The first-ever Lok Adalat on the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) in Jharkhand was all hype and no substance

Can you piss into a bottle of mineral water and test it for impurities at the same time?

Diabetes IS literally a death that takes place limb by limb. Don

The dawn OF 2009 only brought despair for the tiger. One shocking revelation was the unprecedented poaching in the past three months. From November to January, skins and bones of seven tigers have been seized, plus three killed by poachers. Seventeen tigers have been found dead

According to recent World Bank estimates, over 45 percent of India lives under the $1.25-a-day poverty line. This translates to a staggering 450 million Indians, which is more than the population of the US!

Two months ago, a massive strike by 18 trade unions threatened to completely hogtie work in the Rs 6,500-crore jute industry. On December 1, the unions went on an indefinite strike, demanding higher wages and settlement of pending financial negotiations.

Madkam Deva is a tribal, the sort characterised romantically in social science schoolbooks and museum artifacts illustrative of India

MANSHI ASHER, environmental activist, uncovers the murky carbon credit market in India

Eight-year-old Muskaan is kneeling close to a patch of fresh, hot coal. She is sorting charcoal pieces that she will pile into a bamboo basket for her father to carry across the town of Raniganj. Everyday, groups of other men, women and children join her at this coal-burning ghat, only a few kilometres from the city

Once a killer track, Rajaji Park has seen no elephant deaths in six years, writes prernasinghbindra