From Oil To Critical Minerals: India’s New Resource Challenge
Coal fuelled the first Industrial Revolution, and oil defined the industrial and geopolitical order of the twentieth century. Wars were...
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Indigenous Women Are Building New Livelihoods With Hive Boxes
Fifty women from indigenous communities across Kerala and Tamil Nadu have been trained to rear honeybees, providing them with a...
Delhi’s Waste-to-Energy Push Fuels Pollution Fears
Communities that live near waste-to-energy (WTE) plants in India complain about the stench and soot. But construction has begun for...
How Greener Steel Relies On Ship Recycling, However…
* Old ships contain mountains of scrap needed for lower-carbon steelmaking. But the course from ship to furnace is made...
Sonam Wangchuk’s Health Worsens As Hunger Strike Enters Fifth Day
Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk's health has deteriorated on the fifth day of his hunger strike at Delhi's Jantar Mantar, with...
Why India’s Engineers Need More Than Just Coding Skills
For years, technical education has been built around the assumption that mastering programming languages would be the primary gateway to...
Is Delhi’s Central Ridge Restoration Doing More Harm Than Good?
Ongoing activities in Delhi’s Central Ridge, undertaken in the name of restoration, may ultimately hinder ecological recovery. Biodiverse native understory...
‘I Feel Isolated’: Umar Khalid From Jail After Nearly 6 Yrs Without Trial
Former student leader and jailed activist Umar Khalid has said that nearly six years of incarceration without the start of...
UP’s Brick Kiln Workers: Too Hot To Sleep, Too Poor To Stop Working
Brick kiln workers in Uttar Pradesh have shifted to overnight schedules to avoid working in peak daytime heat. Warm nights...
Loyalty Without Leverage: India’s US Tilt Yields Little
In a move that signals a blunt recalibration of South Asian geopolitics, the United States has quietly shifted its strategic...
Cong Wants Rajnath’s Resignation Over Operation Sindoor Remarks
The Congress has accused Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh of misleading Parliament by stating that there had been "no harm"...
Banks Are Sitting On A Heat Risk They Have Barely Begun To Price
Extreme heat is disrupting loan repayments across India’s banking and microfinance sector, squeezing lenders’ cash flows and raising operating costs....
The International Legal Order Is Broken: 2 Key Shifts Vital To Fix It
The international legal order that was created after the second world war is no longer fit for purpose. Its response...
Delhi University’s Carbon Garden: Reimagining Urban Greenery
A carbon garden in a university campus in Delhi uses a mix of plants, algae, fungi and microorganisms to sequester...
Forest Clearance For Dam Puts Endangered Bird Species At Risk
The forest advisory committee has granted in-principle approval for a 1200- megawatt hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The region is...
The Whys And Wherefores Of Saying Namaste In Yoga Class & Otherwise
“Namaste,” a common greeting in India and South Asia, has become a global cultural phenomenon – the word appears everywhere,...
Rahul Wants Pradhan’s Resignation For Calling Youth ‘Terrorists’
The Congress on Thursday intensified its attack on the Union government over the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak controversy, with Lok...
Rising Temps And Human Activity Both Drive Himalayan Forest Fires
A new study conducted in the Western Himalayas found temperature to be the strongest driver associated with forest fires, among...
3 Lessons For The World From The Fall Of Another UK Prime Minister
A multitude of factors, nosediving public opinion in the UK among them, has defenestrated another leader. But Keir Starmer’s resignation...
Stop ‘Appeasing’ Trump, Don’t Sign Skewed Trade Deal: Congress To PM
As crucial trade negotiations between India and the United States gather pace, the Congress has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
Some Reasons Why India’s Food Diversity Matters More Than Ever
The story begins with a mango tree in a family courtyard in Kerala. It was not just a tree but...
The Mistakes That Sealed UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s Fate
On the gloriously sunny morning of July 5 2024, Keir Starmer walked into Downing Steet as prime minister for the...
Centre Spent Rs 2,586 Cr on PM Modi Adverts Since 2020: RTI Data
Fresh information obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) application has revealed that the Central government spent Rs 2,586 crore...
Does Climate Change Lead To More Migration? There’s No Consensus
Images of families displaced by floods, prolonged droughts or extreme storms have become a distressingly regular feature of the daily...
Kerala Landslide Survivors Wait For A Place To Call Home
Nearly two years after the devastating Wayanad landslide claimed hundreds of lives and destroyed entire settlements, many survivors remain caught...
