Model flood control

British scientists are using computer simulations to see how floods can be tackled

Hanging by a thread

Weavers of renowned Ponduru khadi are abandoning the craft

Vulture nemesis still in drug store shelves

Ban on diclofenac flouted by over a third of the pharmacies

PM-JANMAN for tribal electrification: Beacon of hope or mirage?

Initiative focuses on 11 critical interventions across nine ministries

Mountain chicken frog vanishes from Dominica

This species is facing imminent extinction in the wild, yet it was in a healthy state only a couple of decades ago. Its fate sends us a very …

Brace for the next big revolution

Big data and algorithms are set to take over the world

Public domain is not elementary, Sherlock

The Sherlock Holmes case highlights the stranglehold of copyright laws in the US

World’s primary forests under threat

Study calls for international cooperation to arrest degradation of primary forests

Tamil Nadu prosecutes 104 manufacturers, sellers of multi-dose Diclofenac linked with vulture deaths

Animal conservationists welcomes step, say safe alternatives available

Bihar starts tagging migratory birds for conservation

As many as 91 migratory birds have been tagged so far

Laws are chipping away at democracy around the world

Trouble is brewing around the world, say experts

Left sees red over Marx copyright

A small publisher of Collected Works has run afoul of Marxists by asserting copyright

You can count the tiger

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Yule — A celebration of the return of light and warmth

Yule is celebrated by Wiccans and many other Pagans in the Northern Hemisphere on December 21

Uttarakhand tribal community bound to bonded labour

Annihilation of caste and copyright claims

Ambedkar’s works have been published widely and yet pose a copyright conundrum

World Consumer Rights Day: Know your digital rights

Some immediete steps: Skip the skip button, the quick log-in economy  

Olive Ridleys return to lay eggs at Rushikulya after skipping a year

Around 250,000 turtles have come ashore for mass nesting this year, say officials

South Asia

Organic way to a bumper crop

Bilaspur coal washery expansion opposed

Public hearing that gave its consent stage-managed, say residents

Bird in danger

Saving the black-necked cranes in India requires protecting its habitat

Tiger poaching spirals, Uttarakhand registers maximum cases

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