The recent events in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary in northern Kerala has had an impact on the state government. Why else would it crank up its public relations machine to put a positive spin to a state sponsored drive to evict tribals?

healing power: An Indian research team has been granted the rights to develop the curative potential of jamun (black plum fruit). The team has obtained a US patent on a compound extracted from

Against windmills in Karnataka s protected Bababudangiri hills

Painted storks, spoonbills, ducks, pelicans and black-winged stilts

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Thailand policymakers volte face on community forestry bill jolts devolution process

Confusion over move to close down Great Indian Bustard Sanctuary

for now, the construction of the controversial Dalhousie-Chamba highway has been stalled. Recently, the Union