Lifestyle diseases are snuffing out lives and taking away productive years. The future looks menacing as India modernizes at blinding speed.

Forest guards use mobile ringtones to capture rogue leopards wandering into human settlements

An ambitious breeding-in-captivity project aims to save the endangered vulture by preventing it from feeding on carcasses rich in the killer diclofenac drug. It may be a classical case of too little too late.

When it comes to Karnataka's forest cover, even a brigand like Veerappan had his uses. His dreaded presence in the jungles in advertantly served to preserve the state's green cover, even though the bandit himself was an unrepentant poacher of elephants. "He kept encroachers at bay," admits ^ ornithologist and bird specialist H M.B.

Widely feted for its impressive performance in the social sector, a spate of deaths of newborns in one of the state's premier hospitals has raised questions over Kerala's overall healthcare system-----

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The first ever poaching of several Asiatic lions In Gujarat has shaken the authorities and wildlife lovers into devising steps to protect the species

A SURVIVOR'S GUIDE ON WHAT YOU CAN DO TO HELP BRING DOWN CARBON DIOXIDE EMISSIONS AND COMBAT GLOBAL WRMING

1. CHANGE YOUR BULBS Replace incandescent bulbs with compact fluorescent lamps (cfl)

Delhi 2020: They are already calling it the year without winter. From January itself, temperatures across northern India have soared to 35 degrees Celsius. Much of the Gangetic plain has been transformed into one vast dust bowl. The wheat crop has failed and farmers are committing suicide by the droves. Food riots have broken out as the government is no longer able to control the distribution.

An escalating human-tusker conflict has forced the state Government to urgently re-work its elephant corridor project

PEACE CORRIDORS:

Kansrau-Barkot Corridor: 2.5 x 2 km. Will connect Dehradun forest division and Rajaji National Park.