Climate crisis, air and water pollution emerging threats to children: Unicef

Global climate crisis is threatening children's basic rights — a clean environment to live in, clean air to breathe, water to drink and …

Camel dairying: The solution to rescuing Rajasthan’s state animal

If demand for camel milk rises, more livelihoods could be supported and more camel herds saved

How can Jharkhand fight distress migration?

The collapse of natural assets is fuelling migration in the state. A recent study throws light on problems faced by tribal communities, …

Report paints thought-provoking picture of developing world due to climate change

The report says that climate change threatens the economic growth trajectories of India, Bangladesh and Indonesia

City on trial

Chandigarh resists luxury residential project but fails to rehabilitate its slum population to preserve its master plan

A look at world urban population

Will climate-induced migration feature at COP21?

People in small island nations and vulnerable deltas, which perhaps had no role in the greenhouse gas emissions changing the world's climate, are …

Science and Technology - Briefs

Why Rajasthan's camel protection law is not enough to save its camels

Since the law does nothing to provide for the welfare of camels and their breeders, the government must take over from the Raika their …

Heat stress fuels migration in Pakistan

Adaptation to high temperatures should be an important part of climate change combat plan, says a research based on data collected from within …

Why the attack on Kashmir's pastoralists is a big concern

Gujjars and Bakkerwals, the nomadic pastoralists of Jammu and Kashmir, now face a new deadly enemy: Gau Rakshaks

Desperately seeking skills & jobs

India has a youth bulge in its population, accounting for the largest number of young working age people in the world. This demographic …

Labour exit

Labour shortage in agriculture forces Indian farmers to innovate to stay afloat

Tropics could lose important commercial fish by 2050

Global warming might force fish species to move to cooler waters at the poles

Africa: How climate change turned two of the world’s oldest tribes into enemies

Shrinking of the world's largest desert lake has triggered a survival battle among nomadic tribes in the Kenyan-Ethiopian border

Jumbo conflict

Human-elephant conflict is rising across India. Every year nearly 400 people are killed by elephants and about 100 elephants lose their lives. …

Alliance to curb malaria impact on migrant populations

Mobile populations often seek treatment from unregulated, private vendors, increasing their risk of exposure to substandard drugs, which can be a …

Rajasthan Assembly passes camel Bill to stop slaughter and restrict migration

Experts says the Bill, which is intended to protect camels, does not address concerns of camel keepers

Letters

Notes on migration

Bhojpuri folk songs expressing feelings of women left behind by migrant workers have evolved over the centuries, reflecting changing patterns of …