How the state fails its little ones

Jyotsna Singh visits anganwadis to find out why a large number of children suffer from malnutrition despite welfare programmes for them

Antonio Guterres unveils action agenda on Internal Displacement

The Action Agenda sets out 31 commitments by the UN system to better resolve, prevent and address internal displacement crises

Telangana’s heavy showers have sure shot imprint of climate change

Global warming made the cyclonic system that brought rains to the state carry more water than usual

Telangana betrays its tribals

Compromises on Polavaram; agrees to exclude villages facing submergence from new state

Potential help

Agromet advisory still in its infancy in India but set to be implemented on a larger scale

Telangana might say no to Polavaram

The mega irrigation project will irrigate coastal Andhra but submerge vast areas in Telengana

Checks on drug trials

Court intervention prompts guidelines for drug trials. Pharmaceutical companies lobby to dilute them

Stream of ash

State-run thermal power plant pollutes rivulet; disturbs livelihood and health of people in 27 Andhra Pradesh villages

Drug trials: Irked NHRC issues notices to Centre and Andhra Pradesh government

Says respond else face action

Polavaram fraud

The Polavaram dam on the Godavari could displace 400,000 people and submerge nearly 4,000 hectares of forestland. Most of the people threatened …