Junnar

From a 16-ft king cobra in Kerala to a trapped koel in Delhi, these four animal rescues show how ordinary people across India are answering nature’s call for help — with ropes, courage, and compassion.

From army veteran to earth warrior, Ramesh Kharmale and his family are reviving barren hills — one trench at a time

Overcoming many hurdles, the hospital, named Mohan Thuse Eye hospital under the Dr Manohar Dole Medical Foundation, started with 20 beds and one operation theatre.

"I had cultivated coriander on 20 gunthas of land (0.4 acre approx). I faced losses with all the other vegetables I had grown last year. But coriander has saved me."

Leopards in Maharashtra are increasingly falling prey to uncovered wells around forest areas. The buffer areas which mark the transition between forested regions and human habitation are dotted with uncovered wells which often prove to be fatal traps for the leopards and other species that slip and fall into them after dark.

In recent years, rapid infringement of human settlements and expansion of agriculturally-used land has forced Maharashtra’s leopards to adapt to the changing landscape. Wildlife SOS recently rescued a pair of three-week-old leopard cubs who were happily reunited with their mother near Pune.

A grand monument of Chhatrapati Shivaji is all set to be built in the Arabian Sea. But in constructing a brand-new memorial, the monuments that the great ruler left behind – the forts of Maharashtra – should not be forgotten.

A young man from drought-hit Junnar in Maharashtra is quenching the thirst of area residents with his own resources.