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Mismeasure of a mountain

India, Jan. 1 -- About 200 kilometres south of Delhi lies the mostly forgotten town of Bayana in Rajasthan. Once celebrated for producing perhaps the world's first and finest clear crystalline sugar, ... Read More


The Mismeasure of a Mountain

India, Jan. 1 -- About 200 kilometres south of Delhi lies the mostly forgotten town of Bayana in Rajasthan. Once celebrated for producing perhaps the world's first and finest clear crystalline sugar, ... Read More


A basic New Year expectation: Give our children some fresh air to breathe

India, Jan. 1 -- At Raja Vihar, a small colony in North Delhi, the morning air feels heavy as children walk their way to school through the solid, grey wall of smog. It looks like the wall is made of ... Read More


Inside scoop: the 2,500-year history of ice-cream

India, Jan. 1 -- The history of ice-cream spans 2,500 years, beginning with ancient Persians who developed ice storage technology. This innovation spread across the Middle East, leading to the creati... Read More


Treatment and safe disposal are the weakest links in the African sanitation systems

India, Dec. 31 -- Sanitation access has expanded across Africa, but treatment and safe disposal of waste remain dangerously inadequate. Fewer than one in three people in sub-Saharan Africa have acces... Read More


Amazonian stingless bees first insects to get legal rights in the world

India, Dec. 31 -- Bees native to the Peruvian part of the Amazon rainforest, who have no sting unlike their European counterparts, have become the first insects in the world to be granted legal rights... Read More


'Gaushalas' in Rajasthan have stopped using veterinary drugs toxic to vultures: BNHS

India, Dec. 31 -- Gaushalas (Cattle Shelters) in Rajasthan have taken some welcome steps to help save vultures. Most of them have stopped using veterinary drugs that are toxic to vultures. They have a... Read More


Farmer suicides in India: What 28 years of data shows

India, Dec. 31 -- Maharashtra and Karnataka have recorded farmer suicide rates 2.5 times the national average since the mid-1990s, according to a 28-year analysis of NCRB data. More than 3.9 lakh far... Read More


Obesity prevalence among adults varies widely across African countries: Study

India, Dec. 31 -- A new cross-sectional descriptive study published in the journal PLOS One on December 22, 2025, has revealed significant obesity variation in Africa. South Africa had the highest pr... Read More


Bread of the Tropics: Fungal contamination of cassava very high across Africa, finds study

India, Dec. 31 -- The overall level of contamination of cassava by various types of fungus is very high across Africa, ranging from 85 per cent to 95 per cent, with an average contamination rate of ab... Read More