Lessons still Unlearned
The advance warning came from the regional centre of India Meteorological Department (IMD) in Dehradun on June 13. The department predicted "heavy to very heavy rainfall in the upper regions of Uttarakhand
Amarnath K. Menon
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Wildlife: Jumbo crisis
An eleven-member herd of wild elephants has triggered a row between two state governments, trapped forest officials into taking desperate measures which killed two members of the herd and brought the man-elephant conflict into sharp focus. It all started when an all-female herd of elephants crossed into Andhra Pradesh from neighbouring Orissa in July this year.