Gujarat’s Banni grasslands: A heap of broken images, where the sun beats

NTPC’s proposed solar project in Kachchh’s Banni grassland is pitting India’s renewable energy ambitions against one of Asia’s most fragile ecosystems and the Maldharis, who have depended on the land for centuries. Abhinay Deshpande reports on the area that holds the Chhari-Dhand wetland conservation reserve and a hill that is both a refuge and compass for the pastoralists

A heat crisis in Telangana that burns beyond the thermometer

As Telangana battles one of its harshest summers in recent years, the rising burden of suspected heatstroke deaths and worsening urban heat stress are exposing the growing human cost of extreme weather. Even as the State rolls out heat mitigation measures and advisories, questions remain over ground-level implementation and the true scale of heat-related fatalities. Siddharth … Read more