The master builders of broken Nepal

Helping Hands, a group of young volunteers, hopes to rebuild a “stronger, prettier and a prouder Nepal” after the Himalayan nation was rattled by the April 25 earthquake. Anusha......

10 Odisha villages marooned in flash flood

At least 10 villages of Odisha's Kalahandi district were marooned in flood waters due to heavy rains at the catchment areas of river Indravati leading to disruption of road communications in......

India's tiger population rises to 1,706

Thanks to sustained conservation efforts, the tiger population in the country has risen to 1706 compared with 1411 in 2006, a 12 per cent increase that excludes the big cats of Sundarbans, the......

Late rains revive kharif outlook

Monsoon is back in almost all the rain-starved areas of the peninsula, Maharashtra and parts of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh. As a result, there has been a dramatic change in the overall kharif crop......