Cultural calling

Henrich attempts a thrilling adventure in the fierce interplay between genes and culture in human evolution

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Looks like the executive committee of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS), to be held at Geneva in December this year, is choosy …

More people in countries with low human development index suffer from climate-related disasters

Central America, the Caribbean, Eastern Africa, southern & eastern Asia have highest levels of impacts from climate-related disasters  

Biting drought fuels human-wildlife conflicts in Kenya, Horn of Africa

Ongoing dry spell displaces wildlife from their habitats in search of pasture and water

Human Rights Day: How children use their agency to build a safer, greener environment

Young crusaders in the Sundarbans are making efforts to convince community members to plant trees and nurture them so that their future is safeguarded

Escalating tiger-human conflict haunts Karnataka’s Mysuru, Chamarajanagar districts. Is big cat population spike to blame?

Five deaths reported in last three months

Poverty reduction in reverse, far-right populism to blame, says UN 2023 Human Development Report

A ‘democracy paradox’, coupled with a sense of powerlessness & lack of control over government decisions, has fuelled political …

Tigers have killed 11 this year in Uttarakhand; but don’t blame the animal, say experts

Tigers are not habitual man-eaters; each attack should be thoroughly investigated before a tiger is declared as a man-eater

‘What’s left of the jungle’ tells why India’s forest dwellers are its best conservationists

Nitin Sekar’s book mixes two strands of narration, juxtaposing the present times with India’s conservation history to conclude that …

Lions are less likely to attack cattle with eyes painted on their backsides

As part of an expanding non-lethal toolkit, this simple, low-cost approach could reduce the costs of coexistence for some farmers

Would cats bell themselves? The wait for the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

The recently concluded UN South Asia Forum on Business and Human Rights (March 17-19) evoked a lot of enthusiasm from diverse stakeholders. Would …

Govt must get its hands dirty to rescue manual scavengers

Swachh Bharat Mission will end up perpetuating manual scavenging if the authorities fail to implement right toilet technology and manage the huge …

Simply Put: The poor and Pegasus

Simply put: Dalit women marginalised from mainstream politics, economy

Pellet guns proving lethal for civilians in Kashmir

Using pellet guns on unarmed civilians is considered a transgression of human rights

Snooping on inmates

Recorders>>Prisons ÔÇó Georgia

Beautiful survivors

Beauty Pageant>> Holocaust • Israel

UN post flayed

Let it be martyrdom, not murder

Humane Courts

Two hoots for USA

The US "punishes" the UN for being voted out of two UN bodies

Not taking a stand

Documentary on Iraq's infamous prison

My lawyer's a killer

‘Transgender people suffer in this so-called civilised world without any reason’

Odia filmmaker Jitesh Parida talks about the trials and ordeals of transgender people and his upcoming movie inspired by the real-life story of …