There Is A Mountain Of Studies But Joshimath Is Still Sinking
As soon as reports of cracks developing in houses started pouring in from Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town, in early January, the...
Month: July 2023
Biophobia: Search Trends Reveal An Increasing Fear Of Nature!
“I can’t even watch a snake on TV without feeling sick to my stomach.” “Swimming? Forget about it… I’m too...
Delhi HC Says Adieu To ‘Green Judge’ Justice Najmi Waziri
Delhi High Court judge Justice Najmi Waziri urged citizens to take charge of the plantation drive in the national capital...
Kerala Needs Long-Term Plans To Address Its Human-Elephant Conflict
The people of Kerala will probably never forget this defining visual from earlier this year – the aerial view of...
What El Niño Means For The World’s Perilous Climate Tipping Points
The UN World Meteorological Organisation (WMO) has confirmed it: El Niño conditions have arrived and are expected to become moderate...
Female Physicists Aren’t Represented In Media
Christopher Nolan’s highly-anticipated movie “Oppenheimer,” set for release July 21, 2023, depicts J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in the...
‘BJP’s Conspiracy To Inundate Delhi’: AAP
In a shocking development, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has accused the BJP government and Haryana of a 'political conspiracy'....
Life Lessons On A Journey Through Mangroves
The memory came alive as I sat down to transcribe the recordings from the field. All I could hear was...
Why Do Archaeologists Usually Rebury Their Excavations?
Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England is a popular tourist spot for those interested in British history. Visitors this year will...
New Solar Parks Can Either Uproot Or Uplift Landless Workers
Subbarayappa (name changed to protect identity) lives with his family of five in the small village of Vollur in southern...
Manali Flash Floods: A Disaster That Has Been Brewing For Ages
Events of last week have acquired a mythic sheen on account of the prescience and wilful ignorance of that prognostication....
UN Rights Body Condemns Any Manifestation Of Religious Hatred
Condemning and strongly rejecting any advocacy and manifestation of religious hatred, the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has adopted...
7 Examples Of Bias In AI-Generated Images
If you’ve been online much recently, chances are you’ve seen some of the fantastical imagery created by text-to-image generators such...
Global Warming Shocks The Tibetan Plateau
In May this year, I followed the Hengduan mountains into the south-east of Tibet. Now, in June, I’m passing through...
Tension Prevails In Allahabad University After Death Of Student
The Allahabad University (AU) was besieged with tensions following the death of a student after drinking water on campus. The...
Rich In Coal, Jharkhand Sees Slow Renewable Energy Investments
With the aim to meet half of its electricity needs from renewable energy by 2030, India is giving a push...
A J&K Wind Project Has Been Waiting To Power Up For A Decade
With a view to tap the wind power potential in Jammu and Kashmir, a wind project was proposed in its...
Replace Fossil Fuels? The Earth May Hold Huge Stores Of Natural Hydrogen
Hydrogen comes in an ever-increasing range of colours. Green hydrogen, made by cracking water into oxygen and hydrogen. Blue hydrogen, made from...
“Indian Muslims Proud Of Their Nationality”
Muslims in India are proud of their nationality and the country, with all its diversity, is a great model for...
Studies Highlight Locals’ Views On Ecosystem Services
In the last few decades, nature conservation across the world has increasingly relied on measuring the economic value of ecosystem...
What Will An El Niño Bring Next To India?
India’s monsoon was delayed by three weeks this year. This meant far lower rainfall across the subcontinent in early June...
Reclaiming Wastewater: A Sustainable Path For Water Use In India
On 21 April, during a high-level committee meeting on the rejuvenation of the Yamuna river, VK Saxena made a plea...
Nooyi Among US’ Richest Self-Made Women Of Indian Origin
Four Indian-origin women have been named by Forbes among 100 richest self-made women in America. They have a purported combined...
Heavy Rains Lash North India: Rivers In Spate, Atleast 18 Dead
Several parts of north India saw torrential rains on Sunday, with 18 people killed in landslides and other incidents related...
Threads, Twitter And Meta Domination
Twitter’s move on July 1, 2023, to limit the number of tweets users can see in a day was the...
