A day after Cyclone Phailin lashed the Odisha coast, full-throated praise for the Naveen Patnaik government on minimising loss of human life through mass evacuation morphed into angry protests by the survivors
This is like opening a ‘coalgate’ of another kind. This time around, the coal ministry is planning to auction 14 coal blocks, with a majority of them falling inside dense forestland where mining was not
On 28 MAY, as the rest of Kerala was eagerly waiting for the monsoon rains, a distraught Veera Swami performed the last rites of his four-month- old son in Pagalayur village. It was the 28th infant death
Prolonged excessive use of synthetic fertilisers has ruined the soil and agriculture in Medak district Years of dependency on chemical fertilisers has trapped the villagers of Hathnoor mandal of Narsapura
Medak district of Andhra Pradesh is the picture of a paradox. Known as one of the most backward districts of the Telangana region, it is also the district with the second largest number of industries in
An innovation in dryland farming has brought in much-needed relief to Karnataka’s sagging agriculture sector. thanks to Bhoo Chetana (soil enrichment), a cultivation technique initiated by the state government
Land IS at a premium beyond the Assam plains in the Northeast where two-thirds of the area is made up of hills and mountains. With less than 3 percent cropland, Arunachal Pradesh is India’s most sparsely
Global food production has already appropriated almost half the land suitable for agriculture. And there is no adding to that because the remainder supports the world’s surviving natural ecosystems vital
The world produces 4 billion tonnes of food every year, enough to feed its 7 billion people. Yet, every seventh person on earth sleeps hungry. Is it only because we waste 30-50 percent of our food? Or
It was the morning of 15 August 2004. Television sets across the country relayed pictures of the newly appointed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Addressing the nation from inside a bullet-proof glass box
A vexatious issue in all the controversies related to Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) is the conflict of interest that now seems all pervasive, often leading to biased conclusions and recommendations
