#Western Ghats

Western Ghats draft ESA map returns after 13 years with new boundaries, old questions
Union Budget promotes treks to Sage Agasthya’s abode, other nature trails
Environmentalists urge authorities to halt Karnataka’s Sharavathi Pumped Storage Project; cite ecological damage
Union government issues 5th draft notification to declare over 56,000 sq km of Western Ghats ESA
Race against time: Why climate change is not just a stranded polar bear on Arctic floe
One of India’s foremost green music festivals, Echoes of Earth is back in Bengaluru
This book features 11 threatened tree species of the Anamalai Hills. We check them out
Environment activists concerned as Karnataka gets Centre to put Western Ghats ESA tag on hold
It’s BJP vs BJP as Karnataka rejects Central notification of Western Ghats as Ecologically Sensitive Area

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Palakkad Junction Railway Station. (Indian Railways) — One Railway order, two reactions—and BJP caught in between over Palakkad division

Medicines — A fake medicine can look genuine: Survey finds one in three consumers met a counterfeit healthcare product

Bonalu — Bonalu: Where Telangana comes alive for the mother goddess

Not every heart disease patient needs an LDL below 55 mg/dL. — New US cholesterol guideline lowers LDL targets. Should India follow the numbers?

The outrage economy: Why media prefers mudslinging over hard-nosed political journalism

Weather forecast — Weather update: Forecast for Southern cities on 25 August

‘PM Modi’s dictatorial decision’: Telangana CM Revanth Reddy slams Centre for blocking US visit

[LTR] Endowments Minister Konda Surekha, her daughter Konda Sushmita Patel and Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy. — Konda Surekha issue: Ball in High Command’s court as uneasy calm envelops Telangana Congress

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Krishna Prasad, Sidharath Varadarajan, Shilpa Kalyan, K Srinivas, and Anusha Ravi Sood at the panel discussion. — Clicks, reels and political pressure: Senior journalists discuss the future of Indian media

HYDRAA CMC Demolition — Gachibowli collapse: Owner held; HYDRAA, CMC continue demolitions of unsafe constructions

Perumal Murugan — ‘Writing is a political act’: Perumal Murugan on translation, power and the expanding world of readers

InJest in a satirical column by South First. Names, places, situations are all fictitious. Caricature by Satish Acharya/South First. — TV News: Shorswami exposes ‘Dimaagi Naxals’ toolkit, ‘brains are the new bombs’!

Minister Priyank Kharge — Priyank Kharge justifies Karnataka CM’s meeting with Adani, says government considers him a ‘contractor’

arrest Representational image. Credit: iStock — Kottayam man allegedly sells wife’s private videos; POCSO case registered after daughter’s statement

Telangana CM Revanth Reddy at Ambedkar Museum during his visit to London. (Photo | x.com/revanth_anumula) — Is Telangana CM Revanth Reddy caught in a pincer?

Doctors attributed the spurt in H1N1 cases to the monsoon. — Karnataka records 4,212 H1N1 cases indicating a surge in seasonal flu this monsoon; government steps up preparedness