How Older People Are The Hidden Victims Of Climate Change
When Rahman, 72, looks out over the azure waters of the Makassar Sea from her home in the coastal area...
Month: July 2024
‘One Inch From A Potential Civil War’
With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another...
Burden Of Loneliness Isn’t Older People’s Alone
The devastating impact of loneliness in later life became evident to me when, some years ago, I met an octogenarian...
Green Credit Rules: Death By Trees?
The government of India issued the Green Credit Rules (GCR) in October 2023 under the Green Credit Programme (GCP), which...
Loneliness Or Inclusivity? India Must Choose
For Pri, a Hyderabad-based gender-nonconforming legal advisor, traditional gender roles and expectations isolate those who do not conform. This isolation...
Consequences Of Indian Arms Exports To Israel
India’s foreign policy balancing act in the Middle East has come under scrutiny with arms shipments to Israel during the...
Air Pollution Deaths Spotlight Need For Health-Based Air Quality Standards
New study estimates at least 33,000 people die from exposure to air pollution in 10 Indian cities on an annual...
Raising Houses Above Rising Flood Waters
Residents of flood-prone Kuttanad in Kerala are increasingly adopting architectural solutions to combat waterlogging and flooding. Kuttanad’s distinctive geography combined...
India’s Arms Sales To Israel During A War Is A Political Statement
India’s diplomacy in the Middle East is again under pressure from conflicting parties of the Arab-Israeli crisis. India’s traditional policy...
Exam Debate Betrays India’s Next Generation Of Leaders
The NEET exam scandal has emerged as an enormous breach of trust and appears to have caused irreparable harm to...
The Feral Elephants Of The Andaman Islands
In the late nineteenth century, Asian elephants (Elephas maximus) were introduced to the Andaman Islands to work in timber operations...
Can Humanity Address Climate Change Without Believing It?
Strange as it may seem, early germ theorists could tell us a lot about today’s attitudes toward climate change. While...
Hajj In Extraordinary Heat: What A Scholar Of Islam Saw In Mecca
At least 1,300 people died because of scorching heat during the Hajj pilgrimage in June 2024. It’s not the first...
Northeast India’s Battle Against Drugs
When deadly ethnic clashes erupted in Manipur in India’s northeast frontier with Myanmar in May 2023, it was attributed to...
What Is A People’s Biodiversity Register?
The People’s Biodiversity Register catalogues local flora, fauna, and traditional knowledge, ensuring ecological treasures are not forgotten. The objective of...
Thousands Hit As Sardar Sarovar Dam’s Water Level Is Altered
With the change in the backwater level of the Narmada river, the number of villages declared as submergence-affected in Madhya...
Echoes Of Despair: Why Aren’t We Doing More About Youth Suicide?
These headlines in India over just three days last week make for depressing reading. ‘18-year-old Instagram influencer kills self in...
Placing Health Over Handcuffs: A Public Health Approach To Drug Use
The ambition to achieve a “drug-free society” has shaped current drug laws in many countries by prioritising abstinence and criminalisation...
Too Late To Save France From The Far-Right?
France’s prime minister Gabriel Attal has called for calm across the country following a surge in violence against political candidates...
UN Report Says To Protect Rangelands, Give A Boost To Pastoralists
In May, the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) released its “Global Land Outlook” report, which focused on the...
A Sustainable Transport Sector And What India Needs To Do
Amid escalating environmental challenges, India’s transport sector has emerged as a significant contributor to the country’s carbon footprint, accounting for...
Combating Open Waste Burning to Reduce Air Pollution
Air pollution is a major environmental and health concern globally. In India, 1.67 million deaths were attributed to air pollution...
Violence At Home Could Be Driving Higher Risk Of Self-Harm
Teenage girls who are married are potentially at a higher risk of suicide than any other group in India, research...
Punjab Is Awash In Drugs The State’s Police Will Not Stop
The lyrical snippet “Powder ki Lino ka Rakhega Kaun Hisaab”, which translates to “who will keep tabs on the use of powder lines”,...
Uncertainty Looms Over Weather-Weary Kerala Weavers
Chendamangalam’s handloom represents a rich cultural heritage that is at risk because of environmental factors, economic challenges and inadequate government...
