A massive public health disaster is unravelling on the outskirts of Hyderabad two decades after a clutch of pharmaceutical companies dumped toxic waste into freshwater lakes and fertile agricultural
Arsenic poisoning is going unchecked in rural Bengal. Hundreds are dying a painful death. The health department has recorded 39 deaths and has admitted 12,543 villagers are suffering from acute
If water is a fundamental right of Indian citizens, so why this clandestine move to privatise it or sell drinking water contracts to western companies? Bangalore almost got trapped in this seductive
There are about 73 rain water harvesting(RWH) projects that have been set up in and around Delhi, for about four to five years now yielding tremendous results. A number of case studies prove its
In another indictment of India's tardy wildlife conservation effector, more lurid details are emerging in the aftermath of the disappearance of tigers in Sariska. But this time it is the apex
The Upper Bari Doab Canal(UBDC) - an engineering marvel of the colonial era - has been converted into a hotbed of corruption by officials of the Punjab irrigation department. The Government of India
Portable ultrasound machines, abused for female foeticide, are making the already near-impossible taks of nabbing criminal doctors harder in Karnataka. A recent raid in Chennapatna of Bangalore Rural
For an estimated 20,000 people living in the nearly 15 villages locted in the vicinity of the State Industries Promotion Corporation of Tamil Nadu (SIPCOT) estates in Cuddalore, pollution has been a
The bamboo flower blooms every 48 years. It causes a rat population explosion. It brings famine. This time, Aizwal in Mizoram is determined to tackle the rare natural phenomenon. A Rs 550-crore
