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Balangir in poverty amid aggravating climate disasters. Here are some solutions

New Delhi, May 14 -- When I was in Balangir in 1998 for a participatory poverty profiling study, I witnessed widespread poverty, distress migration, crisis of water for livelihoods and self-sustenance... Read More


Northeast region's first geothermal production well drilled in Arunachal Pradesh's Dirang

New Delhi, May 13 -- In a major stride for renewable energy in Northeast India, the Centre for Earth Sciences and Himalayan Studies (CESHS) has successfully drilled the region's first geothermal produ... Read More


India's largest conservation reserve comes up in Spiti Valley

New Delhi, May 13 -- The remote and cold Spiti Valley of Himachal Pradesh is now home to India's largest conservation reserve. The state government notified the Tsarap Chu Conservation Reserve by issu... Read More


AI can guess racial categories from heart scans - what it means and why it matters

New Delhi, May 13 -- Imagine an AI model that can use a heart scan to guess what racial category you're likely to be put in - even when it hasn't been told what race is, or what to look for. It sounds... Read More


Antarctica has a huge, completely hidden mountain range. New data reveals its birth over 500 million years ago

New Delhi, May 13 -- Have you ever imagined what Antarctica looks like beneath its thick blanket of ice? Hidden below are rugged mountains, valleys, hills and plains. Some peaks, like the towering Tr... Read More


How India moves: 23% prefer to walk to work, buses for long distances

New Delhi, May 13 -- Walking remains the preferred mode of travel to office for over 45 million people out of the 200 million Indians who were surveyed, according to the Indian Census 2011. For short... Read More


Half of women's crisis organisations face closure amid global aid cuts, warns UN

New Delhi, May 13 -- Nearly half of women-led organisations working on the frontlines of humanitarian crises face the prospect of shutting down within six months due to drastic cuts in global aid, a n... Read More


Delhi's own promised land Baba Faridpuri transit camp at a glance

New Delhi, May 13 -- The Baba Faridpuri Transit Camp in Delhi was established in 2014 at Anand Parbat as a temporary housing arrangement for the residents of Kathputli Colony, who were displaced due t... Read More


G20 is too elite. There's a way to fix that though economists

New Delhi, May 13 -- The G20 claims to be "the premier forum for international economic cooperation". But is it? As scholars of global economic governance, we are sceptical of this claim. Here are o... Read More


Corporate lobbying to promote hybrid millets in Odisha undermines tribal farmers for unsustainable profits

New Delhi, May 13 -- The Shree Anna Abhiyan (SAA), formerly the Odisha Millets Mission, seeks to revive indigenous millets, conserve biodiversity and empower tribal and small marginal farmers in Odish... Read More