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How India moves: Ludhiana's migrant workers struggle to reach workplace as traffic, pollution and poor infrastructure pose hurdles

New Delhi, June 2 -- Chandrama Prasad, a migrant labourer in an auto parts manufacturing unit in Ludhiana, has been cycling to work for the past 18 years. Since 2007, his daily commute includes a dist... Read More


Frequent wildfires under warming climate turning forests into super carbon emitters

New Delhi, May 27 -- Canada's record-breaking wildfires last year released nearly three times more carbon than the country's entire economy - yet such emissions are barely accounted for in climate pol... Read More


How India moves: In Chandigarh, more vehicles than people undermine a visionary design

New Delhi, May 23 -- Two decades ago, Chandigarh's broad avenues and sparse traffic left many wondering if the city had been overbuilt. Fast forward to in 2025, the narrative has reversed. The number ... Read More


MGNREGA struggles to deliver jobs despite surge in registrations: Report

New Delhi, May 20 -- Despite a rise in household registrations under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), the rural jobs scheme failed to generate adequate employment ... Read More


Nagarahole: Jenu Kuruba Adivasis to hold Gram Sabha on May 20

New Delhi, May 19 -- The 52 Jenu Kuruba Adivasi families, who returned to their village Karadikallu Attur Kolli on May 5, 2025, to reclaim their ancestral villages and forest rights, will hold a Gram ... Read More


Ladakh records world's highest snow leopard density, study finds

New Delhi, May 9 -- The Union Territory of Ladakh is home to the highest recorded density of snow leopards in the world, with nearly 68 per cent of India's population of the elusive big cat found in t... Read More


Life expectancy in India drops for the first time in five decades; 2020-21 saw 2 million excess deaths

New Delhi, May 8 -- Expectation of life at birth for India has dropped for the first time in 50 years, registering a decrease of 0.2 years in a year. Life expectancy at birth has been estimated at 69... Read More


Long COVID patients have altered heart and lungs, elevating risks to cardiac and pulmonary diseases

New Delhi, May 7 -- Patients with long COVID-19 may suffer from persistent heart and lung inflammation for almost a year following the infection, a study has revealed. COVID caused by SARS-CoV-2 infe... Read More


Global trafficking of pangolin scales, elephant ivory plummets post-pandemic

New Delhi, May 2 -- Global trafficking of pangolin scales and elephant ivory has sharply declined since 2020, with a new report attributing the drop to pandemic-related disruption, sustained enforceme... Read More


Scientists may take at least a year to grasp full scale of world's largest coral bleaching event

New Delhi, May 1 -- The world's coral reefs are in the grip of the most extensive bleaching event ever recorded, but scientists say it may take another year to fully grasp how much has been lost. Th... Read More