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Disaster after disaster: do we have enough raw materials to 'build back better'?

India, Dec. 22 -- The article explores the challenges of rebuilding communities after disasters, highlighting the immense demand for raw materials and the environmental impact of their extraction. It... Read More


Supreme Court tightens Great Indian Bustard safeguards, redraws Green Energy Corridor map in Rajasthan and Gujarat

India, Dec. 21 -- The Supreme Court's December 19 judgment on protecting the critically endangered Great Indian Bustard (GIB), which is rapidly declining, will directly reshape India's Green Energy Co... Read More


Worry over sharp rise in Botswana's wildlife hunting quotas, plans for year-round elephant hunting

India, Dec. 21 -- Wildlife conservationists are alarmed by the sharp increase in elephants and other wildlife that Botswana continues to put on its annual hunting quotas, a move they say is detrimenta... Read More


Exposure to hot, humid conditions in-utero is dangerous for child health: Study

India, Dec. 21 -- Hot, humid conditions prevent pregnant women from cooling down. Thus, their exposure to such conditions quadruples the effect of extreme heat on child health, according to a new stud... Read More


Don't wait for a Global Plastics Treaty. Act now: Scientists to governments

India, Dec. 21 -- Scientists have urged governments to act immediately on plastic pollution, as waiting for a binding Global Plastics Treaty could mean years of damaging delay even as plastic waste co... Read More


Can India's capital be salvaged? A Delhite mulls over what her beloved city was and now, is

India, Dec. 20 -- Mutiny to early Independence years The enclosing wall of Shahjahanabad, built in the 1820s, was dismantled in sections from 1857. To the north was laid out the Civil Lines, to the w... Read More


A simulated agent-based model recently helped us describe the initial stages of a potential H5N1 pandemic in India

India, Dec. 20 -- In January of 2025, three tigers and a leopard died at the Wildlife Rescue Centre in Nagpur within a short period of each other. Their deaths were due to an influenza virus that norm... Read More


When disaster becomes a festival: Rethinking media coverage of the Wayanad landslide

India, Dec. 20 -- I met Fathima on a rainy afternoon in Lakdi, Wayanad. Her small roadside hotel had two wooden tables, a kettle always boiling, and a silence heavier than the mist outside. Last year,... Read More


Speeding Delhi-bound Rajdhani Express mows down seven elephants in Assam's Kampur

India, Dec. 20 -- Seven elephants were killed after a New-Delhi bound Rajdhani Express rammed into a herd during the wee hours of December 20 morning. The engine, along with four coaches of the superf... Read More


MGNREGA replaced: What does the VB-G RAM G Bill 2025 mean for rural employment

India, Dec. 20 -- India's rural employment framework is undergoing its biggest change in two decades. On December 16, 2025, the Lok Sabha passed the Viksit Bharat-Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mis... Read More