Ukraine Dam Breach Devastation Effects Likely To Last For Years
When an explosion breached the Kakhovka Dam in Ukraine on June 6, 2023, much analysis focused on near-term impacts, including...
Month: July 2023
Not Everyone’s Sold On Miyawaki Forests, The Global Sensation
The Miyawaki forestry method follows the practice of cultivating fast-growing groves of native vegetation in an area lacking trees. While...
Kajol Bows To Backlash Over Comment, Cong Calls It Fascism
Bollywood actor Kajol may just be the latest addition to the never-ending list of celebrities who have been trolled, silenced...
Inside Goa And Karnataka’s Conflict On Mhadei River Water
On a sweltering Saturday in a scorching May this year, hundreds of people, young and old and from all walks...
How Black Americans Combated Racism From Beyond The Grave
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently published a story about a Black cemetery in Buckhead, a prosperous Atlanta community. The cemetery broke...
BJP Comes Under Fire From AAP And Cong For ‘Spreading Lies’
On Friday, the Congress said all attempts to throttle democracy will only redouble the party's commitment to fight for the...
Environmentalists Concerned As Work On Tawi Riverfront Continues
Environmental activists have raised concerns about the government’s Tawi riverfront development project in Jammu and Kashmir stating that it poses...
Threads: Twitter Rival May Look Like A Shrewd Move But…
Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is...
Can COP28 Deliver For The Global South? It Is Time For The Maths
During World Environment Day in June, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi said developing countries are still paying the price for...
Toxic Masculinity And The Need For An Urgent, Lasting Purge
Earlier this month, a man from Sidhi district in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh was arrested for urinating...
IIT-M Develops Prototype To Use Seawater For Green Hydrogen Production
A team of researchers from the Department of Physics at IIT-Madras has developed a technology prototype to produce green hydrogen...
Social Responsibility A Safety Net When Banks Hit Crises
When banks hit a crisis, their safety net is the trust of their community. But trust is earned, not given,...
Medical Processes Hide True Number Of Indians Dying From Extreme Heat
Between 15 and 22 June this year, more than 150 people died in two hospitals in Ballia and Deoria districts,...
PM Modi Should Take Cue From Rahul Gandhi & Visit Manipur: Congress
On Wednesday, the Congress urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to visit violence-hit Manipur (taking a cue from Rahul Gandhi) to...
Environmentalists Revive Call To Declare Tiger Reserve In Goa
Incidents of tiger deaths in Mhadei Wildlife Sanctuary in Goa, in 2020, was a trigger for environmentalists to refresh their...
Worldwide Ban On TikTok Will Take Away The Once-Silenced Voices
The internet has become the virtual haven for billions of young people across the globe, offering them a unique platform...
Is AI A Threat To Humanity?
The rise of ChatGPT and similar artificial intelligence systems has been accompanied by a sharp increase in anxiety about AI....
Congress Hits Out At Modi Govt Over Balasore Train Tragedy, Price Rise
A day after the Congress slammed the Central government over the issue of rising prices of vegetables and other essential...
Why Early Blooming Of Orchids In North-East Is Not Good News
In Assam, Bohag Bihu and the kopou phool — the Assamese new year and the foxtail orchid — have an...
A Decade After Relocation, Lives Of Van Gujjars Lack Stability, Security
Sabhalgarh Compartment 8, in the Haridwar forest division is known to the residents as Gaindi Khatta. This is a settlement...
Riots In France Follow Decades-Old Pattern Of Rage
Although they never fail to take us aback, French riots have followed the same distinct pattern ever since protests broke...
Plastiglomerates (Plastic-Rock Hybrids) Found On The Andaman Islands
A study found the formation of plastic-rock hybrids in the intertidal zone of remote beaches of Aves Island in the...
Why France Erupted In Riots
Riots broke out in Nanterre, a suburb of Paris, following the lethal police shooting of a 17-year-old boy named as...
Unbridled Greed Continues To Plague Banking
Earlier this year, the world was once again brought to the brink of a systemic banking failure after the collapse...
Ecosystem Collapses May Occur Much Sooner Than Expected
Across the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra...
