Wet end of 2021 leads to fewer migratory birds in Odisha’s Chilika this year
Migratory birds are wintering in cultivated farmland near Chilika because of more water in it this year, say experts
What it’s like to watch a harpooned whale die right before your eyes
Captain Paul Watson, who founded the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1977, defends his organisation’s controversial tactics to prevent …
Bihar plans migratory bird festival to raise awareness about them
The festival organisers hope the event will help in keeping a check on bird poaching incidents by making citizens value them
Taking stock of the Paris climate debate
Climate change is about two things: mitigating the global warming effect and adapting to the changed climate
Climate change increasingly threatens mountain ecosystems
Mountain research, corridor ecology and climate damage researchers must work together to preserve the mountains, say experts
Bihar bans over-the-counter sale of Oxytocin
Consumption of milk or food laced with Oxytocin can reduce heart rate, damage brain and cause seizures in foetus in humans
South Asia
Organic way to a bumper crop
Drugs and religion have been a potent combination for millennia, from cannabis at ancient funerary sites to psychedelic retreats today
The current ‘psychedelic renaissance’ is often called revolutionary for future of humans
India seeks permanent solution on fisheries subsidies, public stockholdings ahead of WTO meet
Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries
Action against poaching: Odisha plans DNA profiling for leopards
The exercise will help ascertain and trace the origin of the crime in case of leopard deaths
Binary blunders
The gender spectrum is a consequence of the complex interplay between culture and highly-nuanced and protean brain
National Health Profile 2015: Suicides on a rise, cancer cases may grow by 15 per cent in five years
India’s public spending on health is among the lowest in South East Asia and BRIC countries
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
Post-pandemic: Fear, time, mass death dominate the world of the novel coronavirus
COVID-19 has 3 official narratives — the medical and the governmental are presented emphatically; the social is ignored
Stop all trade talks during COVID-19: Civil society to WTO
Instead, refocus on access to medical supplies and saving lives, they urge
Development news, polarisation and social media in times of Lok Sabha polls
Polarisation of development news in social media makes its impact partisan and non-effective
Geopolitics of Europe and the Iron Law of Evolutionary Biology
Any alternative to the current European Union is the grand accommodation of either France or Germany with Russia
US destroys a tonne of confiscated ivory at New York’s Times Square
Global ivory trade leads to slaughter of up to 35,000 elephants a year in Africa, says a non-profit
A rupee's worth
Jyotika Sood reveals how cooperative societies believe in taking an extra rupee from farmers but not sparing 78 paise
Science & Technology - Briefs
World Heart Day: Cardiologists insist on 85 per cent pictorial warnings on tobacco products
The measure is also critical to meet the sustainable development goals
Environmental activists as politicians