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IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar has often ruffled feathers with authorities for her actions against violations of forests and wildlife laws. As a mother to two boys, she has learnt to identify and stand her ground against gender-based discrimination, especially towards working mothers. Photo from Vanjulavalli Sridhar.

[Interview] ‘There is so much you can do in the forest service’, says IFS Vanjulavalli Sridhar

Sahana Ghosh 3 Feb 2021
First time since it was built 20 years ago, work for de-silting was started in 2020 at the Pushkar Sarovar lake formed by the second of the first five barriers restricting the ecological flow of Narmada. The infant river is no more than a thin stream. The district administration carried out repair work for the barrage structure as a result of which the pond was empty for most of the time post monsoon and showcased silt deposits mixed with municipal solid waste. Photo by Nivedita Khandekar.

Ecological degradation at Narmada’s origin in Amarkantak spells more trouble

Nivedita Khandekar 3 Feb 2021

[Commentary] Restoring urban wetlands for a brighter future

Priya Ranganathan 2 Feb 2021

An elephant corridor raises conflict in the Nilgiris

K.A. Shaji 2 Feb 2021

Lack of alternatives force women back to work in stone mines, which are health hazards

Mayank Aggarwal 1 Feb 2021

Chowkidar turns conservationist for winged friends in Chambal

Manish Chandra Mishra, Aditi Tandon 1 Feb 2021

The missing chapter in wildlife rescue: crowd control

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 29 Jan 2021

World Wetlands Day: Celebrating the champions who protect our wetlands

Aditi Tandon 29 Jan 2021
Azadpur Mandi

GrAMs: Market access scheme for farmers still weighed down after three years

Kundan Pandey 28 Jan 2021

Are major insect losses imperiling life on Earth?

Liz Kimbrough 28 Jan 2021

[Explainer] What are wetlands and why do we need to protect them?

Aditi Tandon 27 Jan 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021
A blackbuck takes a jump on the open land of Bhetnoi in Ganjam. Photo by Rakesh Roul.

A cluster of villages conserve shy blackbucks in Odisha’s Ganjam

Manish Kumar 26 Jan 2021

Over 214,000 trees to make way for Ujh hydropower project in J&K

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Jan 2021
Baya weaver with nest male and female birds. Photo by Fareedz/Wikimedia Commons.

Precarious lives of the wild inside home gardens in northeast India

Rini Barman, Sahana Ghosh 25 Jan 2021

About 43 million hectares of forest lost in 14 years

Mongabay.com 25 Jan 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

Research and resources are two pillars of India’s draft Arctic policy

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 22 Jan 2021
A Chironomid (Chironomus plumosus). Certain Chironomids are hideouts of outbreak causing strains of the cholera bacterium. Photo by Entomart/Wikimedia Commons.

Hardy hideouts: Aquatic insects can forewarn cholera outbreaks

Sahana Ghosh 21 Jan 2021
U.S. President Joe Biden at a rally in Iowa in October 2020. Photo by Adam Schultz / Biden for President.

President Biden’s climate agenda could be a boost for international efforts

Ashoka Mukpo 21 Jan 2021