People’s manifesto
Political parties reverse trend, seek people’s suggestions to draft manifesto
Grain glut
India faces a surplus of foodgrains. Is exporting a good option?
First comes chick
Kuroiler hens offer a poultry business model that can fight poverty, nutritional stress
Bill Or Bull?
Why is India pushing for the enactment of a bill that does not protect agriculture?
Relocation pangs
Shifting of industries to Bawana will affect groundwater reserves
Access denied
Shortage of antiretroviral drugs and lack of diagnosis is not new in India, but government does not admit to the crisis
Guar mine
Farmers in Rajasthan make big bucks as shale gas rush boosts demand for little-known cluster bean
People's cure to climate woes
Ecologically vulnerable Nepal has framed its climate change adaptation plan with the help of communities
Delhi hospitals freed of poor
Delhi High Court exempts four private hospitals from treating the poor for free. Experts fear other hospitals will follow
Carting away sand
Labourers illegally mine beach sand in Ratnagiri, removing the buffer between ocean and human habitat
On green track
Railways has fitted more bio-toilets this year than the total number fitted in the last three years
Premature scheme
Gujarat's plan to increase institutional deliveries among expecting mothers has fallen flat
Banking on mothers
A bank in Udaipur collects mothers’ milk; experts to chalk out plan to include it in national policy
Who dropped MESA?
Government clueless about the Bill it introduced 12 years ago to govern urban areas in tribal regions. Constitutional crisis follows
Look at the sun
Government has made half-baked efforts to promote solar pumps, a cost-effective irrigation tool
The curse of coca
The move to use a new herbicide to eradicate the coca plant spells trouble for South America's rainforests
Playing with facts
An affidavit filed in the Supreme Court by the Indian automaker TELCO suggests a misinterpretation of the WHO's views on air pollution. The …
Blues for the big cats
Everyone knows of the tiger's endangered status, but the government seems unwilling to face the reality. So far, it has tried to resolve the …
Fabric of nature
Organic cotton is much in demand across the globe. But lack of support from government agencies may impede its growth
Power to the people
Heads of panchayats arrived in the Capital to demand the power to effectively run the traditional self-government
Adrift and Isolated
A proposed blanket ban on scientific prawn culture in Chilika lake is a total let-down for the fiskerfolk
Rags to pads
Self-help groups making low-cost sanitary napkins are ready to supply them to rural India
Biennial Forest Survey Report: What does State of India’s Forest 2021 tell us
Bihar canal collapse brings lack of dam safety in focus
A CAG report released in July found that less than 10 per cent dams had disaster management plans in place
Scientists synthesise cannabis like products in lab
The developed chemicals' commercial use is limited since it is difficult to procure sufficient quantities of marine sources for their isolation