‘Konkan’s rich biodiversity has lured poachers to its pangolins’

Vishwas Katdare is the founder of Sahyadri Nisarga Mitra, a non-profit operating for the last 26 years, mostly in Maharashtra's coastal Konkan …

Rite of passage

At its heart, Killa is essentially a coming-of-age movie shot beautifully

Unseasonal Maharashtra rains damage crops on 7 million hectares: Govt

Kharif crop in Marathwada, Konkan and western Maharashtra affected

गोकुल का गौरव

कोंकण की पारंपरिक जल संचय विधियां आज भी प्रासंगिक हैं जिन्हें अधिकांश लोगों ने भुला दिया है

How the Nanar anti-refinery protests in Maharashtra clicked

The protestors used diverse social, legal and political activism strategies and drove a hard bargain with the local politicians to convey the …

On track to disaster

By ignoring sound technical advice, Konkan Railway jeopardises the fragile Western Ghats environment

Crisis in the Konkan

Creating biosphere reserves, which reconcile the interests of wildlife and humans, may save the Konkan coast

A mango variety developed from Alphonso can withstand climate vagaries

The variety, a hybrid of Alphonso and a Mexican variety, is expected to boost mango production in country

New CRZ rules clear coast for realtors, may trigger disaster

The government put the Indian coastline at risk by not hearing stakeholders and deciding to open it for real estate industry

Jaitapur nuclear protests: key activists switch sides

Minister Narayan Rane announces protesters have withdrawn agitation and accepted compensation; peoples' groups say protests will intensify

Nuclear corporation to allow general public inside power plants

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Back in f(l)avour

Entry of high yielding hybrid rice has spelt doom for traditional diversity in the Konkan belt. Thanks to a science academy, the ancient legacy …