Out of 370 million indigenous people spread across 70 countries worldwide, India holds as many as 700 different ethnic groups, adding up to 104 million people. BHUBANESWAR, India, Aug 7 2017 (IPS) – “Showing...
The indigenous Dongria Kondh community in Odisha is helping to restore the popularity of native varieties of millets that can grow in droughty weather conditions, even as millet products gain traction among affluent consumers...
BHUBANESWAR, India Jun 19, 2017 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Nearly one in three people around the world is already exposed to deadly heatwaves, and that will rise to nearly half of people by 2100...
NEW DELHI, Jun 12 2017 (IPS) – In Meghalaya, India’s northeastern biodiversity hotspot, all three major tribes are matrilineal. Children take the mother’s family name, while daughters inherit the family lands. Because women own...
BHUBANESWAR, India, May 31 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – In the next five years, India plans to install 10,000 small-scale solar-power grids across the country to bring basic electrical power to communities without it. But...
The future looks bright for farmers in West Bengal after India’s Supreme Court ordered a carmaker to return the 400 hectares of land SINGUR, India, May 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Farmer Dibakar Ghosh...
A push to green India’s vast railway network with solar panels and LEDs also helps passengers and homeless migrants feel safe. Visakhapatnam, 8th May 2017 -The pounding of trains running through the night does...
In Odisha, where late monsoons mean crop failures, poverty and even suicide, a novel scheme aims to boost water access. Bhubaneswar, 26th April 2017 – “The farmer who is suicidal will follow the season’s...
NEW DELHI, May 1 2017 (IPS) – “It’s not what you say that prompts it—it’s the fact that you are saying it,” says Mary Beard, a Cambridge University classics professor about online trolling. “If...
KUTTANAD, India, April 4 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Farmer Moncy Joseph, who grows rice on land below sea level in India’s Kuttanad region, is determined not to be beaten by climate change. Last year,...