2023 was the hottest year on record. Humidity is rising too. Heat and humidity are a dangerous combination, threatening all…
The brackish water ecology of the Little Rann of Kutch is made up of a mix of seawater, river run-off…
In protest against puja performed in the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque -- a day after the district court…
On 11 January 2024, South Africa hauled Israel before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on the charge of violating the 1948 Genocide…
In the early morning of 12 November 2023, a 57 metre wide section of an under-construction road tunnel in Uttarakhand…
The central government approves a cheetah breeding and conservation centre in Gujarat’s sprawling Banni grasslands. Banni has historically remained a…
On January 30, hitting out at the Narendra Modi government at the Centre over people seeking jobs in Israel, Congress…
Panchanan Dolui, who lives on Mousuni Island in the Indian Sundarbans, has shifted homes three times due to floods and…
Problems of racial and gender bias in artificial intelligence algorithms and the data used to train large language models like…
The ability of forests to take up carbon dioxide is driven by multiple feedback loops, which grow more complex as…
Although the days when parali (stubble) burning in the neighbouring states of Punjab and Haryana was blamed solely for rising…
There has been a sharp increase in antisemitism around the world since the Oct. 7, 2023, massacre by Hamas and…
South Asia has five elections this year, with two already concluded in Bangladesh on January 7 and Bhutan on January…
Hydrogen and its derivative energy carriers are projected to play an important role in reaching net-zero emissions. India’s hydrogen policy…
The Oscar nominations for movies released in the year 2023 have been announced. The most admired-by-feminists (and other women, grudgingly…
Perfect safety is no more possible online than it is when driving on a crowded road with strangers or walking…
Researchers in the Himalayas are increasingly turning to environmental DNA, or eDNA – genetic material left behind by organisms in…
One of the most robust measures of Earth’s changing climate is that winter is warming more quickly than other seasons.…
If you stand at practically any point on Earth, there is water moving through the ground beneath your feet. Groundwater…
Bewilderingly rapid changes are happening in the technology and reach of computer systems. There are exciting advances in artificial intelligence,…
On its 3,100-kilometre course from the mountains of Tibet to the Arabian Sea, the mighty Indus River flows through foothills…
The merger of the centrally-sponsored schemes Project Tiger and Project Elephant was carried out without consultations and is not clear…
On Friday, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge underlined the warning by Dr B.R. Ambedkar against the 'cult of personality' and appealed…
A recent investigation from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute (ASPI) has revealed an extensive network of YouTube channels promoting pro-Chinese and anti-US…
Akshat Rathi’s Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions, is a book heavy on hope, data and examples.…
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