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Why national parks and nature reserves don't always safeguard ecosystems as expected

India, Nov. 4 -- Research reveals that while national parks and nature reserves can boost species numbers and provide habitats for predators, they often fail to preserve the intricate ecological inter... Read More


Inequality fuels pandemics and prolongs crises, warns UNAIDS

India, Nov. 4 -- Inequality within and between countries is fuelling pandemics and prolonging global crises, warns UNAIDS. New report links inequality to higher COVID-19 deaths and HIV infection rate... Read More


India among countries with highest yield loss due to human-induced land degradation

India, Nov. 4 -- FAO's 2025 report highlights a global crisis of land degradation affecting 1.7 billion people, threatening food security and ecosystems. Agricultural expansion drives deforestation, ... Read More


The life of water

India, Nov. 3 -- When we think of a water-starved city, the first thing that comes to mind is the unavailability of the natural resource. But there is much more at play. Who gets the water that is ava... Read More


In unsettled state

India, Nov. 3 -- Nearly 12 years after the Kedarnath disaster of 2013, in which heavy rain triggered flash floods that killed over 4,000 people, Semi, a village of less than 100 people remains desolat... Read More


Back to the roots

India, Nov. 3 -- When the pandemic disrupted markets in 2020, Poona Yadav of Barkheda village in Madhya Pradesh's Mandla district faced a dilemma. The 42-year-old, like most households in her village,... Read More


Battle for reefs

India, Nov. 3 -- It is a spectacle that takes place just once a year, typically between spring and summer. On a few nights following the full moon, when water temperatures are just right, coral polyps... Read More


Flushed and forgotten

India, Nov. 3 -- Most of us confuse toilets with sanitation. What happens after we flush or pour water, where the waste goes and how it is treated, rarely crosses our minds. But this process is turnin... Read More


Conservation, digitally

India, Nov. 3 -- In the drought-scorched heart of Karnataka's Kolar district, residents of Keeluholali village once lived at the mercy of unreliable rains. Year after year, they watched crops wither a... Read More


Maldives becomes first country to impose generational ban on tobacco

India, Nov. 3 -- The world's first generational tobacco ban took effect in Maldives on November 1, 2025 Law prohibits sale and use of tobacco products by anyone born after January 1, 2007 Ban also c... Read More