Five years after Taliban takeover, Afghan women leave home only twice a month, UN Women says

India, Aug. 12 -- Five years after the Taliban takeover, half of Afghan women interviewed leave home only once or twice a month, according to UN Women. The Taliban authorities have issued more than 1... Read More

Who pays the cost of managing plastic packaging waste in India, asks new CSE study

India, Aug. 12 -- A new CSE study finds a stark mismatch between India's plastic waste management costs and funds raised through Extended Producer Responsibility. Municipalities and informal workers ... Read More

As African swine fever threatens to push Indonesian babirusas towards extinction, UK's Chester Zoo welcomes critically important piglet

India, Aug. 12 -- Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom recently recorded the birth of a critically important babirusa, the so-called "pig-deer". The birth comes at a critical moment as African swine feve... Read More

India's solar power cuts coal use in the day, but evening demand keeps fossil fuel running

India, Aug. 12 -- India's rapid solar growth has reduced fossil fuel-based electricity generation during the middle of the day, according to Ember. The analysis found fossil generation at 1pm was 10G... Read More

India on e-wheels: There are hardly any electric cars on Srinagar's roads; here is why

India, Aug. 12 -- Srinagar's roads remain dominated by fossil-fuel cars despite a broader push for e-mobility in Jammu and Kashmir. Only a tiny fraction of the rapidly growing car fleet is electric, ... Read More

World Elephant Day should be less a ritual of admiration than a reckoning with the choices we make about development

India, Aug. 12 -- World Elephant Day in India must move beyond symbolic reverence to confront how rapid development fragments elephant habitats. With over 60% of the world's wild Asian elephants, Ind... Read More

Daily weather tracker: Very heavy rain in Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra and Odisha; rain alert issued for several other states

India, Aug. 12 -- Summary Heavy rain expected across Rajasthan, West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Odisha as low-pressure systems strengthen monsoon activity today, bringing thunderstorms locally. Delhi-... Read More

520 million people in South Asia could face dangerous heat for at least one month a year by 2070, says World Bank report

India, Aug. 12 -- A World Bank report warns that by 2070, about 520 million people in South Asia could endure at least a month of dangerous heat annually, with 1.1 billion facing at least one day of t... Read More

Flesh-eating bacteria are devouring limbs in warming waters worldwide - here's how to protect yourself

India, Aug. 12 -- Flesh-eating bacteria sounds like the premise of a bad horror movie, but it's a growing - and potentially fatal - threat to people in the US and beyond. Vibrio vulnificus, a type of... Read More

When pesticides stop working, crop rotation may be the only answer

India, Aug. 12 -- Muralidhar Naik, a farmer in Bargaon village of Odisha's Sinapali block, has invested heavily in commercial vegetable cultivation over the past two years. A bumper watermelon crop t... Read More

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