Farmers prepare for mega tractor rally on January 26

Elephants destroy prawn farms, fishing boats in Odisha

Changes in Odisha’s Ganjam district has destroyed habitats and traditional corridors of elephants, bringing them into frequent conflict with humans

Jupiter-Saturn conjunction: A once-in-a-blue moon event

As the Earth’s Northern Hemisphere observes its longest night of the year, two of the Solar System’s largest planets will put on a spectacular show

Climate Change Quiz: How much do you know about the climate crisis?

The Climate Change Quiz is a step towards creating awareness on the climate crisis. Take the quiz and check out your climate change quotient.

Simply Put: What makes farmers so firm in protest

Thousands of farmers have thronged the borders of Delhi to have their say against laws that would affect their lives and livelihood.

Delhi Chalo: Amid police face-off, farmers keep up the march

The ‘Delhi Chalo’ (Onward to Delhi) agitation began November 26, 2020, as thousands of farmers from Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand moved towards the national capital to protest against Centre’s contentious farm laws. The protests were unflinching in the face of police action on protesters. CLARIFICATION: The previous cover image used in this story showing the use of …

Diwali 2020 in Delhi: A highly polluted and infectious affair

By flouting norms regarding the ban on firecrackers and social distancing, the national capital may just have ensured more trouble for itself

This crane flew 4,800 kilometres in 15 days to reach Gujarat on World Migratory Bird Day

‘Vadla’, a female Common Crane, was tagged March 12 this year in Gujarat’s Nal Sarovar Bird Sanctuary, as part of a larger project to assess impact of power lines on large avian species

Where does milk come from?

Cows account for nearly 80 per cent of global milk production, but they are not the only milk providers humans have been dependent on for nutrition.

Where will these railway track dwellers of Delhi live after eviction

Already living in filth, misery, disease and hunger, will they now be deprived of the only places they call home?

Curbs to chaos: The national capital commutes amid COVID-19 fears

Millions across the world have come out of the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) lockdown and returned to work. Public transport with confined spaces and limited ventilation has come alive in the national capital again — and with it the fear of disease outbreak

A year around the moon

India’s second lunar mission, Chandrayaan-2, completed one year in orbit around the moon August 20, 2020. Space agency ISRO said it has adequate fuel to keep it operational for about seven more years

Young art: A head full of dreams

Gobar Times and Green Schools Programme conducted a five-day environment e-summer camp from June 1 to June 5, 2020. Sessions on story-telling, quiz, photography, comic-making, script-writing and news-writing were conducted. Students from class 3 to class 8 participated in the online workshops and few shared their art with us after the event. Here’s a look.

Broken cable damages Arecibo radio telescope in Puerto Rico

The Arecibo Observatory is one of the largest radio telescopes in the world. It features prominently in the last part of the 1995 movie GoldenEye

Baluni in pictures

Uttarakhand has a number of ‘ghost villages’, where residents have left behind their homes to search for a better life in big cities. There remains one village whose residents did not return.

Smooth launch for NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover

The rover was launched successfully July 30, 2020. Its mission is to search for signs of past microbial life and collect rock and dust samples from Mars.

Floods and COVID-19: Tale of twin disasters

An episode that plays itself out every year: Assam is reeling under floods, yet again. As the COVID-19 pandemic silently rages in the background, life and livelihood are suffering

Global warming, sea-ice loss intensify polar bear decline

Polar bear populations are expected to decline in the Arctic Circle region, said a study published July 20, 2020 in journal Nature.

15 new UNESCO Geoparks in three continents reflect the glory of nature

From coastal cliffs in Canada to ‘rainbow’ mountains in China to one of Europe’s true deserts, the new locations reflect the grandeur, majesty and beauty of our natural world

How damaging Cyclone Amphan was for the Sundarbans

Cyclone Amphan caused major damage across south Bengal, including the Sundarbans and across the Odisha coast on May 20, 2020. Communication infrastructure, including telephone networks, were damaged in the Sundarbans.

Days of COVID-19 confinement: How school-goers are dealing with lockdown

Nearly 90% of the world’s children are reportedly confined at their homes due to the novel coronavirus disease pandemic. Gobar Times asked some of them to share their lockdown experiences:

Typhoon Ambo increases challenges for Philippines during COVID-19

Typhoon Vongfong, known locally as Ambo, made landfall in the Philippines on May 14, 2020, forcing the evacuation of thousands of people during a lockdown over the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19).