Unbridled Greed Continues To Plague Banking
Earlier this year, the world was once again brought to the brink of a systemic banking failure after the collapse...
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Pratirodh Bureau
Ecosystem Collapses May Occur Much Sooner Than Expected
Across the world, rainforests are becoming savanna or farmland, savanna is drying out and turning into desert, and icy tundra...
Solar Pumps Offer Relief To WB Farmers, But Growth Is Slow
Compared to a year ago, Sanjit Biswas now worries less about his profits from farming. A small farmer owning a...
Stopping Plantation On Migratory Routes Of HP Pastoralists Still Distant
The government-run afforestation activities in Himachal Pradesh have increased the vulnerability of pastoralists, leading to expansion of invasive species, as...
Visual Misinformation Is Rife On Facebook
How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on Facebook is low or...
Materials Used By Humans Now Weigh More Than All Life On Earth
The extent of humanity’s influence on the planet has become increasingly clear in recent years. From the alarming accumulation of...
Miles To Sail To Harness Offshore Wind
In recent months, the central government has introduced two policy measures to support the offshore wind sector, which generates electricity...
MP 2nd In Stubble Burning, Farmers Unaware Of Govt Schemes
Madhya Pradesh ranks second in the country in terms of wheat production, which is a matter of pride for the...
Black Transwomen & How They Have Led Fight For Equal Rights
Its unclear who threw the first brick at Stonewall Inn on that night in New York City that arguably launched...
India’s Palm Oil Drive Faces A Reality Check
Palm oil has become essential to India’s food security in the past three decades, replacing other edible oils such as...
Explainer: Why Do We Use Jargon When Talking About Science?
Consider this sentence: Many urban areas have depauperate flora and fauna due to anthropogenic disturbances. If we replace the words...
Active Non-Alignment And The Global South
What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in...
The Risks Of A Digital Cold War
The US sees TikTok as having inseparable ties with the Chinese state. The main concern is the concept of data...
Protecting Centuries-Old Trees: Haryana Village Opposes Govt Buildings
Some residents of a village in Haryana are opposing the proposed construction of government buildings on forest lands, home to...
Sikkim Reels Under Water Woes, Faces Hottest June
Gangtok, in Sikkim, was reeling under acute water shortage, after a cloud burst-induced landslide on April 20 damaged the city’s...
Human Remains And Debris Recovered From Titanic Submersible
Presumed human remains and debris from the tourist submersible crushed to pieces in an undersea implosion that killed all five...
Social Media Can Impact Women’s Body Image, But It Isn’t All Bad
The “Cost of Beauty”, a short video recently released by global beauty brand Dove, highlights the damaging effects of social media...
Building A New Restoration Economy In India
In recent years, the planet has confronted a series of growing environmental challenges. At the UN, in 2022, the struggles...
Splinternet: Is The Internet Less Whole Than We Think?
“Splinternet” refers to the way the internet is being splintered – broken up, divided, separated, locked down, boxed up, or...
This Is How We’ll Know If We’re In Recession
Many developed economies have entered recession in recent weeks, with New Zealand the latest. Germany, Europe’s largest economy, went into...
Uttarakhand’s Marginalised Farmers Struggle To Adapt To Climate Change
Neema Devi sits with her sister-in-law, Prema Devi, threshing wheat by hand in the village of Dhudholi, in the Indian...
Kolkata To Eliminate ‘Legacy Waste’ In Landfills Through Biomining
The Dhapa landfill, a major unsegregated solid waste dumping ground in Kolkata, has been growing for over three decades, since...
Young People Are Abandoning News Websites
The crisis in journalism caused by the traditional news media's struggles to cope with the digital revolution has been well...
Danger Draws People To Adventure Tourism
The tragic news of the destruction of the Titan submersible has brought attention to the thrilling, dangerous and expensive world...
Early Warning System To Keep Police Honest
From the killing of George Floyd in the United States to a serial rapist in the ranks in the United...
