Ecology and Environment
Rice that withstands drought
Posted on 19 May, 2017 05:30 PMA group of Indian, Chinese, and Canadian scientists has developed transgenic rice that gives high yield even under severe water deficit. The new rice variety has been developed by transferring a gene from a common plant, Arabidopsis thaliana, into a variety of Indian rice called samba mahsuri.
A case of vanishing greens
Posted on 12 May, 2017 06:48 PMKokapet, one of the study villages for the project ‘Ensuring Water Security in Metropolitan Hyderabad’, was the first village that we visited for field work. Even though we refer to them as ‘villages’, there was very little that we found village-like here.
Disappearing lakes and politics of corruption
Posted on 11 May, 2017 12:32 PMMallampet is a village in Quthbullapur Mandal. It is located about 5–6 km from the municipal boundaries of the Hyderabad city. Like many other villages, Mallampet too has witnessed the disappearance of its lakes, but not all of them are from natural causes. A close study of the political nexus has revealed the interesting case of lake encroachment.
Ennore oil spill: Flora, fauna recover slowly
Posted on 08 May, 2017 10:03 PMOil spill in Ennore has highly impacted the zone between Ennore and Marina beach
Now, Narmada is also a living entity
Posted on 08 May, 2017 08:19 PMFollowing Ganga and Yamuna, Narmada river also gets living entity status
In the name of development
Posted on 06 May, 2017 08:12 PMPankaj Sekhsaria’s recent book Islands in flux--The Andaman and Nicobar Story is a collection of around 20 years of his writings on the environmental and conservation concerns faced by the indigenous tribal communities of the region.
Karnataka's drought solution: Dig 1 km deep borewells
Posted on 02 May, 2017 08:36 AMAmbitious solution to curb Karnataka's drought
2017 will have normal rains: IMD
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 01:29 AMNormal monsoon expected this year: IMD
Centre gears up to tackle water shortage
Posted on 18 Apr, 2017 11:50 AMGovernment releases fund for water conservation under MGNREGS
Muck tale: How Cooum lost its holy status
Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 08:17 PMOne of the shortest rivers to drain into the Bay of Bengal, the Cooum is now a local synonym for an open sewer and is generally considered to be beyond the realms of redemption.