Depleting Groundwater: Why Raj Farmers Can’t Use More Solar Pumps
As temperatures rose in June this year, Jaman Singh Saini, a 69-year-old farmer from Badangarh…
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Himalayan Communities And The Necessity Of Impact-Based Forecasting
When water levels rose in a tributary of the Koshi river during the 2019 monsoon,…
Is It Really Hotter Now Than Any Time In The Past 100,000 Years?
As scorching heat grips large swaths of the Earth, a lot of people are trying…
What Became Of The Model Renewable Energy Village In Tamil Nadu?
In recent years, Odanthurai, a village in Tamil Nadu, gained recognition as a self-reliant model…
Rampant Poaching In Kuno Raises Questions About Safety Of Cheetahs
The Kuno National Park (KNP) has become the centre of attention across the world ever…
When Greenland Was Green And Warnings For The Future
About 400,000 years ago, large parts of Greenland were ice-free. Scrubby tundra basked in the…
What Comics Reveal About Gender, Democracy
Each July, comics fans, professionals and scholars descend on San Diego, California, for Comic-Con International…
History Of Encroachment, Diminishing Wetlands Behind Delhi’s Floods
When parts of Delhi were inundated with floodwaters several meters high in early July, several…
MP Shocker: Dalit Claims Face, Body Smeared With Human Excreta
In another shocking incident involving caste faultlines in Madhya Pradesh, a Dalit man in the…
Surrogacy In India Not Just For Heterosexuals Who Are Married
India’s revised surrogacy law has been praised for outlawing commercial surrogacy, but it has also…
What Is Daily Life Like In Kyiv…?
I went to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine, in June 2023 to visit an old…
India’s Tiger Reserves Have Helped In The Fight Against Climate Change
New research shows that India’s tiger conservation policy has not only helped in preserving and…
I.N.D.I.A Will Defeat BJP, Not Seeking Any Post: Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed unwavering confidence that the I.N.D.I.A. (Indian National…
A Narrow Window Of Opportunity To Increase Resilience In Asia-Pacific
The world faces a disaster emergency, yet nowhere is the threat more immediate than in…
Women’s Football Review Proposes Changes To Address Inequality
Women’s football and its players have been marginalised, ostracised, discredited and silenced for decades. More…
Restoring Mangroves, 1 Palmyra Leaf Nursery Bag At A Time
Sitting near her thatched hut, Achikkannu reaches for a set of dried palmyra (Borassus flabellifer)…
Penalties, Passes And A Touch Of Politics: FIFA Women’s World Cup
The 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup kicked off on Thursday night, the first football world…
When Will We Stop Treating Women’s Bodies As Battlefields?
Women’s bodies have been objects of patriarchal control for millennia. Objectifying, ridiculing and demeaning women…
Project Tiger Could Do Even Better: Experts
Fifty years after the launch of Project Tiger in India, the country hosts 75% of…
Too Little, Too Late: Congress On PM’s Manipur Video Remarks
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke on the incident of women being paraded naked in…
Ecologists Appeal To Govt Over FCA Bill, 2023
The amendment to the Forest Conservation Act passed through the committee phase last week. It…
Public Bicycle Sharing: Lessons Learned From Three Indian Cities
Close to 2,000 public bicycle-sharing (PBS) systems are operational around the world, providing flexible mobility…
What Next As The Planet Gets Hotter…?
The planet is baking. Southern Europe is sweltering through a record heatwave with temperatures tipped…
Akhilesh Yadav Says NDA’s Delhi Meeting Was Its Farewell Ceremony
Taking a dig at the BJP-led NDA, Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday said…
Kerala’s Dwindling Mangroves Need Concerted Effort In Conservation
When 1000 kilometres of mangrove tidal wetland vegetation, along the shoreline of Australia’s remote Gulf…