In the name of the tiger

The current conservation model has led to increased human-wildlife conflicts

Government considering pumping funds into Maheshwar dam

LIC expresses interest in funding project even as increased capital costs make power from the project too expensive

Hunger games – it’s the real India show

Vedanta and lessons in conservation

News 360

Has Modi succumbed US’ pressure on patents?

Prime minister’s statement, agreeing to implement recommendations of India-US joint working group on intellectual property, would make …

Maharashtra groundwater bill gets presidential nod

Setting up regulatory authority, notification of overexploited areas and developing watershed development plans to get top priority

Child malnutrition is down: survey

Prevalence of underweight children down from 76  to 43 per cent for boys, 74 to 42 per cent for girls over past  four decades, says …

Li's visit yields little on Brahmaputra

China goes ahead with dam construction, while both countries classify hydrological data in the name of national security

Saharias face exile, again

Displaced from Kuno wildlife sanctuary earlier, the tribe is being evicted again for a dam

Budget 2015 gives drought-hit Marathwada a miss

Proposed PPP in irrigation may prove disastrous as control of water may pass into private hands

US Congress tells government to oppose large dams

It also seeks compensation and redress to people who suffer violation of human rights, including forced displacement, resulting from loan, grant, …

Baigas in exile

Once called lords of the jungle, the Chhattisgarh tribals are being evicted without adequate relief

Eco-sensitive zones subverted

States exclude ecologically rich areas around parks from regulation to allow industries

Subansiri dam protests: blockade of Arunachal Pradesh continues

Assam appoints group of ministers to talk to agitating people

UN adopts declaration on rights of indigenous people

Will Narayan Rane’s loss in Maharashtra mean better protection for Western Ghats?

Congress leader who contested Assembly elections from Kudal in Sindhudurg district is known to be a key player in the mining lobby in the entire …

India fishing in troubled Sri Lankan waters

Why the long-standing dispute between India and Sri Lanka over fishers crossing maritime boundaries remains unresolved

India bans animal testing for cosmetics

Standards for alternative tests to be set; amendments to acts and laws required

Letters

Letters

'Mainland tribal people also need autonomous councils'

Autonomous councils in the Northeast are the reason why people there did not lose access to land and forests, says Virginius Xaxa, head of …

Novartis loses patent appeal in landmark suit

Supreme Court upholds amended law that bars patents for insignificant improvements to an existing drug—in this case anti-cancer drug …

Reluctant funding

Compromise on resources salvages CBD conference; marine protection gets big boost

UGC guidelines on phasing out animal dissection spark controversy

Is virtual dissection an effective learning tool?