Together, the three traditional coffee-growing states — Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu — are expected to contribute 3.85 lakh tonnes of the total output. India’s coffee output for the 2025–26 crop year (beginning October) is projected to touch an all-time high of 4.03 lakh tonnes, according to the Coffee Board’s post-blossom estimates. While the headline number looks impressive, growers on the ground are far from optimistic. Here’s why. What are the Coffee Board’s latest e

Codava National Council stages peaceful Sathyagraha at Jantar Mantar, urging Centre to grant geo-political autonomy and constitutional recognition for Codavaland. New Delhi: The Codava National Council (CNC), led by its chairman N.U. Nachappa Codava, staged a peaceful Sathyagraha at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi on Saturday, marking the States Reorganisation Day. The protest, described as a “peaceful Codava Sathyagraha”, sought recognition of the Codava community’s long-standing

Environmentalists have raised concerns that mini and micro hydel projects could cause irreversible damage to the fragile ecology of the Western Ghats. Photo: For representative purpose only Madikeri : A proposal for the construction of a mini-hydel power project across the Kumaradhara river in Kodagu district has sparked concern among conservationists, especially at a time when safeguarding the fragile Western Ghats ecosystem remains a crucial environmental priority. The prop