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PCOS to PMOS: What does the name change mean for Indian women?
Health

PCOS to PMOS: What does the name change mean for Indian women?

Ayesha Mirza
3 min read
The earlier term “PCOS” was considered misleading because many women diagnosed with the condition do not actually have polycystic ovaries
Sand demand surges fivefold in five decades, raising global environmental concerns, says UN report
Environment

Sand demand surges fivefold in five decades, raising global environmental concerns, says UN report

Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Material must be treated as a strategic resource rather than an unlimited commodity to balance development needs with environmental sustainability, stresses report
Harish Rana makes plain that Indian law takes dying with dignity seriously. The question now is whether it takes it seriously for everyone
Health

Harish Rana makes plain that Indian law takes dying with dignity seriously. The question now is whether it takes it seriously for everyone

Urvashi Prasad
5 min read
A child’s dignity constitutes a distinct legal interest that requires structured adjudication. It cannot simply be absorbed into parental preference or medical discretion and left there like in Indian ...
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PCOS to PMOS: What does the name change mean for Indian women?
Health

PCOS to PMOS: What does the name change mean for Indian women?

By
Ayesha Mirza
3 min read
Sand demand surges fivefold in five decades, raising global environmental concerns, says UN report
Environment

Sand demand surges fivefold in five decades, raising global environmental concerns, says UN report

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Onions dumped, potato crops destroyed: Why falling farm prices are not lowering retail food bills
Agriculture

Onions dumped, potato crops destroyed: Why falling farm prices are not lowering retail food bills

By
Raju Sajwan
4 min read
New study sheds light on indoor, nighttime heat retention in Indian homes
Climate Change

New study sheds light on indoor, nighttime heat retention in Indian homes

By
Shagun
3 min read
Cooling devices already account for 40% of household electricity use, while rising night-time temperatures and falling evening solar generation are making power demand harder to manage.
Energy

Heatwaves, rooftop solar and data centres force rethink of India’s power sector planning

By
Puja Das
6 min read
India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report
Energy

India will need Rs 25 lakh crore, sweeping reforms to achieve 100 GW nuclear target by 2047: TERI report

By
Puja Das
3 min read
Authorities containing forest fire in Mebo, Arunachal Pradesh in March.
Climate Change

After months without rain, Arunachal Pradesh villages count losses from severe forest fires

By
Marina Dai
5 min read
Acute water shortage in the command area of the Upper Jonk Irrigation Project.
Agriculture

Nearly 2,000 hectares of Rabi paddy affected in Odisha’s Nuapada as reservoir levels fall and irrigation systems falter

By
Ajit Panda
4 min read
Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass
Energy

Rural India’s energy crisis: In Mohad & Sursuli, high LPG refill cost keeps rural households tied to biomass

By
Puja Das
6 min read
Indian banks’ climate action falling short, driven more by regulation than strategy, report finds
Economy

Indian banks’ climate action falling short, driven more by regulation than strategy, report finds

By
DTE Staff
3 min read
Two key targets — reversing forest loss and eliminating extreme poverty among forest-dependent populations remain off track, finds UN report
Forests

Two key targets — reversing forest loss and eliminating extreme poverty among forest-dependent populations remain off track, finds UN report

By
Madhumita Paul
2 min read
Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (April 28, 2026)
Environment

Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 12, 2026)

By
DTE Staff
4 min read
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