Taking cognizance of the illegal mining of sand on the Budhabalanga river bed in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, the National Green Tribunal's East Zone has found flouting of regulations of multiple grounds. The tribunal also mentioned that the state authorities have been shielding the accused in the investigation. Details here.

As people embrace alternate energy in rain-starved Bundelkhand, guests headed to weddings have an unexpected problem at their hands: Who will stay back to save the family’s solar panels?

Farmers lose standing crops, homes and livestock to fires caused by stubble burning, short circuits and electricity theft. Rising temperatures and the westerly winds fan the flames in the summer season when the incidence of fires increases 40-50%.

The internet has penetrated deep into the Indian hinterland and of the 646 million active internet users, 352 million are in its villages. Cyber criminals, many of whom are based in villages, are hacking into bank accounts and looting large sums of money. Law and the police machinery is unable to keep a check. Here is how you can protect yourself from cyber fraud.

Last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg badmouthed his company. A few days later, Barak Obama "commented" on Donald Trump. Both the videos went viral. Later, both Zuckerberg and Obama had to clarify that the videos were bogus. Welcome to the world of Deepfake videos where it's nearly impossible to distinguish between original and fake videos

There are winds of change in Dua village where installation of 32 CCTVs, setting up of an IT centre at panchayat bhavan, and upgrading facilities at the primary school have transformed village life.

The solar revolution in the agriculture sector of Mahoba, Bundelkhand is picking up, but the solar pumps often remain out of use for almost half a year. Connecting these solar pumps to the grid can help evacuate electricity in the lean season and also provide an additional income source to the farmers via power tariff.