Reportage Stranded for two months in Leh, 60 migrant workers from Jharkhand, get airlifted Jharkhand government pays and organises to airlift its workers constructing border roads in Leh; possibly the first such operation for...
Reportage Fisheries ministry reduces annual fishing ban by two weeks; fishers’ forum demands its revocation In response to the COVID pandemic and loss of livelihood to the fishers, the Centre has reduced the annual fishing...
Reportage Lockdown, followed by two months fishing ban; Koli fisherwomen are on the edge Koli fisherwomen in Mumbai have not earned a penny in the last almost three months. Fishing ban in June and...
Reportage Super Cyclone Amphan weakens to an extremely severe cyclonic storm. But, still remains strongest cyclone ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal Cyclone Amphan intensified from a category-1 cyclone to category-5 within 18 hours. Meteorologists attribute this to record high sea-surface temperatures...
Reportage Excess rainfall, followed by the COVID19 lockdown, has hit Chhattisgarh’s tribal communities dependent on the minor forest produce Minor forest produce, such as mahua, tendu patta, chironjee, sustains the tribal communities of Chhattisgarh for six months a year....
Reportage COVID19 lockdown and the Indian government’s lackadaisical approach towards migrant workers reiterate the need for village republic To address the coronavirus disease pandemic, the Karnataka government has set up village committees and gram panchayat task forces that...
Reportage Refugees in their own land, informal sector workers reduced to mere death toll statistics Forty-five days past the declaration of the nationwide COVID19 lockdown, migrant workers continue to criss-cross the length and breadth of...
Reportage Almost 70% of India has received excess rainfall in the pre-monsoon season; might affect the onset of monsoon Between March 1 and May 6 this year, 59 per cent districts have received ‘large excess’ rainfall and 9 per...
Reportage Jharkhand launches a roadmap to revive its rural economy struck due to COVID19 Water conservations works and plantations, in convergence with the MGNREGA, set to provide income support to rural people affected by...
Reportage Lack of planned drainage, natural drainage basins encroached. Result: Increased urban flooding in Guwahati An intricate network of rivers and beels (wetlands) forms the natural drainage system of Guwahati city on the banks of...
