Lock & Hold

The jallikattu debate is playing out much like the game itself, with each side trying to gain the upper hand: animal rights groups alleging animal cruelty, the Tamil people insisting on tradition and future of native cattle breeds, and governments eager to assuage feelings of discontent. Who will tame whom?

Mystery Fever

Doctors are clueless about the viral strain that has gripped several states in India this monsoon.

For a Good Night's Sleep

Most urban Indians dread bedtime. Sleep disorders ensure that 93 per cent of the people living in cities don't sleep well or worse, are not able to sleep at all. This sleeplessness results in diseases, which can cost their health and the country's economy dearly. What is causing us to lose sleep? And how can we sleep well again? VIBHA VARSHNEY and KARNIKA BAHUGUNA make sense of latest research.

A Cure Worse Than The Disease

Isha Foundation's Rally for Rivers initiative to plant trees alongside river banks appears impractical and lacks scientific rigour ISHAN KUKRETI new delhi 

Cassini Dives Into Saturn

The Cassini-Huygens probe has enabled scientists analyse the surface and atmosphere of some of Saturn's mysterious moons SHREESHAN VENKATESH 

Pulse With Potential

As health connoisseurs turn to horse gram, CHANDRA PRAKASH KALA hopes that the lesser known crop can help transform Uttarakhand's farm sector, in a big way

Heavy-Duty Pressure

The government has stalled standards that could have made heavy-duty vehicles guzzle and pollute less. Is it hand-in-glove with the industry or under pressure from it?

Weathering A Poor Network

With extreme weather events becoming the new normal, forecasting has become more important than ever. It's time African nations invest in observation networks

claims we buy

for food manufacturers, misleading claims are a way of marketing in india. it's time the government made the regulations stringent and brought about necessary changes in its approach towards food labelling and claims

pale and yellow

shortage of vaccines has pushed many african countries to the brink of a yellow fever epidemic

honey, they shrunk our livelihoods!

honey collectors gamble with their lives to eke out a livelihood in the sundarbans, but are forced to sell it to the forest department for a pittance.

Antarctic Peninsula Gets Greener

THE ANTARCTIC Peninsula is turning green, with rising temperatures having a "dramatic effect" on the growth of moss, scientists have discovered.

Save Our Seas

The UN's first conference to save the oceans is a grand show of intent to reset our relationship with the largest sink of carbon dioxide and the biggest receptacle for human wastes. But will governments, industries and organisations stand by the big voluntary commitments they have made? VIBHA VARSHNEY reports from UN headquarters in New York

Age Of Bioclean

Microbes are increasingly being used to clean contaminated sites

The Catch In Conservation

Ullas Karanth has many lessons to offer to make wildlife management in India more scientific

Bucking Extinction

Even as the number of species nearing extinction increases each year, here's a look at the conservation strategies that have helped revive four key species

Pulse Paradox

A record production of pulses is in the offing. But neither farmers nor consumers stand to benefit because the government is withdrawing procurement from farmers and flooding the market with imported pulses

Awaiting Indemnity

Women fall victim to failed sterilisation, while the government remains unaware of this missing link in population surge

Civil Lines- Replaying History

The NDA government is repeating the mistake of the Vajpayee regime by relying on the formal sector for job creation

A Nationwide Wave

Farmers are under heavy debt, but loan waivers only treat the symptom, not the disease afflicting India's farm sector

Himalaya's Magical Grove

Apart from being a religious place, Hariyali Devi’s forests harbour several herbs.

Sacred, A Way Of Life

Every morning, Kamla Devi offers water to the tulsi plant in her courtyard.

Inherent Faith Runs Deep

In Jharkhand, sacred groves define social and cultural consciousness of tribal people.

Surviving Through Ages

Western ghats’ kathalekan retains its vegetation even after a millenium.

Vanishing Oases

Sacred groves are losing patronage in Rajasthan.

Restore Lost Groves

The decline of sacred groves began in the Indian plains in tandem with agricultural expansion.

Liability Turns Resource

Noida takes the help of Centre for Science and Environment; plans to harvest its stormwater to check flash floods while replenishing depleting groundwater.

Coal Concealment

The Goa government does a U-turn and increases the capacity of Mormugao Port. This will exacerbate air pollution in the area.

A Model On A Rampage

Rural communities went against the Bharatiya Janata Party in the recent Gujarat elections. Resentment among rural communities has been brewing since 2002 due to agrarian crisis. But it was for the first time that the Gujarat Model was put to test.

BJP's Farming Headache

Four states with a predominantly rural population that have witnessed a huge agricultural crisis and large-scale farmer protests would hold assembly elections in 2018. After a relatively poor result in rural Gujarat recently, should the Bharatiya Janata Party be worried about its electoral prospects?