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ICEs vs. EVs: Learning From The Past To Boost Sustainability

By 1900, the internal combustion engine was hailed as a way to clean up the world’s city streets, then heaped…

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Uniting Tech, Activism To Monitor Sand Mining In India

A West Bengal-based non-profit organisation has launched a new platform ­– India Sand Watch – which aims to monitor every…

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Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People

In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India photographed an unsuspecting woman. The…

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“You have murdered India in Manipur”: Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Launching a scathing attack on Prime Minister Modi during the no-confidence motion debate in the Lok Sabha, former Congress president…

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Does Sportswashing Even Work?

The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to question the relevance of a…

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How India Can Help Grow Its Economy Through Stronger Climate Action

India is an emerging economy at the cusp of sizeable growth: over the next three decades, its gross domestic product…

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‘For Last 10 Years, You’ve Only Done Negative Politics’: Kharge to PM

Hitting back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his 'quit India' jibe at the opposition, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said…

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Birds Found Using Waste To Build Nests In A Bhopal Institute

A new study by scientists from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal and National Centre for Biological…

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Legacy Of Nuclear Arms Race: Contamination, Costs, Culture of Secrecy

Christopher Nolan's film Oppenheimer has focused new attention on the legacies of the Manhattan Project -- the World War II…

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Sacred Fossils Are Getting Rarer To Find Due To Climate Change

For more than 2,000 years, Hinduism, Buddhism and the shamanic Himalayan religion of Bon have venerated Shaligrams – ancient fossils…

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Horrific, Tragic: Hiroshima Marks 78th Year Of Atomic Bombing

Commenting on Sunday, as Hiroshima marked the 78th year of atomic bombing, officials in the Japanese city lamented the growing…

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Promised Rehab Eludes Residents Of One Of India’s Earliest Coal Mines

As you walk down this particular wide but cracked road in a West Bengal village, it is evident that something…

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Dismantling The Myth That Ancient Slavery Was ‘Not That Bad’

As someone who researches slavery in the ancient Mediterranean world, especially in the Bible, I often hear remarks like, “Slavery…

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Why India Can Afford To Wait And Watch Before Regulating AI

India’s position on regulating AI has swung between extremes – from no regulation to regulation based on a “risk-based, no-harm”…

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Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram

The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their growing demand among the middle…

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My Duty Remains The Same, To Protect Idea Of India: Rahul

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said on Friday that his duty remains to protect the idea of India. This comes after…

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Do Phrases Like ‘Global Boiling’ Help Or Hinder Climate Action?

Last week, United Nations General Secretary António Guterres coined an arresting new term. The era of global warming has ended,…

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A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?

The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has changed significantly since it was…

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Kharge Slams Modi Govt, Says Orchestrated Hate Foisted By BJP

Taking a swipe at the Modi government, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday said that in the last five years,…

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Flooding Caused Greatest Economic Damages In Asia In 2022

The Asian region was battered by extreme events driven by climate change, with flooding emerging as a particularly frequent and…

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Ruminations On Barbie Movie: Why We Are Just Getting Started

After watching Barbie and Oppenheimer on the same day, and then reading some people's reactions to Barbie, I was left…

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Hiroshima At 78 & Its Lessons Of Unnecessary Mass Destruction

It was 8:15 on a Monday morning, Aug. 6, 1945. World War II was raging in Japan. An American B-29…

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NGT Panel To Probe Charges Of Illegal Mining By Brij Bhushan Singh

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has decided to take appropriate remedial action on a plea claiming illegal mining by BJP…

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Are Haryana Stone Crushing Units To Blame For Respiratory Troubles?

A two-kilometre detour from the six-lane national highway 152-D (Narnaul-Ambala), towards the interior villages in Haryana, where stone-crushing units are…

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‘Barbie’ And The Many Messy Contradictions Of Motherhood

The wildly popular “Barbie” movie has been touted for its celebration – and critique – of femininity. As a mother…

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