One loss too many
The ascendency of humans has unleashed the sixth mass extinction. Every species lost will only hasten the processes of annihilation.
Richard Mahapatra
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Disaster dossier: The impact of climate change on Orissa
For over a decade, Orissa has been teetering from one extreme weather condition to another: from heatwaves to cyclones, drought to floods. The state has been declared disaster-affected for 95 of the last 105 years. Why is this happening? Is it the result of global warming and climate change? Richard Mahapatra, who has been awarded the
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NGO study, government lingo
Root to canopy, Regenerating forests through community-state partnership
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A real disaster
Rich states, fewer disasters, more calamity relief fund
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On delicate ground
Demand to amend Forest Conservation Act looms large over talks between Naxalites and AP
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Drop the weapon talk
Nuclear Issues
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Devolution meet a damp squib
Precious little achieved as states resist financial empowerment of panchayats
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Troubled start
Creation of <i>panchayati raj</i> ministry sparks row
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Opportunity squandered
Survey reveals how MPs have made a thorough hash of development fund scheme
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A great sweep
Feisty women hill broom gatherers force the forest department to relent in a Orissa village
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Success in a fistful of rice
Women come to the rescue of a village burdened by drought