Earth Has Lost 83% Of Its Freshwater Aquatic Life In 50 Years
Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline since 1970, according to the...
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Coronavirus Origins: Debate Flares Up But The Evidence Remains Weak
Nearly three years since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged, we're still not certain where the virus behind COVID-19 came from. The location...
Who Is Extracting Goa’s Groundwater?
Erwin Fonseca, a 47-year-old farmer lives in Goa’s Assagao, a village near the coast in the northern district of the...
What Is CITES, Why Does It Matter For S Asia?
What Is CITES? CITES is an agreement that regulates the movement across international borders of certain species of wild animal...
Resist Temptation Of Moving Fast On Sensitive Stories: Editors Guild
The Editors Guild of India on Friday said it was “disturbed” by the recent turn of events with respect to...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Twitterati In India Divided
(Source: PTI) With billionaire Elon Musk closing the deal to buy Twitter and firing the social media firm's four top...
Comment: Happy For You, Rishi Sunak! If Only..
Rishi Sunak was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom a day after Diwali 2022. It was a huge moment...
Iran Leaders Try To Link Mahsa Amini Protests To Gun Attack
(Source: PTI) Iran's supreme leader and its president tried on Thursday to link the nationwide protests roiling the country to...
‘We Are Headed For A Global Catastrophe’
(Source: AP) The world, especially richer carbon polluting nations, remains “far behind” and is not doing nearly enough -- not...
Kashmiri Pandits: Congress Wants White Paper From Modi Govt
(Source: PTI) The Congress on Thursday attacked the BJP over the alleged exodus of Kashmiri Pandits from south Kashmir's Shopian...
Heat-Related Deaths Up By 68% In Recent Past: Lancet Report
(Source: PTI) Heat-related deaths increased by 68 per cent between 2000-2004 and 2017-2021, while vulnerable populations — the elderly and...
Malnourished, Obese: The Food Future We Face
Families are feeling the pinch of rising food prices. Fresh fruit and vegetables are often no longer affordable. And many...
Death Toll In Myanmar Air Attack Rises To 80
(Source: PTI) Air strikes by Myanmar's military killed as many as 80 people, including singers and musicians, attending an anniversary...
Where Did Our Millions Of Working Women Go?
Since the turn of the millennium, women have been leaving the workforce in India. Over 40.4 million fewer women are in paid...
Why Indians With Means Still Use Plastic
Public outreach campaigns educate consumers with compelling data and storytelling about carbon footprints, natural resource scarcity, and climate change. Data...
What Really Works To Reduce Poverty
Bangladesh, often held up as a model for poverty reduction, has influenced many poverty reduction initiatives around the world. In 2002,...
India Needs Legal Framework To Close Mines, Power Plants
India is on the way to decommissioning thermal power plants (TPP) and disposing of coal mines at a large scale...
Crackers Burst Despite Ban, Delhi’s Air Quality Turns ‘Very Poor’
(Source: PTI) A large number of high-decibel firecrackers thundered throughout Diwali night on Monday as people in Delhi flouted the...
Rushdie Loses Sight In Eye After Knife Attack
(Source: PTI) Salman Rushdie has lost sight in an eye and his one hand is incapacitated following the brutal knife...
What We Have Reduced Religion To Is Tragic: Supreme Court
(Source: PTI) "Where have we reached in the name of religion, what have we reduced religion to is tragic," an...
Mumbai Must Listen To Its Fishing Communities
Coastal cities and settlements are at the forefront of climate disruption. Rising sea levels, warmer seas and changes in rainfall...
Rahul Says BJP, RSS Have Spread Hatred And Violence Everywhere
(Source: PTI) Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday accused the BJP and RSS of spreading hatred and violence everywhere in...
Rajasthan Is Getting Wetter And It Is Not Good News For Desert Ecology
Environmental changes, including changing rainfall patterns and vegetation, have affected Rajasthan’s desert ecology, impacting local flora and fauna. Rajasthan, the...
Whatever Happens At COP27, Climate Finance Must Be Overhauled
Last year, it was the pandemic. This year, it is the war in Ukraine. The global conversation on climate change...
WHO Chief Scientist Says Omicron Variant May Cause Another Covid Wave
(Source: PTI) Chief scientist at the World Health Organization (WHO), Dr Soumya Swaminathan, on Thursday said some countries may see...
