PM Modi ‘Betrayed’ People Of Ladakh: Rahul
Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of betraying the people of Ladakh...
Month: September 2025
In Search Of Degraded Forests For Restoration
In Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalaya, restoration practitioners were faced with several challenges, like growing land-use changes for tourism, habitat fragmentation and a...
The Many Dilemmas Of Artificial Wombs
Artificial wombs, devices that can gestate human embryos outside the body, have shifted from speculative fiction to the brink of...
Release Sonam Wangchuk Unconditionally, Say Activists In Delhi
The Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) has issued a strong demand for the immediate and unconditional release of activist Sonam Wangchuk...
From Policy To Pushback, India’s ‘Greenlash’ Over Ethanol-Blended Petrol
India achieves an early E20 ethanol blending milestone, but consumers cite concerns about mileage loss, engine wear, and a lack...
Rights On Demand: Asia’s Gig Economy Gets A Legal Upgrade
Gig work, symbolised by crowd work, on-demand work and freelancing, has expanded rapidly worldwide. The convenience of being able to...
Arbitrary U.S. Tariffs Set To Threaten Revival Of India’s Traditional Crafts
The U.S. tariffs on a range of Indian products are impacting exports and cutting orders, endangering livelihoods. The U.S. is...
The Ganges River Is Drying Faster Than Ever – Here’s What It Means
The Ganges, a lifeline for hundreds of millions across South Asia, is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented...
Study Maps The Most Unstable Slopes Along An Important Himalayan Highway
The Srinagar-Jammu National Highway, the region’s main arterial road, is among the most landslide-prone highways in the Himalayas. A new...
‘Govt Of Stolen Mandate Has No Legitimacy’
Setting the stage for the Bihar Assembly elections, the Congress party has unleashed a fierce multi-pronged assault on the BJP...
Beyond Resumption Of China-India Dialogue, Unresolved Issues Persist
India-China bilateral relations seem to be progressing rapidly after a series of recent events. In his first visit to China...
A Tough Life: Rebuilding Women’s Jobs In The Himalayan Hinterland
The plight of women in Uttarakhand is reflective of the broader malaise of unemployment and underemployment of women in India....
Collective Action Transforms Farming & Forests In Odisha
A collective of 41 villages in Angul district of Odisha has ushered in progress and profit to its farmers. Through...
How Verbal Violence Leads To Sexual Violence
Growing up, I would dread train rides, especially the part where I would have to visit the train loo. Apart...
Gen-Z’s Challenge To Elite Dominance In South Asian Region
In the tenuous history of Nepal’s still-emerging democracy, September 8, 2025, the first time young demonstrators broke into the prime...
‘GST Cuts A Political Move Following BJP’s ’24 Electoral Loss’
Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Abhishek Banerjee on Monday, 22 September, alleged that the Centre’s decision to slash GST rates on...
What UK, France & Others’ Recognition Of The Palestinian State Means
Recognition of a Palestinian state is likely to dominate proceedings at the U.N. beginning Sept 23, 2025, when world leaders...
How Lemons Have Helped Reclaim Nutrition & Support Livelihoods
Adivasi communities on the periphery of forests experience disproportionate impacts of human-wildlife conflict and climate change-induced biodiversity loss which curtails...
‘India’s Palestine Policy In Preceding 20 Months Lacks Moral Rectitude’
As Australia, Canada, and the United Kingdom moved to recognise Palestine as a state, the Indian National Congress sharply criticised...
This Is Why India Needs A Marine Litter Policy
Plastic debris and derelict fishing gear are disturbing corals reefs in the Andaman and Nicobar Island, found a survey. Plastic...
Communities Near Petrochemical Plants Pay The Price For Plastic Convenience
Plastics may be affordable and convenient but their production burdens people living near the refineries. Fossil fuel extraction and the...
Goa Activist Rama Kankonkar Brutally Attacked
Social activist Rama Kankonkar was left grievously injured after a brutal assault by a gang of six armed men near...
In C’garh, Expansion Of Elephant Range Fuels Human-Wildlife Conflict
Chhattisgarh now hosts a metapopulation of 250-300 elephants that have moved in from neighbouring Odisha and Jharkhand. While this expansion...
Returning To Identity Politics In Assam
Seven months before elections are held in Assam in March-April 2026, the BJP government in the state approved a regulation...
‘Form 7 Misused To Mass-Delete Voters Before 2023 Polls’
Karnataka minister Priyank Kharge on Thursday, 18 September, accused the previous BJP government of orchestrating large-scale voter deletions ahead of...
