Climate Change To Impact Mountains, Human Activity On A Global Scale
(Source: PTI) Climate change will negatively impact mountain landscapes and human activity globally by increasing the risk of hazards such...
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‘Education Not Business To Earn Profit From’
(Source: PTI) Education is not a business to earn profit from and tuition fees shall always be affordable, the Supreme...
Demonetisation: Six Years On, Jury Still Out On Its Efficacy
(Source: PTI) The jury is still out on the decision to demonetise high value currency notes on November 8, 2016,...
‘Forgot To Fill Fuel’: Priyanka On BJP’s Double Engine Govt
(Source: PTI) Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Monday said the BJP's "double engine" government was there in Himachal Pradesh...
COP27 Opens With Little Hope Of Success
The developing world wants financing from the developed world to be the main item on the agenda at this year’s...
Farmers Say Global Food Security Is At Risk
Organisations representing over 350 million farmers and producers wrote an open letter to world leaders on Monday, warning that global...
A Year Of Extreme Weather Events Has Weighed Heavy On Agri Sector
After a difficult two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, Manjeet Singh was hopeful that 2022 would bring some cheer. A...
A Billionaire Emits A Million Times More GHGs Than Average Person
(Source: PTI) The investments of 125 of the world's richest billionaires yield an annual average of three million tonnes of...
2015-22 Likely To Be 8 Warmest Yrs On Record: WMO Report
(Source: PTI) The global mean temperature in 2022 is estimated to be 1.15 degree Celsius above the pre-industrial (1850-1900) average,...
Who Is Guilty When Climate Change Affects The Poorest Countries?
You may be hearing the phrase “loss and damage” in the coming weeks as government leaders meet in Egypt for...
Crisis Weighs Heavy On COP27 But Climate Opportunity Awaits
The world is much less stable than it was 12 months ago at COP26, but the adversities are unlikely to...
Third Of World Heritage Glaciers Under Threat
(Source: PTI) A third of the glaciers on the UNESCO World Heritage list are under threat, regardless of efforts to...
How ‘Airshed Management’ Could Tackle India’s Air Pollution Crisis
In 2019, air pollution in India caused the premature deaths of more than a million people. That same year, the...
Future Food Depends On The Cutting Edge
This week, Australians across three states are mopping up after widespread flooding inundated vast areas. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has...
Explainer: What Is Loss And Damage?
Ahead of the 27th United Nations Conference of Parties (COP) to be held in Cairo, Egypt, in November 2022, there...
‘Powers Being Seized By A Section, May Lead To Prez Form Of Govt’
(Source: PTI) West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday claimed that democratic powers are being seized by a “section...
India Revisits Plan To Repower Its Ageing Wind Turbines
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of the Indian government has now come forward with its latest draft policy,...
Earth Has Lost 83% Of Its Freshwater Aquatic Life In 50 Years
Wildlife populations, including birds, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and fish, have seen an average 69% decline since 1970, according to the...
Coronavirus Origins: Debate Flares Up But The Evidence Remains Weak
Nearly three years since SARS-CoV-2 first emerged, we're still not certain where the virus behind COVID-19 came from. The location...
Who Is Extracting Goa’s Groundwater?
Erwin Fonseca, a 47-year-old farmer lives in Goa’s Assagao, a village near the coast in the northern district of the...
What Is CITES, Why Does It Matter For S Asia?
What Is CITES? CITES is an agreement that regulates the movement across international borders of certain species of wild animal...
Resist Temptation Of Moving Fast On Sensitive Stories: Editors Guild
The Editors Guild of India on Friday said it was “disturbed” by the recent turn of events with respect to...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Takeover: Twitterati In India Divided
(Source: PTI) With billionaire Elon Musk closing the deal to buy Twitter and firing the social media firm's four top...
Comment: Happy For You, Rishi Sunak! If Only..
Rishi Sunak was appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom a day after Diwali 2022. It was a huge moment...
Iran Leaders Try To Link Mahsa Amini Protests To Gun Attack
(Source: PTI) Iran's supreme leader and its president tried on Thursday to link the nationwide protests roiling the country to...
