** Young naturalist working hard to revive drying ponds of Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve

For 15 years, Ravi Pathak has earned livelihood from the jungles as a guide in Tiger Safaris of  the Bandhavgarh National Park-Tiger Reserve in Umaria district of Madhya Pradesh. It’s now time for him to pay back to the same jungles and wild animals, including tigers.

** Guwahati among 2 Asian cities in zero-waste challenge

U.K.-based international NGO launched the challenge to find entrepreneurs with innovative ideas to help reduce or recycle waste and create green employment opportunities

Guwahati is among two urban centres in Asia — and three across the continents — featuring in a zero-waste cities challenge launched by U.K.-based international NGO WasteAid to find entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that help reduce or recycle and create green employment opportunities