Ratan Tata, who has died at the age of 86, was a giant of global industry, whose interests included cars, steel, hotels,…
Public health interventions have been few and far between to check the continuing ravages of arsenic poisoning in India. When…
Construction work has been linked to many types of cancer. But more research is needed to understand what causes these…
Identifying every person killed in the conflict is an extremely difficult process – and vital for understanding what has happened.…
Western diplomacy has tied itself in knots over Israel. It may herald the end of Western dominance on the global…
The book, Breaking Rocks and Barriers, chronicles the life of Sudipta Sengupta, a mountaineer and geologist, with many firsts to…
Assam’s annual floods pose a challenge for students commuting to schools and cause damage to the school’s infrastructure. While residents…
After the 2004 tsunami, mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still changing. A mass mortality of mangroves was…
Former US national security advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski warned in 2002 that Israel was losing its global standing as Israeli-Palestinian violence…
Despite the growing global acknowledgment of indigenous knowledge and practices in conservation, there is a lack of policies or legal…
Over 150 citizens from Ladakh marched from Leh to Delhi, to highlight demands for statehood and the sixth schedule under…
In the run-up to its first assembly election in 10 years, Jammu and Kashmir is charged with a mix of…
As the climate challenge becomes more acute, consumer habits are changing. Survey after survey says the same thing: People want…
Just when the summer uproar over Donald Trump calling his potential rival “Laffin’ Kamala” and “Cackling Copilot Kamala Harris” was…
Since returning to power three years ago, the Taliban have been enforcing oppressive laws that violate people’s freedoms and human…
The central and state governments have fast-tracked iron ore mining resumption in Goa Transportation of e-auctioned extracted ore from as-is-where-is…
While Kashmir continues to be a popular tourist destination, the increasing pollution is affecting its ecology The unabated flow of…
Across India’s bustling cities, a crisis of staggering proportions is unfolding, largely unseen and uncared for by those who don’t…
Schools in India have seen increasing disruptions due to extreme weather events, over the last few years. Many Indian states…
India aspires to be a developed nation by 2047 with inclusive, people-centric sustainable growth and improved living standards, without compromising…
Indian politicians have argued for decades that the nation deserves to be a member of the United Nations Security Council…
In one sense, not very much is at stake in the ongoing election to the legislative assembly of the Union…
The UN's leadership still lacks gender balance, with only a fraction of member states appointing female diplomats despite global targets…
Urban expansion and land use changes in the Himalayas and the Western Ghats are driving significant forest loss. A recent…
The United Nations rests on three equally important and interdependent pillars: sustainable development, peace and security, and human rights. In…
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