Within 10 days, two tigers found dead in Madhya Pradesh’s Panna Tiger Reserve

The deaths of two tigers within 10 days have posed questions about the tracking and monitoring mechanism of radio-collared tigers...

COP26: As world leaders pledge to end deforestation, the Tamil Nadu forest department sets green goals for itself

Over 100 countries pledged at the COP26 in Glasgow, to end deforestation by 2030 and preserve the critical forest covers...

Skin whitening creams sold in India found to contain dangerously high levels of toxic mercury

New Delhi-based non-profit Toxics Link recently tested 15 samples of skin whitening creams, including six samples imported from Pakistan. All...

Borewells in a village in Panna, Madhya Pradesh, are spewing gas and fire

District authorities rushed to Jhumta village in Panna district, where fire leapt out of a borewell that had been drilled...

‘Even a domestic help earns more than we do’ – ASHA workers protest low honorarium and missing incentives

On October 30, ASHA workers from across Uttar Pradesh congregated in Lucknow, the state capital, to demand a hike in...

More deaths by suicide than COVID-19: India’s suicide rate in 2020 highest in 10 years

As per the NCRB report, a spike of 10 per cent in the number of deaths by suicide was recorded...

Overwhelmed by debts, crop loss and his wife’s cancer treatment, farmer Anil Kumar Singh ended his life

The recent rains in Uttar Pradesh that damaged huge tracts of crops have led to utter despair amongst farmers. Rising...

Preparations underway for hingot ‘battle’ — fought with gunpowder-laden shells a day after Diwali

Despite its widespread reputation of causing injuries to dozens of men every year, the Hingot yudhh is a matter of...

Will this Diwali brighten up Khushahalganj, a potters’ village, reeling under losses for over a year now?

While sales have picked up in urban centres during the festival season, potters’ community that supplies diyas, clay idols and...

A bleak Diwali for the flood-hit farmers of Kannauj

Just as the farmers of Kannauj in Uttar Pradesh thought they were catching a break from the relentless rains in...