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

We had set camera traps for yellow-throated martens near Ranikhet; instead, we got a surprise at midday

India, Aug. 12 -- Camera traps set in Ranikhet Reserve Forest to study yellow-throated martens yielded an unexpected daylight image of a leopard cat near Chaubatia Garden. Typically nocturnal and elu... Read More

India on e-wheels: Odisha's EV push struggles to reach rural, hilly districts

India, Aug. 12 -- Electric vehicle (EV) adoption remains limited in parts of southern Odisha despite rising registrations and plans to expand charging infrastructure and electric bus (e-bus) services,... Read More

Scientists find ticklish body parts are strikingly similar across cultures

India, Aug. 11 -- A study of Chinese, Dutch and Greek participants found that people are ticklish in remarkably similar body regions across cultures. The armpits, soles of the feet, abdomen and sides... Read More

As told to Parliament (August 11, 2026): There were over 43,000 cancer cases in Punjab in 2025

India, Aug. 11 -- The estimated number of incident cancer cases in Punjab was 41,337 in 2023, 42,288 in 2024 and 43,196 in 2025, Prataprao Jadhav, Minister of State in the Union Ministry of Health and... Read More

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