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Nuclear Medicine Heals but Could Harm, Too
A state-of-the-art nuclear medicine hospital for cancer treatment in the heart of Bangalore goes well with the global image of this tech-savvy city. Staff at HCG hospital in Bangalore don safety gear...
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In the Land of the Gods, Disaster Response Falls Short of Divine
The Indian Armed Forces have been running a massive rescue operation in the flood-hit state of Uttarakhand. Credit: Courtesy Ministry of Defence, Government of IndiaOver 580 bodies have so far been...
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Will Prayers Save Farmers in the Land of the Gods?
Melting glaciers are wreaking havoc in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSOver a month after flash floods in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand in north India left 1,000 dead...
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Relief Brings Its Own Disasters
Children at a care home in Orissa in India. Children worldwide are particularly vulnerable in disasters. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS.By Malini ShankarDEHRADUN, India , Oct 2 2013 (IPS) In Uttarakhand,...
View ArticleIndia Beats a Cyclone
By Malini ShankarGOPALPUR, India, Oct 14 2013 (IPS) “No casualties have been reported till now,” India’s National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) declared at 9:30 am the morning after the near...
View ArticleWhen Calamity Strikes, Think Local
By Malini ShankarBHUBANESWAR, India, Nov 30 2013 (IPS) More than a month after Cyclone Phailin battered Orissa, tribes in the eastern Indian coastal state are still feeling its wrath. Besides the...
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Sinkholes Opening Up After Tsunami
A sinkhole is widening in Car Nicobar, but the authorities are clueless about its potential dangers. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS.By Malini ShankarCAR NICOBAR, India, May 2 2014 (IPS) While the United...
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Traditional Wisdom to the Rescue in Cyclone Season
A rare sight of a traditional hut of the Nicobarese in the post-tsunami era. Seen here is a Nicobari family that has retained its traditionally designed hut alongside a “permanent shelter” made of...
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New Technology Boosts Fisherfolk Security
Fisherfolk are one of the most vulnerable groups of people in India. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarNAGAPATTINAM, India, Aug 31 2014 (IPS)As the United Nations gears up to launch its newest...
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When a Disaster Leaves Bathrooms in its Wake
Local communities in India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands (ANI) have grown accustomed to modern water and sanitation infrastructure in the decade since the Asian Tsunami. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy...
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How a Small Tribe Turned Tragedy into Opportunity
An Irula couple fishes in the creeks of the Pichavaram Mangrove Forest in Tamil Nadu. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPICHAVARAM, India, Nov 13 2014 (IPS)When the Asian tsunami washed over...
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CORRECTION/Sustainable Energy Starts With the Sun
Sunlight pours over a break in canal-top solar panels recently installed over the Vadodara branch of the Sardar Sarovar canal project in Gujarat. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS*By Malini ShankarBARODA,...
View ArticleOn World AIDS Day 2015: HIV Orphans in India Struggle With the Disease and...
Already 15 million people are accessing life-saving HIV treatment, according to UNAIDS. New HIV infections have been reduced by 35 per cent since 2000 and AIDS-related deaths have been reduced by 42...
View ArticleWater and Sanitation: Bridging the Gender Gap on India’s Seas
Jeeja Behera, 34, the wife of a fisherman in the village of Sannapatna in India’s cyclone prone Puri district, dreads the onset of the cyclone season between October and January every year due to the...
View ArticleIndia’s Children: Plagued by Preventable Diseases from Poor Sanitation
Though the state of Karnataka in India counts for a higher Human Development Index of 0.478 against the national average of 0.472 in the subcontinent, the continued deficit in water and sanitation...
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India Scores Low on Environmental Sustainability
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Dec 26 2012 (IPS)Of the eight Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) -development targets agreed upon by the international community, whose 2015 deadline is approaching...
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Mangrove Conservation Paves the Way to a Sustainable Future
The Irulas harvest produce from the mangrove forest for a livelihood. Here, an Irula man pulls a crab trap that he had laid out in the morning before heading off to fish in the sea. Malini...
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India Confronts Water Woes as it Transitions from MDGs to SDGs
India’s many mighty rivers like the Ganges and Indus not only irrigate vast tracts of farmland and provide life-sustaining resources to millions, they also form the basis of India’s hydropower plans...
