Photo essay: The Missing Zangti

The Himalayan region is highly sensitive towards changes in global climate, and more than half of glaciers in Satluj Basin are set to vanish by 2050

Dam safety in Himachal Pradesh be damned

Policy makers in the state are busy selling the hydro dream while transferring the risks to ordinary people

New awakenings in the trans-Himalaya

With threats to common properties multiplying and people’s traditional access to living systems being denied, the Forest Rights Act is …

Pale and yellow

Shortage of vaccines has pushed many African countries to the brink of a yellow fever epidemic

37 African countries continue to face food deficits, finds report

Agricultural slowdown in the continent is directly affecting 70 per cent of its population, who depend on the sector for livelihood

Celebrated minds

In 2016, many Indian-origin scientists made it big and got international acclaim for their work. From genetics to nanoelectronics, these …

India is third largest importer of illegally-logged wood: IUFRO

With an annual import value of over Rs 40 billion, the country accounts for close to 10 per cent of the global illegal wood trade

Africa at highest risk of climate change; agricultural production under threat

Central America also faces physical threat from climate change, with every country categorised as ‘extreme risk’

Nearly half of Zika pregnancies result in miscarriages, birth defects

Significant problems were seen among women infected just a few weeks before giving birth

Trouble for Adani’s Carmichael project continues as locals go to court

The Carmichael mining project in Australia faces another legal challenge as aboriginal group claims ownership of land

Delhi High Court scraps ban on 344 fixed combination drugs

Health ministry banned 344 fixed combination drugs in March fearing antimicrobial resistance and other health hazards

World’s first malaria vaccine ready for rollout in sub-Saharan Africa

RTS, S is the first malaria vaccine to successfully complete pivotal phase three testing

Applying science to tackle illegal timber trade

Illegal trade of timber is worth US $30-100 billion annually. Scientists have developed some innovative methods to curb it

About 9.4 million people in need of food assistance in Syria; 716,000 more than in 2015

The production of wheat in Syria reduced by an alarming 55 per cent in 2015-2016

Hypertension affects 1.13 billion people globally; 199 million reside in India

The burden of high blood pressure witnessed a dip in high and middle-income countries but low-income countries experienced a surge