Not all weeds seen in millet farms are villains but uncultivated crops

These crops sustain the poor and enrich their food basket

Investments in basic needs, education & modern tech should be India’s focus in the next 25 years: Experts

Currently, only 3% of India’s GDP goes into education

Integrated Child Development not serving those who need it the most, finds study

Those from lower castes and the poor miss out on education, nutrition

SC orders compensation for silicosis patients

Migrant workers contracted the disease while working in quartz-crushing factories

Will there be gas at the end of it?

Iran-Pakistan (and US) pipeline politics

Tanakpur barrage cleared

Clear as mud

World Bank develops cold feet in Baglihar project dispute

US for higher standards in trade deal, India resists

To play or not to play? Cricket matches despite toxic air raise questions on pollution guidelines

World Cup match on November 6 in Delhi went ahead despite ‘severe’ air for four days in a row

Lickable toads and magic mushrooms: Wildlife traded on the dark web is the kind that gets you high

Across 51 dark web marketplaces, the authors found 153 wildlife species were being sold

CITES COP19 lists sea cucumbers as ‘threatened’

Sea cucumbers perform the same role on the seabed that earthworms perform on land

India's hunger level constant for past 15 years

Economic growth didn't result in hunger reduction after 1996, says Global Hunger Index

Expert team against diabetes

Decoding Indo-US nuke deal

Tea producing nations unite to create a forum

New body to promote tea as a preferred beverage across the globe

Climate change affecting jobs in South Asia

Training in green skills must for youth: report

Kenya’s William Ruto makes case for Africa at COP28, calls for transformation of global climate finance framework

Many post-colonial countries, especially from Africa, didn’t exist when World Bank, IMF were formed; they should have a say in their …

Time for version 2.0: IUCN Red List outdated and unreliable, claim scientists in new paper

Existing practice disallows wider participation and use of researcher knowledge, defeating purpose of conservation

IEA projects rapid increase in installed solar capacity by 2040

However, it expects carbon dioxide emissions to continue rising for decades

South, Southeast Asia have most of world’s underweight youth: IFAD

Number of those overweight also increasing; more underweights in rural areas 

Why have Olympic pools turned green?

Organisers said the discolouration was caused by drop in alkalinity in the pools

Russian spacecraft out of control, falling to Earth

The unmanned spacecraft was to dock with the International Space Station on April 30

Green sports

Restricted ingress

Lanka, India negotiate trade

Do space laws need to be modified?

Laws on outer space should ensure that