Grassroots victory

FRA emboldens tribals in Dudhwa to demand control over grass

With IT villages

Elsewhere the bubble may have burst, but in rural India infotech is alive and kicking

Expert panel report on brain fever deaths in eastern UP gets flak

Doctors say treatment protocol recommended by expert group may harm patients

CBI gets tough on rural health mission scam in Uttar Pradesh

How Central funds meant for upgrading healthcare facilities are siphoned off

Out of control

Parts of India still struggle to stabilise population growth

The nectar poison we drink

Property is a right: SC

Analysis of judgement shows State retains supremacy

Uttar Pradesh engages Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health, agriculture and financial services to the poor

Health activists wary

Beware, dangerous pollutants are spooking your air

Pollution levels in major north Indian cities are either 'very poor' or 'severe'

Bihar govt teams carrying out operations against locust swarms

The insects have spread to 11 districts of the state in the past four days

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Many a slip

Can India meet the 2012 deadline to provide safe drinking water to all rural homes?

Science in our daily lives

COVID-19: What about 1.5 mln UP children who missed vaccination schedule

Summer, monsoon onset increase chances of measles, influenza

Tangible shift

Bioprocessing - the Indian leather industry braces itself for an environmental facelift

Bully among birds

A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms

Tigers on the prowl

Tigers have killed 16 people across the country in the past two months

National Green Tribunal firm on not allowing new polluting industries in Ghaziabad

UP Pollution Control Board fails to furnish satisfactory report to tribunal

Land bill gets diluted on way to Parliament

Bill provisions now favour government and industry, not farmers, say activists

Taungyas get legal recognition

Land titles distributed to 651 families in six Uttar Pradesh villages

Not a cakewalk

Bottlenecks and hassles confront the Indian organic producers

Kumbh: time to come clean

Free the air of mercury

Newly launched Minamata Convention weak on mercury released by thermal power plants

How COVID-19 made forest rights battle tougher for Tharu women

The Adivasi women of Lakhimpur Khiri in eastern UP show resilience

It’s mid-May and it isn’t as hot as it normally is. Here’s why

354 heavy rainfall events across India in just two months