand

Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Karnataka's Bellary district

Handy copper cure

A non-governmental organisation uses the metal to purify water

The wizards of IT

More than infrastructure, Indian cities need real politics

Water-stressed in India: Officials in Karnataka’s Chitradurga clueless about JSA

The district scored zero in some Jal Shakti Abhiyan indicators

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 2020: 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  

सूखे का दंश : कर्नाटक का जल संकट पैसा बहाने से खत्‍म नहीं होगा

कर्नाटक के 31.8 लाख हेक्‍टेयर रबी क्षेत्र का लगभग 90 प्रतिशत हिस्‍सा उत्‍तर में स्थित है जो सूखे और पानी की कमी से सबसे ...

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 …

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 …

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 …

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

Tipu Sultan’s rockets found in Karnataka fort

Rockets may have been intended for use in Tipu’s wars against the British

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

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

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

Keep the BJP out

Women engineers come to the forefront

Patent fears

Scientists in Karnataka are forced by the administration to abandon efforts towards documenting the biodiversity knowledge of indigenous people

A brigand called government

Whatever the outcome of the hostages crisis in Karnataka, stupid sandalwood protection laws will keep creating smugglers out of India's exploited …