Chandrayaan-3: Why Lunar Touchdown Offers Real Payoff For India
More than national pride was on the line when India undertook its second attempt to land on the Moon. On...
Month: August 2023
How India Can Counter Religion In Politics
Less than a year out from a general election, India is in a political flux. The nation is dominated by...
How Social Media Algorithms Warp How People Learn From Each Other
People’s daily interactions with online algorithms affect how they learn from others, with negative consequences including social misperceptions, conflict and...
India Holds Its Breath For Chandrayaan-3 Moon Landing
On Wednesday afternoon, India was poised to make history by becoming the first nation to land on the moon's south...
MP’s Stubble Burning Problem Goes Unnoticed
For the past few decades, crop residue burning has been the grim news story of the state of Punjab. The...
A Green Roof Or Rooftop Solar? Er, Both…..!
Growing city populations and limited space are driving the adoption of green roofs and green walls covered with living plants....
Birdwatchers In Kashmir Benefit Both Science And Conservation
At dawn on a Sunday in July, a group of five people are arriving at Dachigam National Park, tucked into...
Largest Contributor Of Poverty: Sibal On Shah’s MP Remark
On Monday, Rajya Sabha MP and former Congress leader Kapil Sibal took a swipe at Union Home Minister Amit Shah...
Microplastics In J&K’s Waterbodies Dangerous To Ecosystems, Humans
A new study has confirmed the presence of microplastic contaminants in Jhelum river, locally known as Vyeth, in Jammu and...
More Marine Heatwaves Could Spell Disaster For Ocean Life
Since April, the world has seen record high ocean temperatures and that’s bad news for the plants and animals that...
India’s Smart Cities Mission Is A Smart Earner For Private Firms
It is monsoon season in India. This means heavy rains and as the climate crisis accelerates it can also mean...
‘Tibet Is In A Critical Situation Under Chinese Regime’
A delegation of the Tibetan parliament in exile claimed on Saturday that under the Chinese regime, their country is in...
Using Social Media Images To Better Respond To Disasters
A team of researchers trained an artificial intelligence tool using a million photos of disasters to recognise disasters and incidents...
Tsunami Pushes Native Languages To The Brink
A devastating natural disaster 19 years ago has pushed the native language of a tiny island in the Bay of...
Women’s Football Closing The Gap, But It’s Not All Down To FIFA
In the 92nd minute of South Africa’s drawn FIFA Women’s World Cup match against football giant Italy, striker Hilda Magaia...
‘Govt Is Using G20 To Run Election Campaign’: Congress
On Saturday, the opposition Congress accused the government of running an "election campaign" by using the upcoming G20 meeting in...
Stubble Burning Damages Soil Fertility, Impacts Environment In MP
Farmers of Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram (previously Hoshangabad) district were expecting a good produce of wheat crop this year. But they...
How Climate Change Is Killing Languages
On 2 May 2023, Pauline Stensgar, of Keller, Washington State, died at the age of 96. Her language died with...
Himachal Landslides: Myopia, Greed Has Led To Current Situation
The shocking visuals are back. In July, it was vehicles bobbing away in turbulent river waters and roads being eroded...
Living With Microplastics, Is Not Fantastic
Microplastics are less than 5 mm in size – the size of two grains of sand or even less. Studies...
On Bumpy Road To Net Zero, Trucks Shift Gear To Reduce Emissions
Anjar Ahmed, a truck driver in his fifties, recently embarked on a journey from Dispur in Assam to deliver tiles...
Suu Kyi’s Reduced Sentence Is A Hollow Move By A Failing State
In a general amnesty announced on military television last week, Myanmar’s military junta removed six years from the jail term...
NRI’s IT Firm Was Behind Now-Repealed Farm Laws: Congress
On Wednesday, the opposition Congress slammed the government, alleging that it had framed the now repealed three controversial farm laws...
Higher CO2 Is Making Our Food Less Nutritious
Elevated atmospheric carbon dioxide levels negatively impact key mineral nutrients in plants, reducing the nutrition derived from consuming them, reveals...
Threat From Climate Change Reshaping Some Religious Beliefs
The famous pilgrimage site of Kedarnath, located in the central Himalayas of India, is believed to be a sacred land....
