There are global efforts to fight modern slavery, but a few traditional systems still hold strong in west Africa. These…
India now has 80 Ramsar sites covering an area of 1.33 million hectares. Five new Ramsar sites, added ahead of…
Every citizen has heard it: “Pakistan is passing through critical times.” For 77 years, the political elite has used this…
Remember the sadness that came with the last time you failed miserably at something? Or the last time you were…
Denouncing the BJP government's White Paper as a 'hatchet job' and a 'white-lie paper', Congress leader P Chidambaram has launched…
All the talk as Pakistan headed to the polls on February 8 was about the two main political parties, their…
Humans have always looked at the sky, using the stars as navigation guides or for spiritual storytelling. Every human civilisation…
Surat’s textile industry is improving its manufacturing processes with efficient use of coal, electricity and water and by adopting renewable…
Observers do not expect the February 8 polls in Pakistan to be free and fair. Their reasons are many, chief…
When Myanmar’s military seized back control of the country in February 2021 after a decade-long democratic interlude, the international community reached for…
"Humanity has exceeded a planetary boundary related to environmental pollutants including plastics” — announced an international team of researchers in…
Heavy fuel from a defunct power station flowed into streams on January 10 in Kangpokpi district in Manipur. The water…
The Uttarakhand government tabled the Uniform Civil Code Bill in the assembly on Tuesday. Following this, the Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind, said…
Neurotechnologies – devices that interact directly with the brain or nervous system – were once dismissed as the stuff of…
As the war in the Gaza Strip enters its fourth month, on the surface it might seem like possibilities for…
At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for delivering…
On Tuesday, 6 January, the Enforcement Directorate raided premises linked to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's personal secretary Bibhav Kumar,…
Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake, the Tonle Sap in northwestern Cambodia, is facing a water quality crisis, forcing villagers who…
“You have blood on your hands.” “I’m sorry for everything you have all been through.” These quotes, the first from…
Lichens are composite organisms born out of a mutualistic alliance between a fungus and a photosynthetic partner, typically algae or…
Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress president, has said that Rahul Gandhi is taking out the Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra (BJNY) under adverse…
Meenati* arrived at the clinic with a painful lump in her left breast, which she had first noticed three months…
At least a dozen countries, including the U.S., have suspended funding to the UNRWA, the United Nations agency responsible for…
Mangroves have multiple ecosystem services including carbon sequestration, flood mitigation, protection against wind and waves, fisheries and habitat for biodiversity.…
On Thursday, February 2, thousands of Ambedkarites, lawyers and other members of civil society gathered at Delhi's Jantar Mantar to…
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