Himachal's fodder management initiative can help save lives of rural women
Many rural women in hilly states sustain injuries while collecting fodder; agro forestry initiative to help address this issue
Non-communicable diseases: most nations way off meeting targets, says WHO
Premature deaths due to non-communicable diseases can be reduced by spending US$ 13 per patient annually
Report on India’s tribal population kept under wraps
High-level committee report was submitted to the Prime Minister’s Office in May 2014, and includes radical recommendations
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 …
Reinvent tiger conservation
The new conservation agenda should not revolve around tigers versus tribals. It has to be about tigers and people
Bihar’s development model fails to save Nitish
Bihar, touted as India’s fastest growing state under Nitish Kumar rule, has thrown up a startling mandate and shown faith in BJP. The Bihar …
India declared polio free; no new case in 3 years
Children in the country will, however, continue to be vaccinated against the disease to maintain immunity
Sand mining lobby uses tricks to evade MoEF scrutiny
Ministry panel visiting Greater Noida finds even leased mining areas do not have any environment clearance
‘Periods don't stop for pandemics, neither should our activism’
Srilekha Chakraborty, the woman behind menstrual health campaign #PeriodsPeCharcha, talks about introducing changes in ways menstrual health is …
Sinking in illicit liquor
Most men in tribal hamlets spend all their wages on hooch and women are doomed to shoulder the burden of their families
2013 set to be one of 10 warmest years: global Met agency
Statement released at ongoing Warsaw climate talks says January to September months were warmer despite absence of El Nino or La Nina events
Simmering discontent over tea
The newfound success of brand Darjeeling is fuelling suspicion between planters and workers. Sayantan Bera reports
'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 …
Extreme weather events of 2013 a result of human influences: WMO
Typhoon Haiyan, heatwave in Australia, frigid polar air in parts of Europe and the US are a few events mentioned in the World Meteorological …
A death blow?
Rising against liquor
India’s tribal village infrastructure in a shambles
75% without access to healthcare, 51% without PDS, 52% without piped water
Congress, allies approve statehood for Telangana
Hyderabad to be common capital for 10 years
Polio vaccine compulsory for those travelling to select countries
India is in no mood to risk the polio free status it achieved earlier this year