Nature-Based Learning Improves Environment, Climate Literacy In Chennai
Walking on the shores of Elliot’s beach in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, with an 18-member-group of children is naturalist, educator and...
Month: April 2023
Row Over ‘Religious Symbols’ At Laser Show In Assam’s Rang Ghar
Source: PTI A controversy has erupted in Assam after “religious symbols” were seen in laser show projections at the Ahom...
Green Activists Protest Tree Cutting For Pune River Front Development
Source: PTI Hundreds of activists have staged the 'Chalo Chipko' (let's hug trees) agitation in the Mutha riverbed in Maharashtra's...
UN Condemns Taliban’s Ban On Women From Working For UN Af
Source: PTI The UN Security Council has unanimously condemned the decision by the Taliban to ban Afghan women from working...
Urban, Peri-Urban Farming Could Help Reduce Carbon Footprint
Every few weeks, 53-year-old agricultural entomologist Rajendra Hegde addresses a large gathering in Bengaluru, where he puts forth a proposition:...
Women Lead The Way To More Public Toilets In Odisha
Source: DW Bedamati Mirdha of Nildungri village in Sambalpur, India, has been at the forefront of encouraging people in adjoining...
Cost Of Basic Needs Burns A Hole In Protesting Wrestlers’ Pocket
Source: PTI The protesting wrestlers' fight for justice at Jantar Mantar is turning out to be an 'expensive' one as...
‘Himalayan Glaciers Warming At Alarming Rate’
“I can assure you one thing that the mountains are changing. And they are changing very fast. There is something...
Bauxite Mining In Jharkhand Impacting Is Soil Fertility, People’s Health
Dumbarpath is a tribal village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, a primary area of bauxite mining in India. Mining activities...
Resurrection of the Humble Millets: Cui Bono?
In recent times, the conversation around millets has gone from them being 'coarse' and 'rustic' to 'chic' and nutritious. Nutritionists...
Prolonged Droughts May Have Caused End Of Indus Megacities: Study
Source: PTI A series of severe and lengthy droughts may have caused the decline of the Indus Valley Civilization cities,...
As Pharma Cos Move In, What Next For J&K’s Medicinal Plants?
Indigenous people and environmental activists have expressed confusion and concern about the growth of the pharmaceutical industry in Jammu and...
Priyanka Gandhi Slams PM Modi Over ‘Suicide Note’ Joke
Source: PTI/IANS Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over a joke made...
‘Like Being On Deathbed’: Rescued Indians On Ordeal In Sudan
Source: PTI "It was like we were on a deathbed," recalled a relieved Sukhvinder Singh from Haryana as he arrived...
Trouble Looms For Ancient Indian Grain That Combats Climate
Source: PTI On a tiny sliver of land in southern India, the future of an ancient grain that helps combat...
‘The Earth Transformed’: Environment’s Role In Humanity’s Story
In his hugely ambitious new book The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, historian Peter Frankopan tries to tell the story...
J&K Roadkills Increase As Highways Lengthen
In September 2011, a team of researchers from the Institute of Mountain Environment (IME), University of Jammu, found a pair...
‘Sex-Determination Based Abortion Perpetuates Gender Inequalities’
Abortion based on sex-determination is a powerful method of perpetuating gender inequalities, the Delhi High Court has said, emphasising the...
Modi A Bluffer, Speaks Like Ordinary RSS/BJP Workers: CPI-M
Source: IANS Hours after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday thanked visiting Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the help...
Why India’s Palm Oil Plans Fail To Account For Climate Change
India's ambitious drive to expand domestic palm oil production fails to consider the subcontinent’s changing climate, analysis shows. It’s an...
Legal Protection Of Certain Forest Land Could Be Removed
Certain categories of forest land will no longer be legally protected, as proposed by the Forest (Conservation) Amendment Bill, 2023, that...
Row Over Pregnancy Test At MP Govt’s Mass Marriage Event
A controversy has erupted over alleged "pregnancy tests" as part of eligibility for "Mukhyamantri Kanya Vivah" -- a mass marriage...
Wrestlers Resume Protest Against WFI Chief
Source: PTI As top wrestlers resumed their protest on Sunday over the issue of sexual harassment allegations against WFI chief...
Human Rights Calamity: Billions Lack Access To Safe Drinking Water
Leaders and authorities recently gathered in New York for the first UN water conference in decades. The hope was that...
Why Gangster Atiq’s Death Is Not An Occasion To Be ‘Celebrated’
Last week, gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmed and his brother Ashraf were shot dead, while being taken for a medical test at...
