The murder of a young woman named Lilie James in the toilet block of a Sydney school by her former…
The Indian crested porcupine, a protected species, is entering saffron fields in Jammu and Kashmir and damaging the crop. Experts…
The results of the five state elections underway in India will be known in a few hours and the next…
Several years ago, I made a visit to a local book sale and came across a rare 1964 edition of…
The state of West Bengal often hits national headlines, mainly for controversial reasons. However, there is one area in which…
The first day of COP28 climate conference reached a consensus to operationalise the Loss and Damage Fund, a crucial milestone.…
The UN has tried tackling conflict-related sexual violence for more than two decades, but its “add-women-and-stir” approach doesn’t go far…
In mid-November, hundreds of protestors marched through the streets of Nairobi, led by a ceremonial band. “Let polluters pay the…
On Friday, the Supreme Court extended the interim protection from arrest it had granted to four journalists against whom the…
Henry Kissinger, who died on Nov. 29, 2023, at age 100, exercised more than 50 years of influence on American…
As government leaders and climate negotiators gather in Dubai for the COP28 United Nations climate conference, an enormous challenge looms…
The Supreme Court of India is poised to deliver a landmark judgement that may make it a crime for a…
An alarming study has revealed that breathing unfiltered air from rush-hour traffic can significantly increase passengers' blood pressure upto 24…
The end of March marks the mahua flowering season in the dry forest regions of central Indian highlands and adjoining…
When Merriam-Webster announced that its word of the year for 2023 was “authentic,” it did so with over a month…
A former head of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) used to describe the annual climate summit as…
On Tuesday, the Congress launched a broadside against Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar after he drew parallels between Mahatma Gandhi and Prime…
Women in urban India want to work but are not in the labour force in significant numbers, found a 2019…
In 2021, the village of Kodalpalli in Odisha’s Nayagarh district became one of the few places in India where the…
The legislative elections in five states of India – Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram – are the last…
According to a new analysis, non-compliance of thermal power plants in Delhi-NCR with emissions standards is contributing significantly to air…
In the wake of the COVID-19 crisis, the United Nations (UN) identified what it called a “shadow pandemic” of domestic…
With India’s national elections less than a year away, key state assembly polls have stirred the political pot with regional…
Fragile and least developed countries have had their development assistance cut drastically, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and…
It’s well known that the fossil fuel industry made the industrial age possible and raised much of humanity’s living standard,…
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