Video: How to rescue snakes

Snakes play an important role in the natural ecosystem by maintaining a balance in the [...]

Rajasthan: Dacoits from Chambal’s badlands give up guns for farming

Ram Avtar Gurjar was a dreaded dacoit who looted and killed without remorse in the [...]

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How Nahargarh’s 300-year-old water harvesting system beat the desert’s water blues

Roman-style architecture, Indian ingenuity, folklore, mountain top citadel with panoramic views and round-the-year water supply [...]

In pictures: Winter in Kashmir through its food, fire pots and pherans

The vibrant fall, with rust-coloured crisp chinar (maple) leaves, makes way for bone-biting cold as Kashmir enters Chillai [...]

Visuals of Kashmir’s beauty in autumn

Autumn is the most magical season of Kashmir. Starting with mid-September and ending in November, [...]

Water conservation in rural Rajasthan increases farming incomes four times; checks migration

Amar Singh, a farmer in Rajasthan’s remote Karauli district, was a daily wager in a [...]

Bihar: Asia’s largest oxbow lake Kanwar caught in the crossfire between farmers & fishermen

A bird sanctuary, a fishing lake, paddy fields and the epicentre of a conflict – [...]

From weathering cyclones to tiger attacks, how Sundarban inhabitants forge resilient lives

“Here, in the Sundarbans, danger lurks everywhere,” says 28-year-old Anita Barman of Hogol Duri village. [...]

Drumsticks could help tackle the deep-rooted scourge of malnutrition

India ranks 102 out of 119 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2019. This shows [...]

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How a Jharkhand schoolgirl, once teased as ‘Sulabh Shauchalaya’, is leading a ‘Swachhata’ mission

When 12-year-old Mondrita Chatterjee broke open her piggy bank in 2016 to contribute Rs 24,000 [...]

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