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…
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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 –…
Privacy Concerns Rise As Wildlife Surveillance Tech ‘Watches’ People
In 2017, a camera installed on the fringes of Corbett Tiger Reserve in northern India…
“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…
Does Sportswashing Even Work?
The cancellation of the 2026 Commonwealth Games by authorities in Australia has led people to…
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…
‘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,…
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…
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…
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…
Horrific, Tragic: Hiroshima Marks 78th Year Of Atomic Bombing
Commenting on Sunday, as Hiroshima marked the 78th year of atomic bombing, officials in the…
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,…
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…
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…
Silent Trade Of Elusive Small Cats In Mizoram
The commercial value of products coming from rarer wildlife species has increased because of their…
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…
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…
A Decade After The Floods, Is Kedarnath Safer?
The Kedarnath Valley, located above 3,500 metres in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand, has…
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…
Flooding Caused Greatest Economic Damages In Asia In 2022
The Asian region was battered by extreme events driven by climate change, with flooding emerging…
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…
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…
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…
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…
‘Barbie’ And The Many Messy Contradictions Of Motherhood
The wildly popular “Barbie” movie has been touted for its celebration – and critique –…