India’s tiger population up from 2,226 to 2,500: Javadekar
Environment minister Prakash Javadekar spoke of the positive trend in tiger population at the 3rd Asia Ministerial Conference
Smokescreen
The most powerful government in the world and the behemoth tobacco industry are waging a ding-dong battle over...well, cigarettes
Women to the fore
The International Conference on Population and Development is doing more than just providing lip service to the cause of women
The magnificent 500
DNA studies suggest that a mere 500 people moving out of Africa could have populated the rest of the world
We live in a sugar rich and protein poor world
The world over-produces grains, fats and sugar while greatly underproducing fruits and vegetables and proteins. A correction in the imbalance can …
Poor health infrastructure, high population density make UP a ‘COVID-19 hell’
Health infrastructure cannot be built overnight, experts say, as the state bleeds under the viral assault
India has got its cheetahs. But spare a thought for this Iranian cheetah scientist
It has been five years now since Niloufar Bayani was detained on charges of espionage, sentenced and incarcerated for a decade in prison
COVID-19: How Koraput's tribal women hawkers are trying to recover livelihoods
The pandemic restricted the mobility of the women street vendors, pushing them to sell their wares online.
Indigenous peoples are crucial for conservation – a quarter of all land is in their hands
Land owned or managed by indigenous people is valuable for conservation. About 65% of indigenous lands have not been intensively …
Climate change threatens survival of albatross
Rising sea temperatures will reduce the availability of prey for the predator seabird and their population growth rate will decline by 5.3%
The model man
Whether it is his well-known monsoon model or his new population model, Vasant Gowarikar enjoys defying the classical definitions of a specialist.…
Blinded by figures
By 2010, the world's population will have gone up to 6 billion. But at the recent New York meeting on population and development, counting heads …
How clean is my country?
A collation of statistics on population density, water, sanitation and hygiene for 100 countries throws up disturbing trends
We have become mere window dressing for Project Cheetah: South African experts in letter to Supreme Court
Our involvement minimised ever since Yadavendradev Jhala, who conceptualised and led the project, was removed, allege experts
China’s population has peaked and is now falling — opportunities and risks for Africa
African countries with a large working-age population can theoretically benefit from the end of China’s period of labour-abundance
Caracal: As the cheetah returns to India, researchers map out most suitable areas for its coursing counterpart
The caracal is on the verge of extinction in India and it is essential to find suitable areas to conserve it
India still among countries with poor access to banking: Report
More than half of population without access to banking lives in 7 developing countries: World Bank
Finally! Five experts to leave for Namibia February 17 to finalise cheetah translocation
Trip to Namibia was postponed first by floods and then, omicron; experts to return on February 23
Non-binary genders need more visibility in India’s Census 2021
Separating sex and gender in the country’s biggest socioeconomic survey is imperative
Violence by State in hospitals unacceptable, says IMA
Doctors’ body condemns denial of care to protesters by police, establishment
Photographic identities may help in elephant census: Study
Researchers used the technique to estimate Asian elephant populations in the Kaziranga National Park in Assam
All work and no foreplay
Plans are afoot to rejuvenate an overworked elephant population in Myanmar through artificial insemination
Not merely a numbers game
Although the recently held world population summit emphasised population control in the developing countries as the main block in the path to …
Checking population growth through the ages
The concept of family planning control dates back to the ancient Greeks. Though many scientific advances have been made in the field since then, …
Northeast losing canopy cover at alarming rate: study
The degree of deforestation was greater in Assam compared to Arunachal Pradesh, say researchers from the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Dehradun