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Book On Endemic Birds Says 3 Species Almost Extinct

Seventy-eight out of 1353 bird species in India are endemic to the country; three of them are critically endangered, according…

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Russia: Empire Building And Its Economic Cost

President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has come at huge economic costs. By conservative estimates, the Russian economy has taken…

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7-Judge SC Bench On Pleas Against Modi Govt Crucial: Congress

On Thursday, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh said that the Supreme Court has set up a seven-judge bench headed by CJI…

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Delhi’s Air Quality Needs Data-Driven Action

The issue of Delhi's poor air quality resurfaces episodically in the public consciousness. It garners attention on social media, in…

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How The Hamas-Israel Conflict Echoes The ’73 Arab-Israeli War

The parallels were striking – and surely not coincidental. Exactly 50 years and a day after being taken completely off…

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Fish Suffocate In Kashmir’s Oxygen-Deprived Lakes

On 25 May this year, a large number of dead fish were found floating in Dal Lake in Srinagar, the…

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Satellites Show How Climate Change Disrupts Ocean Currents

Earth’s ocean is incredibly vast. Some parts of it are so remote that the nearest human habitation is the International…

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Dwarka E-Way Audit: Cong Attacks Govt Over Transfer Of CAG Officers

On Wednesday, the Congress accused the government of intimidating officers of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG). These officers had…

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Why Al-Aqsa Mosque Remains A Sensitive Site In Palestine-Israel Conflict

As a scholar of global Islam, I teach an introduction to Islam course and include a discussion about Al-Aqsa as…

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Goldin’s Nobel Win Is A Victory For Women In Economics

Economic history has long been chronicled through a male lens, emphasizing the contributions of men and their viewpoints. For proof,…

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Peace Nobel ’23 Highlights Global Fight Against Declining Democracy

One hundred days after Iranians first protested the killing of 22-year-old Kurdish woman, Mahsa Amini for wearing her hijab incorrectly,…

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FIR Against Four AMU Students For Marching In Support Of Hamas

Four students of the Aligarh Muslim University, who took out a march in support of Palestine amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas…

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No EWS, Insufficient Dam Safety Turned Sikkim Floods Deadly

Every year, September 18 is observed as a day of disaster risk reduction in Sikkim, in remembrance of the 6.9…

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Israel-Hamas Conflict: Both Sides Brace For Devastating Fallout

Almost 50 years ago to the day, Israel had failed to anticipate the outbreak of the 1973 Yom Kippur war…

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Young Women And The Chase For An Instagram Beauty Ideal

Young women are bombarded with Instagram images that can define beauty and how they see themselves. While empowering for some,…

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The Israel-Hamas War: No Matter Who Loses, Iran Wins

There will be only one winner in the war that has broken out between Israel and the Palestinian militant group…

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Narges: A Voice For Women For Two Decades

“Woman, Life, Freedom,” the slogan adopted by Iranians to protest the unjust death of Mahsa Amini in 2022, is, according…

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Retiring Coal Plants Early Can Benefit Climate And Communities

As the biggest source of greenhouse gases, how to transition the energy sector from carbon-intensive fossil fuels to green energy…

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‘Govt Is Forcing Digitalisation, Using It In Order To Undermine MGNREGA’

On Saturday, the Congress again took a swipe at the BJP, accusing it of forced digitalisation in the name of…

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Book Review: A Walk Down The Nilgiri Hills

An anthology of writings on the Nilgiris, The Nilgiri Hills — A Kaleidoscope of People, Culture and Nature, reflects on…

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Four Factors Driving 2023’s Extreme Heat And Climate Disasters

Between the record-breaking global heat and extreme downpours, it’s hard to ignore that something unusual is going on with the…

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Iranian Activist Narges Mohammadi Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Prominent Iranian women’s rights advocate Narges Mohammadi has won the 2023 Nobel peace prize for her long fight against the…

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Scrolling Into Stress: How Climate Fears Hit The Youth Of Today

Our young people are getting a dose of social media-driven eco-anxiety over the environment. There are ways we can help…

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Misogyny, Disguised As Relentless Trolling Of Once ‘Pretty Women’

Just when we thought we were making progress in respecting the female form and abstaining from practices like body shaming,…

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Facing Challenges Of Funding Thermal Power Plant Closure: Report

A new report by a think tank says India needs to prepare for the costs involved with the large-scale decommissioning…

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