The Taliban’s War On Women In Afghanistan
The second anniversary of the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan is fast approaching. Since then, Afghan women have been denied the...
Pratirodh Bureau
Tushar, Teesta Stopped From Reaching August Kranti Maidan
On Wednesday, Tushar Gandhi, the great-grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, claimed that police detained him as he was going to Mumbai's...
Improved Tiger Numbers Come With Certain Hidden Messages
India is now home to at least 3,682 tigers – a new record that surpasses earlier estimates, according to the...
Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People
In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The...
“You have murdered India in Manipur”: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha
Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion debate in the Lok Sabha, former Congress president...
Does Sportswashing Even Work?
The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to question the relevance of a...
How India Can Help Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action
India is an emerging economy at the cusp of sizeable growth: over the next three decades, its gross domestic product...
‘For Last 10 Years, You’ve Only Done Negative Politics’: Kharge to PM
Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'quit India' jibe at the opposition, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said...
Birds Found Using Waste To Build Nests In A Bhopal Institute
A new study by scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal and National Centre for Biological...
Legacy Of Nuclear Arms Race: Contamination, Costs, Culture of Secrecy
Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project -- the World War II...
Sacred Fossils Are Getting Rarer To Find Due To Climate Change
For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated Shaligrams – ancient fossils...
Horrific, Tragic: Hiroshima Marks 78th Year Of Atomic Bombing
Commenting on Sunday, as Hiroshima marked the 78th year of atomic bombing, officials in the Japanese city lamented the growing...
Promised Rehab Eludes Residents Of One Of India’s Earliest Coal Mines
As you walk down this particular wide but cracked road in a West Bengal village, it is evident that something...
Dismantling The Myth That Ancient Slavery Was ‘Not That Bad’
As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks like, “Slavery...
Why India Can Afford To Wait And Watch Before Regulating AI
India’s position on regulating AI has swung between extremes – from no regulation to regulation based on a “risk-based, no-harm”...
Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram
The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their growing demand among the middle...
My Duty Remains The Same, To Protect Idea Of India: Rahul
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that his duty remains to protect the idea of India. This comes after...
Do Phrases Like ‘Global Boiling’ Help Or Hinder Climate Action?
Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended,...
A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?
The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has changed significantly since it was...
Kharge Slams Modi Govt, Says Orchestrated Hate Foisted By BJP
Taking a swipe at the Modi government, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that in the last five years,...
Flooding Caused Greatest Economic Damages In Asia In 2022
The Asian region was battered by extreme events driven by climate change, with flooding emerging as a particularly frequent and...
NGT Panel To Probe Charges Of Illegal Mining By Brij Bhushan Singh
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to take appropriate remedial action on a plea claiming illegal mining by BJP...
Are Haryana Stone Crushing Units To Blame For Respiratory Troubles?
A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in Haryana, where stone-crushing units are...
Antarctica Is Missing A Chunk Of Sea Ice Bigger Than Greenland!
Deadly heatwaves, raging wildfires and record global temperatures are upon us. But far from the flames, at the southernmost tip...
‘Barbie’ And The Many Messy Contradictions Of Motherhood
The wildly popular “Barbie” movie has been touted for its celebration – and critique – of femininity. As a mother...
