There is little doubt that the Dongria Kondhs are facing their biggest challenge.Being small in number, they need special attention and care in order to fight this deadly virus, reports Rashme......
Yeh Hai India: Capturing Events And Moods Across Our Incredible Country. IMAGE: Police personnel wear body cameras during the municipal corporation of Delhi election. All photographs: ANI Photo......
'Which one of us would give up our flats for development?''We insist that others, who are unwilling but weak, make all the sacrifices on our behalf and then we are puzzled when there is violence......
Environment struggles are now being used to create political space and new form of vote bank politics, alleges BJP activist Bhupender Yadav. The decision to reject the approval for mining in the......
'You have to respect nature. You won't respect nature unless you see nature's fury.' IMAGE: National Disaster Relief Force personnel rescue marooned Chennai residents. Environmentalist Nityanand......
Billionaire NRI Anil Agarwal-led Vedanta Resources has made it clear that it will not look at mining bauxite from the Niyamgiri hills to feed its Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) Lanjigarh alumina......
The villagers of Tadijhola in Kalahandi district of Odisha rejected the proposal for bauxite mining in Niyamgiri hills on Tuesday, becoming the third gram sabha to do so. Of 22 eligible voters in......
Even when the protest against Vedanta over mining in Niyamgiri was at its peak, Hindalco Industries quietly carried on with its work in Mali Parbat, just miles away from the Vedanta project. But......
Mining major Vedanta Resources on Thursday said its investment in India would come down by up to $2 billion (nearly Rs 9,000 crore) in the next two years as expansion plans are put on hold after......
Activists are a cynical bunch. When a good thing happens, they wonder why. On August 24, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh issued a well-argued order denying forest clearance to a bauxite mining......