Civil society organisations should count on their huge social capital and invest it into future actions
Civil society organisations are often targets of political interference and manipulation, which can limit their ability to operate
NFHS-5: How did Indian states fare in the internet usage question?
The results show huge disparities in terms of gender as far as internet usage is concerned
When wasteland bears fruits
Chikapalli Anasuyamma has transformed over two dozen wastelands into forests in Telangana
67 elephants died in Odisha in last nine months
Poaching, train accidents and electrocution killed more than half of these elephants, says Wildlife Society of Odisha
Green lore
Environment has been intrinsic to our oral traditions much before we developed writing. But it is only in the past decade or two that …
On the trail of a man-eater
Ankur Paliwal visits Moradabad district where a tigress is on the prowl to find out why she took to killing humans
World's biggest physics meet cancelled amid COVID-19 fears
The American Physical Society was scheduled to meet in Denver, Colarado on March 2-6, 2020
‘Wildlife usage must be based on sound science and adaptive management’
Susan Lieberman, Vice President, International Policy, Wildlife Conservation Society, spoke about the highlights of the ongoing CMS CoP
‘Telecom industry did no research on health impacts of 5G’
India plans to begin 5G trials by 2020, but experts and industry stand at odds over its impact on human health and environment. The fifth …
US Congress passes tribal sovereignty act
Law will restore Native American leaders’ control over employee-employer relations on American-Indian lands
You have the right to remain silent
Reflecting upon the state of freedom of speech and expression in India, in the wake of the shut-down of the political satire website …
A forest guard’s life is tough
Conserving biodiversity at the ground is different from buzzwords of today’s conservation science
National-level multi-state co-operative organic society: Can it help improve farm income?
Overall, the proposed society will provide a wide range of organic farming-related services; however, key details are missing at the moment
Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year
Migratory birds are wintering in cultivated farmland near Chilika because of more water in it this year, say experts
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes
Captain Paul Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, defends his organisation’s controversial tactics to prevent …
Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them
The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them
Taking stock of the Paris climate debate
Climate change is about two things: mitigating the global warming effect and adapting to the changed climate
Climate change increasingly threatens mountain ecosystems
Mountain research, corridor ecology and climate damage researchers must work together to preserve the mountains, say experts
Bihar bans over-the-counter sale of Oxytocin
Consumption of milk or food laced with Oxytocin can reduce heart rate, damage brain and cause seizures in foetus in humans
Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today
The current ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is often called revolutionary for future of humans
India seeks permanent solution on fisheries subsidies, public stockholdings ahead of WTO meet
Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries
Action against poaching: Odisha plans DNA profiling for leopards
The exercise will help ascertain and trace the origin of the crime in case of leopard deaths
Binary blunders
The gender spectrum is a consequence of the complex interplay between culture and highly-nuanced and protean brain
National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years
India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries
Post-pandemic: Fear, time, mass death dominate the world of the novel coronavirus
COVID-19 has 3 official narratives — the medical and the governmental are presented emphatically; the social is ignored