Neermahal: palace on shrinking lake

National anthems: How composers in South Africa and India are reimagining them

Modern composers are trying to free anthems from historical baggage to reflect contemporary realities

Sarsa: Rivulet associated with pivotal moment in Guru Gobind Singh’s life is dying

The Baddi-Barotiwala-Nalagarh industrial complex, one of India’s largest manufacturing hubs, is located near the Sarsa and …

Remodelling will destroy Mumbai's Crawford market

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The secret gardens of Malabar

An English translation has been made exactly 300 years after the Hortus Malabricus was written, new, sinister designs seem to lurking behind it - …

Vulture nemesis returns in new avatar

New painkiller used on cattle gets metabolised into diclofenac

New species of snake discovered in Western Ghats

It is named after Varad Giri of Bombay Natural History Society who brought it from Goa

Vulture nemesis still in drug store shelves

Ban on diclofenac flouted by over a third of the pharmacies

Is an environmental apocalypse approaching India?

The Union government scarcely conceals its contempt for the environment working assiduously to dismantle environment protection.

Phailin keeps migratory birds away from Chilika lake

Only 120,000 birds have congregated at the Nalabana sanctuary in Odisha this year

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'Mumbai trans-harbour link won't be shifted'

Metropolitan region authority proposes temporary bridge to carry out construction so that flamingo habitat in Sewri is not disturbed

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Land of discord

Origin of the relentless strife in Bodoland lies in a series of blunders, right from colonial times

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In short

Avian fauna study for Navi Mumbai airport will not solve problem of bird hits, says activist

Reports submitted so far silent on presence of bird sanctuary in eco-sensitive zone around airport

Up in smoke

Did fires caused by the Aborigines drive creatures larger than humans to extinction?

Classification under SC, ST categories: Recognition needs to go beyond govern-analytics

Bill extending ST status to several communities raises questions regarding the category and its applicability in contemporary times

MoEF failed to protect environment: Public Accounts Committee

Forest cover of India is just 21 per cent against the target of 33 per cent set by Planning Commission for 2012

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Kerala's Periyar Tiger Reserve is a butterfly hot spot, finds survey

Reserve has 246 of 340 species seen in the Western Ghats

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