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Electric freight drivers can earn 25 per cent more, but financing remains key barrier: Study

India, Aug. 9 -- A new study by Shell Foundation and Smart Freight Centre finds Indian freight drivers who switch to electric vehicles can earn about 25 per cent more, mainly due to lower operating an... और पढ़ें


In Memoriam: With Balendu Prakash's passing, India has lost a stalwart of traditional medicine

India, Aug. 8 -- Padma Shri Vaidya Balendu Prakash, who died of cardiac arrest on August 7, 2026, at 67, was a pioneering Ayurvedic physician known for evidence-based practice and global reach. From ... और पढ़ें


Daily weather tracker: Bay of Bengal stirs again; Orange alert in Rajasthan and Odisha, rain expected across more than 18 states

India, Aug. 8 -- Rajasthan and Odisha face orange alerts as intense rainfall may cause flooding, waterlogging and rising river levels. Bay System Strengthens: A fresh low-pressure system may develop ... और पढ़ें


On International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, meet Assam's second-largest plains tribe that lives in harmony with floods

India, Aug. 8 -- Assam's Mising community, the state's second-largest plains tribe, has long lived in harmony with the Brahmaputra's floods. Settled along riverine belts, they use stilted Chang Ghar ... और पढ़ें


Roselle: The indigenous crop helping Odisha's tribal communities adapt to climate change

India, Aug. 8 -- In Odisha's Malkangiri district, the indigenous crop Roselle, or Bhenda Dal, is helping tribal communities adapt to climate change. Thriving on rainfed uplands with minimal inputs, i... और पढ़ें


The silent burden of Adivasi women: Development must begin with dignity and justice

India, Aug. 8 -- Adivasi women in Andhra Pradesh's Scheduled Areas bear the invisible burden of sustaining households, farms and forests while facing unequal wages, insecure land rights, poor healthca... और पढ़ें


India updates disaster list to include heatwaves and lightning after Finance Commission push

India, Aug. 7 -- India has added heatwaves and lightning to its list of notified natural disasters, making states eligible for financial assistance under the Disaster Management Act, 2005. The decisi... और पढ़ें


In Kuttanad, Kerala's 'rice bowl', an arterial road is symbolic of the state's changing relationship with its wetlands and floodplains

India, Aug. 7 -- The arterial Changanassery-Alappuzha Road, known across Kerala simply as the AC Road, has once again exposed how expensive it can be when engineering fails to understand ecology. The... और पढ़ें


India on e-wheels: Himachal Pradesh bets on electric buses to clean up mountain transport

India, Aug. 7 -- Himachal Pradesh has inducted 297 new electric buses in a single rollout, taking its operational e-bus fleet to 407. Officials say the new buses will operate on 318 routes and cover ... और पढ़ें


Study shows disproportionate burden of water fetching on girls in Ghana

India, Aug. 7 -- A new study examined the gendered patterns of children's participation in household water fetching in Ghana and found the practice still heavily gendered, placing a higher burden on g... और पढ़ें