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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


Recent tundra fires 'exceed anything in past 3,000 years', study in Arctic Alaska shows

India, Dec. 19 -- Wildfires in the tundra, the cold, treeless biome of the Arctic, have been more active this past century than at any time in the past 3,000 years, according to a study conducted in A... Read More


Protesters allege police threats after Parliament repeals MGNREGA

India, Dec. 19 -- Parliament cleared a bill repealing MGNREGA and replacing it with a new rural jobs law. The legislation was passed by both houses on the same day amid opposition protests. Activist... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (December 18, 2025)

India, Dec. 19 -- Water body pollution in Punjab Authorities need to close 819 polluting sources in Punjab. The largest number of such sources in the state are under the jurisdiction of its Departmen... Read More


Coal demand growth stalls globally as China's consumption flattens with clean energy surge

India, Dec. 19 -- Global coal demand has stalled at around 9 billion tonnes a year. China, which consumes nearly half the world's coal, has seen demand flatten. Record renewable energy additions are... Read More


What the hyperproduction of AI slop is doing to science

India, Dec. 19 -- A study analysing over one million preprint abstracts finds AI use sharply increases academic productivity Gains are highest among non-native English speakers, particularly Asian re... Read More