GANGTOK – In a significant milestone for Himalayan wildlife conservation, forest officials in Sikkim have captured rare high-definition footage of a Mishmi takin (Budorcas taxicolor) herd in the Tingda Reserve…
India’s industrial backbone is currently facing an existential transformation. For decades, the clanging of hammers in Kolhapur and the roaring kilns of Raipur have defined the nation’s journey toward becoming…
BAREILLY, UTTAR PRADESH — At 3:00 a.m. in the rural stretches of Bareilly, the world is usually silent, save for the rhythmic chirping of crickets. But in an open field…
In a quiet, verdant corner of Delhi University’s North Campus, a prehistoric sentinel stands watch over a modern experiment in survival. The Ginkgo biloba, often referred to as a “living…
New Delhi — As the specter of El Niño looms over the Indian subcontinent, the Union Government has moved into a high-alert phase, identifying 315 districts across the country as…
The pristine silence of the Western Himalayas is increasingly being shattered not by the roar of avalanches, but by the crackle of out-of-season wildfires. Traditionally, the fire season in this…
The global climate discourse is currently dominated by the concept of "ratcheting ambition"—the idea that every few years, nations must return to the negotiating table with increasingly aggressive pledges to…
In the early months of 2025, a wave of palpable anxiety swept across the southern Indian state of Kerala. What began as a series of isolated incidents soon coalesced into…
The ocean’s most magnificent inhabitant is a study in contradictions. The whale shark (Rhincodon typus), despite its intimidating name and colossal size, is a gentle giant—a filter feeder that poses…
KIRAKSAL, MAHARASHTRA — In the rain-shadow region of the Maan taluka in Satara district, the landscape is often dismissed by passing travelers as a desolate expanse of thorny scrub and…
