Cities cannot function without domestic workers in India but their employment conditions remain precarious. Domestic workers are the third-largest category…
When 2022 began, there was trepidation about what might happen in at least ten regions. Topping most lists were concerns…
(Source: PTI) A team of experts from CSIR-National Geophysical Research Institute (NGRI) will be leaving for Joshimath in Uttarakhand, which…
The storming of the three main symbols of the Brazilian republic – the supreme court, the national congress and the…
The Himalayan town of Joshimath is sinking. Its houses have been declared dangerous to live in and hitherto, 600 families…
(Source: PTI) There is no safe limit to alcohol consumption and any amount of drinking can severely impact one’s health,…
(Source: PTI) Over 250 academics, including well-known linguist Noam Chomsky, have written to President Draupadi Murmu, informing her about the…
(Source: PTI) Rebuilding homes, besides helping children and livestock adjust to a new place, as floods turn them into refugees…
(Source: PTI) The Supreme Court Tuesday pulled up the Centre for pursuing its curative plea seeking an additional ₹ 7,844…
(Source: PTI) Earth's protective ozone layer is slowly but noticeably healing at a pace that would fully mend the hole…
The Whanganui River in New Zealand wanders from its wellspring on the slopes of a volcano in the centre of…
(Source: PTI) Delhi Lieutenant Governor V K Saxena has granted sanction to prosecute former JNUSU vice president Shehla Rashid Shora…
(Source: PTI) Air India’s handling of an incident in which an inebriated male flier allegedly urinated on a woman co-passenger…
Residents of the ancient pilgrim town of Joshimath were forced to flee their homes in the freezing weather of January…
(Source: PTI) The Congress on Monday demanded that the land subsidence situation in Uttarakhand's Joshimath should be declared a national…
(Source: PTI) African elephant numbers have dropped from about 26 million in the 1800s to 415,000 today. While this is…
Pictures of enigmatic snow leopards roaming the scenic Annapurna area come to mind when outsiders think about carnivores and predators…
How do we see nature? Do we see it, and therefore, value it — based on its usefulness for human…
It was a foggy afternoon in December, and people – young and old – were walking uphill to reach the…
(Source: PTI) Captain Shiva Chauhan from the Corps of Engineers has been posted at a frontline post in Siachen Glacier,…
Rivers are the lifeblood for millions of Indians and Bangladeshis. But a radical legal idea to save them from pollution…
(Source: PTI) The Congress on Tuesday alleged that the Modi government has reduced the ration of 81 crore poor people…
Reflected in key goals and targets, ecological connectivity will be decisive, as countries move to implement the freshly minted Kunming-Montreal…
China is experiencing a huge Covid-19 surge after years of hardline containment restrictions were dismantled last month. A growing number…
Seema and her husband did quite well when they first opened a samosa stall in the local market of a…
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