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Damned by tribals

6.9 temblor strikes Indo-Myanmar border, tremors felt across east and Northeast India

Second consecutive quake to strike South Asia in a week; 6.6 magnitude temblor had struck Afghanistan last weekend

Hostel food kills 5

Nutritional supplementation improves TB treatment's outcome

Better nutrition can reduce new TB cases by 39-48%; adequate early weight gain with nutritional support can reduce risk of death in TB patients …

What's killing tribals

Steep lack

Indian lac production has hit an all-time low. RICHARD MAHAPATRA seeks remedies

Is Jharkhand's ambitious Aadhaar linkage derailing MGNREGA?

For four years, Jharkhand has been experimenting with Aadhaar-MGNREGA link with missionary zeal. Its experience holds lessons for all the states …

Irregularities galore in Bt trials

Lalu Yadav convicted in fodder scam

Another former chief Minister of Bihar, Jagannath Mishra, also convicted; Supreme Court ruling disqualifies Lalu as member of Parliament

Fodder scam: two Bihar politicians get 5 years in jail

R K Rana and Dhruv Bhagat were considered close associates of RJD leader Laloo Praad Yadav at one time

Jharkhand may be declared drought-hit again this year

Paddy planted in just 44% of target area this year, 37% rainfall deficit recorded till now this monsoon

Solar lift irrigation helps Gumla farmers move away from diesel pump sets

More than 200 farmers in three blocks of the Jharkhand district went the green way to reduce dependance on monsoon rains   

Tourist revulsion

Steeped in pollution, Ranchi lake is no more a crowd-puller

A smile for the camera

At the capitals of three mining hotbeds, AVINASH KUMAR finds a battle to capture public imagination  

Lac grows on plant

Scientists find a way to cultivate lac that is less labourintensive and more profitable

Jharkhand in dark

State electricity board workers go on strike over privatisation

Protests against retail chains getting into fruits and vegetables

She walks in oblivion

Society itself doesn't care to know about headloading

Two incidents that made me ask: Whither forestry extension?

Extension programmes in forest institutions are meant to benefit stakeholders, mainly farmers, villagers and rural communities

Phulmai's walk - a day in the life of a headloader

Headloaders - collectors of fuelwood in India's woodlands. On the one hand, seen as forest destroyers, on the other, they are the sole support of …

People’s tribunal throws new light on Sister Valsa John’s murder

New report by tribunal comprising leading lawyers and researchers suggests the nun fighting for land rights of tribal people in Jharkhand was …

Check Jharkhand’s degrading environment

Unscientific mining has caused rampant environmental degradation in the state in the absence of proper monitoring

Transition failure

With an eye on the 2014 general election, the UPA government is expanding its ambitious Direct Benefit Transfer programme that promises welfare …