Natural Resources
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Madhya Pradesh’s climate-smart villages could offer a lesson on adaptability to the rest of India
A project started in 2017 is helping farmers protect their crops from climate impact.
Manish Chandra Mishra
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Kashmir's iconic Dal lake is dying a slow death – and authorities are fighting over it
Srinagar residents blame a corrupt, inept bureaucracy and botched plans to relocate people who live on the lake.
Safwat Zargar
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Missing in the panel set up to frame India's new mineral policy: Adivasis, ecologists, civil society
The KR Rao committee was set up on the directions of the Supreme Court to check illegal mining.
M Rajshekhar
Trending
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‘Saffronisation of Doordarshan’: After DD News unveils new logo, social media users express alarm
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How Karnataka’s once-powerful Janata Dal Secular was reduced to a Hindutva offshoot
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Carnatic music: Violinist L Subramaniam’s new book looks at the 18th-century masters
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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Who owns Manipur's natural resources? News of oil exploration revives old debate in the state
Attempts to explore oil in the state have been futile so far.
Arunabh Saikia
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'Small Fields' plan to extract oil and gas has stirred protests in Tamil Nadu's Cauvery basin
Barely two months after the jallikattu protests, there is another stir in the southern state.
Vinita Govindarajan
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Watch: The world is actually running out of sand, and there's not much we can do about it
From the department of things we take for granted.
Scroll Staff
Video
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Watch: This fan-made trailer imagines Henry Cavill and Margot Robbie starring in a James Bond film
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Watch: Mount Ruang erupts in Indonesia, spewing columns of ash and lava
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Watch: Unbelievable scenes of flooding in Dubai airport, streets, and malls after heavy rain in UAE
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Indian elections: How secure is the EVM-VVPAT process?
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Watch: Footballers of Indian clubs walk out on the pitch with dogs to get them adopted
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Varanasi villagers ask Coca-Cola bottling plant to pack up after growing water scarcity
Environmentalists said the beverage manufacturer exploits the same groundwater source to meet its production requirements, placing itself in direct competition with the local community's needs.
Scroll Staff
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As India grows, so does the sand mafia ‒ from Kashmir to Kanyakumari
Many have speculated that DK Ravi's death was related to his decision to take on people involved in illegal sand mining.
Mridula Chari
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Why linking rivers will not solve India's water crisis
Many projects are already stuck because of disputes between states, and these will only increase, say experts.
Nayantara Narayanan
The Reel
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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‘Do Aur Do Pyaar’ review: Adultery saga has a maths problem
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‘Love Sex Aur Dhokha 2’ review: Laboured and barely provocative
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‘Civil War’ review: An urgent film about a barely-distant future