Discomfort zone

Substandard sanitary napkins plague government’s healthcare scheme; help from community seems to be the only way out

Bitter sweet

Who should have the first right over sugar produced by Uttar Pradesh's sugar mills - the banks who loaned the mills or the farmers who supplied …

Pipe dreams

Stones unto stones

Bhakti divide in Brajbhoomi

Disagreement is brewing among Krishna's devotees in Vrindavan. While some want to show their love for the god by building temples, others serve …

Japanese biopiracy of our Ballia barley

Japan’s Sapporo brewery patents Indian barley gene without giving benefit to farmers

Sewage stink

Many townships in Greater Noida are not connected to the sewage system

The nectar poison we drink

Search for a good hearth

While cook stoves in India are becoming fuel-efficient, they are not improving air quality, finds study

Why authorize it?

Floods blacked out but real

Bully among birds

A college campus in Soor Sarovar Bird Sanctuary flouts wildlife norms

An order of chaos

National Green Tribunal's decision to declare an area of 10 km radius around Okhla Bird Sanctuary as ecologically sensitive has put the future …

Double take

Scientists are flocking to Umri village in Allahabad district to study the reason it has so many twins. But ALOK GUPTA unravels the twin troubles …

Sunday warriors

Residents of Lucknow have taken up the task of cleaning the river Gomti

Tying a green knot

In a small town in Chamoli district of Uttar Pradesh, a marriage is also a tree-planting occasion

Policing the police

A constable who gets corrupt officials behind bars  

Children once again

A chat and books persuade parents in Shravasti to not marry off young girls

Skilled hands turn waste bark into art

The planting of commercially valuable chir trees has become embroiled in controversy in Ultar Pradesh's Almora district. But a local …

Forests of fire

The prolonged dry spell and the history of forest fires were clear warnings that went unheeded. And thousands of hectares of forests were charred …

The torrid charm of being a UP politician

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati has resigned. She's ended, as a newspaper put it, her "third honeymoon" with the Bharatiya Janata Party, a …

Running the show

Women effect a remarkable change in two districts of backward Bundelkhand

Duty free

Uttar Pradesh can't deliver vaccines to its children. But it wants to import vaccine

Kalanamak

The future of Indian scented rice?

Karanda: Rural India's rich fruit

Karanda is a versatile but under-exploited plant found throughout the dry regions of India. It is cultivated for its edible fruits in Rajasthan, …