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Araku's pioneer
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Araku's pioneer

A tribal farmer in Andhra Pradesh got the best of both worlds when he combined natural farming with his wisdom from shifting cultivation

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January 16, 2021
Question Of Ecological Identity
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Question Of Ecological Identity

ISHAN KUKRETI speaks to a legislator, an anthropologist and legal experts to make sense of this simmering debate

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December 16, 2020
2020 Endless Fallouts
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2020 Endless Fallouts

COVID-19 has turned the clock back in terms of global health and development indices. The recovery will be long and arduous for a world facing climate change on an unprecedented scale. Indicators are already there that the year ahead will be turbulent

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December 16, 2020
Sting operation
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Sting operation

One of India’s worst malaria-affected districts, Malkangiri in Odisha, is on its way to win the fight against this scourge

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December 16, 2020
The great discontent
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The great discontent

Farmers delivered the country’s historic harvest bucking the pandemic in 2020. But the year also broke all records of their protests as they demand fair price and access to markets

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December 16, 2020
Fungal attack in apple orchards across the valley
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Fungal attack in apple orchards across the valley

WIDESPREAD FUNGAL infection is set to hit apple production in Kashmir this season.

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December 16, 2020
SHRINKING WORLD OF CHANGPAS
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SHRINKING WORLD OF CHANGPAS

The Changpas are trans-Himalayan nomads. For ages, they have roamed the Changthang region of southeastern Ladakh, cut off from the world. Some accounts say they travelled across the Himalayas to arrive here around the 8th century. Located at an altitude of 4,500 metres, life in this arid, vast and rugged plateau is hard. Winters are very long, summers short and vegetation scarce. As a result, the Changpas have led a pastoral life. They rear Changthangi goat, from whose under coat comes the famous pashmina wool. The goats graze on the mountainsides, feeding on seasonal grasses. The weather, however, has changed in the past few decades. The winters and summers are warmer, and there is a perceptive decline in precipitation and snowfall between November and March. This has drastically reduced the size of the grazing grounds and the Changpas now have to shift locations more frequently. RITAYAN MUKHERJEE captures the changing lifestyle of the Changpas

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December 16, 2020
Collateral damage
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Collateral damage

India’s latest plan to save its vultures from dying due to drugs used on cattle offers little hope

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December 16, 2020
PURE TRASH
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PURE TRASH

THE GOVERNMENT’S NEW PROPOSAL ON EXTENDED PRODUCER’S RESPONSIBILITY ON PLASTIC WASTE IS A MOCKERY OF THE COVID-19 REALITY WE FACE TODAY

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December 16, 2020
Gated farming societies
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Gated farming societies

An agritech startup in Bengaluru is helping city dwellers own and manage farms for long-term wealth benefits

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December 16, 2020
We need pure honey
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We need pure honey

It is time we outwitted the business of adulteration. This requires government to act decisively. It needs industry to be made responsible. It needs consumers to be made aware of the purity of the honey they consume. This demands change

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December 01, 2020
When we spiked honey with Chinese and Indian 'all-pass' syrups
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When we spiked honey with Chinese and Indian 'all-pass' syrups

If the samples passed the tests for purity, it would show that such syrups worked

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December 01, 2020
Leads to China
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Leads to China

Tracking down the imported syrup being used for honey adulteration

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December 01, 2020
Panchayat Incorporated
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Panchayat Incorporated

Twenty20, which established a corporate panchayat in Kerala in 2015, is expanding its realm during the local body polls this year. How sustainable is the option? JINOY JOSE P KOCHI, KERALA

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December 01, 2020
Indian passage for adulteration
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Indian passage for adulteration

Manufacturing of adulterant syrups has begun closer home

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December 01, 2020
THE HONEY TRAP
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THE HONEY TRAP

INVESTIGATION INTO THE BUSINESS OF ADULTERATION OF HONEY

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December 01, 2020
LABORATORY TESTS OF HONEY WE CONSUME
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LABORATORY TESTS OF HONEY WE CONSUME

HONEY WHICH PASSED INDIAN STANDARDS FAILED WHEN TESTED USING EQUIPMENT THAT CAN DETECT MODIFIED SUGAR SYRUP

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December 01, 2020
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Immunity booster or buster?

What makes honey special and why honey adulterated with sugar is bad

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December 01, 2020
How we broke honeygate
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How we broke honeygate

An undercover operation to contact Chinese sellers of sugar syrup brought to light the shady business

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December 01, 2020
Adulteration business
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Adulteration business

As tests became more advanced and could detect adulteration, the industry has evolved and found new adulterants

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December 01, 2020
New Light On Dark Matter
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New Light On Dark Matter

Scientific research is unearthing new understanding on an old mystery

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November 16, 2020
Foggy superstructure
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Foggy superstructure

It is unclear how the new commission on air pollution will fit in the federal framework, but its formation asserts the role of the executive and limits the judiciary

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November 16, 2020
REPEAT ATTACK
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REPEAT ATTACK

Kerala’s struggle with the second wave of COVID-19 should serve as a warning to other states

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November 16, 2020
Third tier or third wheel?
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Third tier or third wheel?

Newly constituted District Development Councils in Jammu and Kashmir have triggered fears of dilution of grassroots democracy in the Union Territory

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November 16, 2020
Fingers crossed
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Fingers crossed

Undoing the damage caused by Donald Trump may be Joe Biden’s first step, but the climate challenges that the US faces today are daunting

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November 16, 2020
Digest - IN FRONT-COVID WARRIOR
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Digest - IN FRONT-COVID WARRIOR

Priyanka Shukla and her friends fought the administration to provide assistance to informal workers in Chhattisgarh during the lockdown

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November 16, 2020
Checkmate, again?
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Checkmate, again?

THE NEXT PANDEMIC IS NOT FAR AWAY

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November 16, 2020
An alien gone native
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An alien gone native

TREE TOMATOES FROM NAGALAND ARE A WORTHY SUBSTITUTE FOR THE REGULAR ONES

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November 16, 2020
AGE OF VIRUS
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AGE OF VIRUS

The much-scorned, dreaded biological entities are also the highly misunderstood beings

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November 16, 2020
Scent of summer
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Scent of summer

EMBRACE KHUS ROOTS FOR A HEALTHY LIVING AND FOR A HEALTHY PLANET

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November 01, 2020