UP textbook meds for cold end up as COVID-19 cure at WhatsApp university

Zoology textbook discussed common cold, not COVID-19 disease

Albino palm civet sighted in Odisha after 129 years in Satkosia Tiger Reserve

A partial albino common palm civet was last sighted in 1891 in the state’s Kandhamal district

A prickly poser

There are inconvenient truths about rich countries and global greenhouse gas emissions; and the world is not listening 

The common but differentiated challenges of COVID-19 and climate change

Realities of managing 2 planet-wide crises to soon overwhelm utopian philosophy

25% people globally are insecure over property rights: study

Reasons range from fear of property seizure by governments, owners turning tenants out and lack of money among others

Better not to blow

Sneeze on

There is no cure for a cold

Taming the variant

Critically polluted: Treated effluents from Vapi CETP don’t meet safety standards, find pollution control boards

Industrial area’s comprehensive pollution index score hasn't been calculated in 5 years, say activists

COVID or the common cold? What to do if you have symptoms this Christmas

COVID, flu and pneumonia still account for a significant proportion of all deaths in many countries

Ecovillage and traditional village: a comparison

An ecovillage differs from the traditional village where generally decisions are taken by elders or the chief belonging to upper castes or a …

Commons: Local bodies must take lead

There is a pronounced lacuna in the governance and regulations of urban commons

Vexed vitamins

Vitamin C may produce free radicals that may cause cancer

Will Climate Summit in New York Yield a Climate Pact in Paris?

The divide between developed and developing nations threatens a binding treaty on climate change to replace Kyoto protocol

Cool cancer treatment

The cold virus could help patients undergoing chemotherapy

EU subsidies benefit big farms while underfunding greener and poorer plots

At least 24 billion Euros a year goes to support incomes in the richest farming regions of the EU with the fewest farm jobs 

Tribute to Gopal Kadekodi—the man of ecological economics and more

Gopal Kadekodi has made major contributions to science, society, environment and humanity, among others

‘Giving land tenure rights to commons can prevent degradation’

Around 80 million hectare of common lands in India provide livelihood to around 350 million people, finds studies conducted by a Gujarat-based non-…

Does coronavirus spread more easily in cold temperatures? Here’s what we know

Unfortunately, we will only learn exactly how changes in the weather affect the pandemic by living through it

Is India prepared to manage its burgeoning medical waste challenge?

Multiple shortcomings in the system and a gap between waste generation and treatment exist

H3N2 outbreak: Know this strain that caused two pandemics and is now an outbreak in India

Influenza A viruses are the only influenza viruses known to cause flu pandemics

Textile units in Rajasthan’s Bhituja Industrial Area continue to pollute groundwater, Luni river: NGT panel

The area’s common effluent treatment plant was unfit to treat the effluents from the bleaching units

Recent study on kraits shows great lacunae on snake venom research in India

There is very little knowledge about the complexities of snake venom in the country, even among scientists, which affects the treatment of snakebites

COP28: New GGA text lacks teeth and money

The text was without strong language on means of implementation, especially adaptation finance gap and target and no resolution of the inclusion …

Nazi's industrial jackal

Bayer, Hoechst and BASF participated in Nazi crimes