Reaping ripe: The story of why we celebrate harvest festivals

Understanding the diversities of harvest festivals and how they connect us with our environment

Indian faiths cause a lot of environmental pollution

In celebrating festivals we should learn from tribal people as our ways cause irreparable environmental damage

IISF 2019: Health conclave multitude of issues

Rampant use of antibiotics in focus

Why Uttarakhand celebrates Harela

The seeds of five to seven types of crops are sown nine days ahead of the festival

IISF 2019: Experts advise sustainable, climate-smart, diverse farming

With reduced land holdings, increasing populations and climate change looming large, this was the solution to farmers’ problems, they said

Thank thy saviour

Tribal women in Odisha tied rakhis around trees, calling them the true saviours of their life

IISF 2019: Festival concludes, with organisers claiming success

It narrowed the gap between scientists and commoners ever more, they say

Economic impacts of festivals: A case study of Durga Puja in West Bengal

The economic worth of creative industries around this Durga Puja was estimated at Rs 32, 377 crores; it has sizeable shrunk due to COVID-19 and …

IISF 2019: Experts talk about science through mass communication and research

While one event was about mass communication tools to take science to the masses, the other talked about how budding Indian science researchers …

Culture has helped millets survive

Throughout ages, many rituals have been associated with millet cultivation and women are to be thanked for this

IISF 2019: Science should be inventive and innovative, says PM Modi

The four-day event began in Kolkata on November 5

The Dalai Lama features in International Science Film Festival of India

‘The Dalai Lama: Scientist’ brings to light several largely unknown aspects of the leader

Inherent faith runs deep

In Jharkhand, sacred groves define social and cultural consciousness of tribal people

Not-so-organic fests

Literature fests have spread all over the subcontinent, like an epidemic

Climate change, tribal livelihood: Cinema meets environment at IFFI

Movies such as Taledanda, Koozhangal, Semkhor rise to the occasion to highlight a range of environmental issues staring at mankind …

India International Science Festival, 2021, launched

The theme of IISF 2021 is ‘Celebrating Creativity in Science, Technology and Innovation for Prosperous India’

World Culture Festival to go ahead with reprimand and initial fine of Rs 5 crore

The NGT order said the permission given to the festival was vague, in excess of the powers vested in DDA and not in consonance with the previous …

Can a winter festival revive Ladakh's tourism amid Indo-China standoff?

The tourism sector accounts for 50% of Ladakh's GDP

Sacred assault

High stress levels are affecting the reproductive health of endangered Asian elephants in captivity, says study

Art of gobbling up Yamuna floodplain

Without proper mapping and a plan for its acceptable use, no one can prevent the Yamuna floodplain from being gobbled up

10 years on, Supreme Court order on firecracker composition gathers dust

Authorities have released composition-based guidelines for only four of 40 categories of fireworks

Why three toddlers were forced to seek SC ban on firecrackers

Citing fundamental right to life, parents make their children as litigants in a first-of-its-kind PIL against the use of firecrackers during festivals

Fireworks make Diwali a dangerous festival for all

Farm fires, firecrackers and burdgeoning vehicular pollution will choke the air in cities and towns this winter. Are we headed towards our worst …

Greens of Meghalaya

Kathmandu valley losing its ancient water wisdom

Restoring traditional water structures hold key to making the region water secure