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Harvest of heritage

India, June 2 -- In the hills of Koraput district in Odisha, farming still follows an older rhythm. In Jalaguda village of Kundra block, Rukmini Kilo tends her fields much as her parents did, sowing t... Read More


Rethinking conservation: The saga of the 'lantana tiger'

India, June 2 -- On the edges of India's forests, a new tiger story is emerging. These tigers do not range grasslands or stalk deer in open forests. Instead, they move through the dense, impenetrable ... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's striped cats are unevenly distributed

India, June 2 -- This graphic was originally published as part of the cover story Rethinking Conservation in the June 1-15, 2026 print edition of Down To Earth Published by HT Digital Content Service... Read More


Rethinking conservation: Project Tiger may have expanded but funding has not kept pace

India, June 2 -- Over the past five decades, the scale of conservation under Project Tiger has expanded considerably. From nine tiger reserves at its inception, the network grew to 23 reserves by 1997... Read More


Rethinking conservation: India's tiger story must move beyond rising numbers and expanding protected areas

India, June 2 -- During a routine patrol in Madhya Pradesh's Kanha Tiger Reserve in May, the state's forest department team came across an adult tiger carcass. This was the third such case reported fr... Read More


Almost 76 per cent of Delhi is persistently heat-stressed in summers, says new CSE report

India, June 2 -- Almost 76 per cent of the national capital is persistently heat-stressed, a condition worsened by the dramatic shrinking of the city's green cover, according to a new report released ... Read More


'Utter disregard for the risk to human life': Florida sues OpenAI and Sam Altman over AI safety

India, June 2 -- Florida has filed a landmark lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman. The complainant accuses them of putting profit over public safety by marketing ChatGPT as safe while allegedly... Read More


Conflict in the backyard: In Karnataka, the forest has entered the field

India, June 2 -- Madhava Gowda no longer greets the day by its first light. He now senses its arrival through sound. His life changed irreversibly on the morning of October 16, 2025, when he entered h... Read More


Conflict in the backyard: Is 'Fortress Conservation' at the root of Kerala's human-wildlife clashes?

India, June 2 -- For generations, people in Wayanad, Kerala, have lived alongside wild animals. They learned to read their movements and adapted to the rhythms of the forest, adjusting to changing sea... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (June 1, 2026)

India, June 2 -- A joint inspection report found that the Bakriyanwali dump site in Sirsa lacks a proper system for drainage, collection, treatment and disposal of leachate. The report flagged legacy... Read More