Assam Elephant ‘Mistreated Again’ In TN: PETA
(Source: PTI) Joymala, an elephant from Assam, who was allegedly mistreated at a temple in Tamil Nadu, is in the...
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Chemicals In Consumer Products May Cause Tumours In Women
Environmental phthalates -- toxic chemicals found in everyday consumer products -- may cause increased growth of uterine fibroids, the most...
Making Global Health Greener, Fairer, Younger
The COVID-19 pandemic has been a chaotic dress rehearsal for more serious health crises in the future. And the blunders...
Planet Earth Welcomes Its 8 Billionth Inhabitant
(Source: PTI) Planet Earth welcomed its 8 billionth inhabitant on Tuesday, a remarkable milestone for humanity that is set to...
Psychological Roots Of Common Superstitions
Growing up in Greece, I spent my summers at my grandparents’ home in a small coastal village in the region...
The 10 Big Climate Insights Of 2022
Experts from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) have distilled this year’s main findings from climate science, in the...
Managing Kitchen Waste Through Urban Farms
As Indian cities expand, concerns about their rising food demand and the accompanying pressure on the agriculture sector cannot be...
Silos Holding Back The Energy Transition
When leaders of the G20 nations meet in Bali next week, it’s expected they will commit to the ‘Bali Compact’...
Evidence Of War Crimes By Russian Forces In Kherson: Zelensky
(Source: IANS) Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that investigators have found evidence of 400 war crimes committed by Russian forces...
Tough Negotiations Ahead In COP27 Final Week
Climate change has reached a point where people can no longer adapt to many of the impacts. Delegates at the...
Emissions Projected To Spike By 6% In India
(Source: IANS) With emissions projected to increase in India by six per cent, global carbon emissions in 2022 remain at...
The Challenges Of Embankment Construction In The Sundarbans
Thirty-five-year-old Ramaprasad Maiti, a resident of a Sundarbans island, has moved houses 17 times in his lifetime as erosion tore...
The Foreign Policy Fallout Of COVID-19
Global health diplomacy is at a crossroads and the COVID-19 pandemic has made this abundantly clear. Health diplomacy — where...
Study Says Chinese Incursions Into India Are Strategically Planned
(Source: PTI) Chinese infringements into the Aksai Chin region are not random, independent events but are part of a strategically...
Global Carbon Emissions At Record Levels
Global carbon dioxide emissions from all human activities remain at record highs in 2022, and fossil fuel emissions have risen...
Gas Boom Threatens World Climate Goal
(Source: PTI) The war-inspired natural gas boom is undermining already insufficient efforts to limit future warming to just a few...
Are Women’s Rights Still Chimerical?
In the past few days, two news reports caught my attention. One of them said that women in Afghanistan have...
After Parks, Taliban Bans Afghan Women From Using Gyms
(Source: AP) The Taliban are banning women from using gyms in Afghanistan, an official in Kabul said on Thursday, the...
Melting Glaciers: Who Is Responsible?
As the world’s glaciers melt rapidly, almost without exception, the global response to this existential threat is worryingly lethargic. This...
Fed Up Young Climate Activists Say Adults Are Not Listening
(Source: AP) The climate change generation is saying officials are talking too much, listening too little and acting even less....
Major Retreat: Russia Orders Withdrawal From Ukraine’s Kherson
(Source: Reuters) Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Wednesday ordered his troops to withdraw from the west bank of the...
Strong Likelihood Of Major Earthquake In The Himalayan Region: Scientists
(Source: PTI) Scientists on Wednesday said there is a strong possibility of a major earthquake in the Himalayan region and...
Facebook Parent Meta Cuts 11,000 Jobs
(Source: AP) Facebook parent Meta is laying off 11,000 people, about 13% of its workforce, as it contends with faltering...
The Plight Of India’s Chinese Community
As the Cuban missile crisis gripped the world’s attention 60 years ago, a less remembered conflict broke out high in...
Loss And Damage Climbs To Official Agenda In Egypt
All participating nations at the UN summit being held in Sharm El Sheikh in eastern Egypt have agreed to place...