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Preserving Mangroves Provides Protection and Food Security
By Malini ShankarCHIDAMBARAM TALUQ, CUDDALORE DISTRICT, India, Nov 13 2015 (IPS)At the dawn of Indian Independence, Government of India’s commitment to food security – in addition to the impact of the...
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Bewildering Biodiversity – A Success Story of Food Security for Indigenous...
By Malini ShankarCHIDAMBARAM TALUQ, CUDDALORE DISTRICT, India, Nov 20 2015 (IPS)The 2013 National Food Security Act of the Government of India seeks, according to its preamble, to “provide for food and...
View ArticleINDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 1
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jan 13 2012 (IPS) Tucked away in a dense and ecologically diverse tiger reserve in Southern India, tribes-people and wildlife defenders are locked in a battle of indigenous...
View ArticleINDIA: Indigenous Rights Versus Wildlife Rights? – Part 2
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jan 14 2012 (IPS) As the amount of protected forest dwindles rapidly in India, indigenous groups and wildlife find themselves living cheek to jowl in an increasingly...
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Community Radio Tunes Into Ad Revenues in India
Fishers benefit greatly from community radio. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBANGALORE, India, Apr 6 2012 (IPS) Community Radio (CR) broadcasting in India, long bound by red tape, has...
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Bringing the Lost Cheetah Back to India – But at What Cost?
These sand dunes in the Thar Desert in India are one of identified sites for cheetah reintroduction. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Apr 11 2012 (IPS)...
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Smugglers Devastate Gulf of Mannar Marine Reserve
A glimpse of seagrass close to the seashore of the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park, which is home to a spectrum of marine wildlife Credit: Malini Shankar/IPS By Malini ShankarRAMESHWARAM, India,...
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Turning Disaster Management Strategy Into Action – Part 1
A reconstructed school at Chukchuka in Car Nicobar Island serves as an emergency shelter. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPORT BLAIR, India, Jun 3 2012 (IPS) Islanders on India’s Great...
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Indian Ocean Rim Countries Battered by Disasters – Part 2
A wilting mangrove forest in Car Nicobar, destroyed by the Asian Tsunami in 2004. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarBHUBANESWAR, India, Jun 14 2012 (IPS) The heat wave in the Indian state of...
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Earth Summits Fail Biodiversity in India
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jun 21 2012 (IPS) Heads of state and governments are meeting in Rio de Janeiro this week to decide how to renew their pledges made during the first Earth Summit held in Rio...
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Shipping Canal Threatens Culture, Ecology, Livelihoods
The Sethusamudram Shipping Canal Project could destroy the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarRAMESHWARAM, Jul 16 2012 (IPS) One hundred and fifty years...
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UNESCO Protection Crucial – and Controversial
By Malini ShankarBANGALORE, Jul 31 2012 (IPS) It took six years for a dedicated team of scientists from the Wildlife Institute of India, wildlife officials from six Indian states and officials from the...
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From the Ashes of Tragedy, Lessons for Disaster Management
Indian Railway officials inspecting the burnt carriage in which 32 passengers perished on Monday. Credit: Indian RailwaysBy Malini ShankarCHENNAI, Aug 4 2012 (IPS) At 4:30 a.m. on the morning of Jul....
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Crocs and Humans Clash in Shrinking Space
Nile crocodiles and estuarine (saltwater) crocodiles account for the deaths of hundreds of human beings every year. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPORT BLAIR, Aug 15 2012 (IPS) Twenty...
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Culling or Conservation?
Elephants in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are in danger of being culled. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPORT BLAIR, India, Oct 5 2012 (IPS) Midway through Wildlife Week in India,...
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Women Hit Hard by Natural Disasters
Forty-nine percent of all disaster survivors are women. Credit: Naimul Haq/IPSBy Malini ShankarBHUBANESWAR, India, Oct 13 2012 (IPS) In the aftermath of a natural disaster, women are often the most...
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Bioshields Best Defence Against Disasters
Mangrove forests effectively shielded some coastal areas from the Asian tsunami, while those areas without mangrove cover suffered immense damage. Credit: Malini Shankar/IPSBy Malini ShankarPORT BLAIR,...
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