INDIA

Going places

Madhya Pradesh chief minister will speak on watershed management at a world forum

Incentives for prosecuting

Cops under cloud

SC takes note of police involvement in timber smuggling in Madhya Pradesh

Open-or-shut row

Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

RAPPED FOR INACTION

Catch the prey

To count the tiger

Not enough beds

Are cheetahs at home?

Concerns raised on progress of Project Cheetah after more than a year since translocation of the wild cats

Scanty June rain forces MP farmers to sow paddy a second time

The state received about 23% less rainfall than average till June 28, 2022, resulting in wilting of crops; farmers have had to borrow money to …

Wheat prices going strong in Madhya Pradesh, courtesy Ukraine, loss of yield in north India

Private traders are offering much higher prices than government MSP of Rs 2,015 per quintal

COVID-19 warriors: How a woman in a tribal village shared vegetables from her kitchen garden

Krishna Mawasi, who lives in Kailhora village in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh, claims to have helped the hungry and destitute during the lockdown

Health infrastructure weakest in tribal areas: Report

Major shortfall of doctors and nurses at Primary Health Centres in the tribal areas of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Odisha, …

Doha Model shows how to rein in water for irrigation

In spite of its challenges, digging of streams and creation of pond-like structures along their length can provide farmers with the much needed …

Madho Rao Scindia’s experiment with African lions in Kuno has lessons for the cheetah project

The Maharaja of Gwalior decided to bring the animals to his princely state solely for the purpose of hunting; it ended in disaster

Buxwaha diamond mining project will make Bundelkhand’s water scarcity worse: Experts

The water requirement for the Bunder mine and ore processing plant is about 5.9 million cubic meters in a year

COVID-19: Madhya Pradesh reels under ventilator shortage

The state has only one ventilator for one lakh population, according to government data 

How effective is NGT's Rs 79 cr fine on Singrauli mines, power cos?

The penalty has been levied for pollution caused in the area during the last two decades

Delightful appearance

For tribal people, the thrill of food lies in the knowledge and awareness about picking the right food at the right time

Baiga tribals become India’s first community to get habitat rights

The administration used a gazette notification passed by the colonial British government, which recognised these areas as home of the Baigas, to …

The joke's on the panchayat

The recent panchayat elections in Madhya Pradesh was the latest edition of the mock ritual of decentralisation

Conserving biodiversity and generosity

An offer of desi ber by a village lad came as a sharp comment on the global politics of biodiversity

The forgotten waters of Sanchi

Come monsoon, and archaeologists will be testing the revival of an Ancient water harvesting system in this historic Buddhist town

Gassing the truth

More than a decade after the Bhopal gas disaster, the data collected from those exposed to the gas remains shrouded in mystery

Illegal eagles

The Madhya Pradesh government's decision to call in the private sector to convert state forest lands into captive plantations, impinges on people'…