Testing time
In Karnataka, a lesson in water scarcity
In Karnataka, a lesson in water scarcity
Curbs on farmland transactions in Karnataka
Community radio network is a must to ensure development
A few days ago, most of India reeled under drought. Cities thirsted for water. Karnataka s chief minister S M Krishna seeing water supply in his software capital reduced to once in three days
Andhra Pradesh's response to the Paragodu project has been multi-pronged - when the government takes the issue to the Centre and the Supreme Court, the political parties adopt the agitational approach.
In the Kannada language, the word kere means a man made or natural water tank, and the word for the numeral nine is ombhatthu , pronounced colloquially as vombatthu . The author s surname, which means nine water tanks, is derived from the fact that in the
Karnataka still awaits rain
Illegal variants of GM seeds are threatening the future of cotton in India The biotech revolution in India has turned into a nightmare. At least in Gujarat, where cotton farmers are happily using illegal
Thirty years after banning manual scavenging under the Night Soil Carrying System Abolition Act, Karnataka is still a fair way away from flushing it out of the system. On April 25, 2003, though, a minuscule step was taken in this direction when the Bangal
The Karnataka government ostensibly allows private production of sandalwood, but actually maintains a tight rein on the trade. In fact, eight months after the notification of amendments in the Karnataka Forest Amendment Act 2001, stakeholders are yet to
Tiger reserve security in Karnataka
a recent development is bound to bring a smile on many faces. A high-yielding variety of wheat has been given the green signal for commercial cultivation in Maharashtra and Karnataka. Scientists
the Karnataka Lokayukta's revelations about inadequate stocks of an advanced rabies vaccine show that healthcare in the state
At a time when river networking is being touted as a panacea for the entire country’s water woes, the tide of opinion in Karnataka is turning against the concept. The dissent is moored to a proposed local scheme to divert Nethravathi river
yet another case of contamination of water has surfaced. The southwestern regional office of the Central Ground Water Board (cgwb) recently released a report of the water quality study conducted in
The Krishna river waters have changed course. They are suddenly flowing in the reverse direction, from the lower riparian state of Karnataka to Maharashtra which is an upper riparian state. But the
National programme on improved chulhas put on ice
Against windmills in Karnataka s protected Bababudangiri hills
River waters are contested ground. What is needed is an equity based agenda
Acting on a public interest litigation (pil) petition, the Karnataka High Court directed the Union government not to implement the Pharmaceutical Policy 2002 "insofar as it relates to the formulation