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A common battle

Despite legal entitlement, Dalit communities in Punjab are locked in a constant struggle to exercise their rights over village common land

India's First Prospective DNA Vaccine Against Dengue

India’s first prospective DNA vaccine against dengue shows promising results on mice

What Global Powers' Switch To Protectionism Means For India

What global powers’ switch to protectionism means for India

Why The Earthquake In Turkiye And Syria Was So Deadly?

A series of earthquakes over two days devastate Turkiye, Syria like never before

Mission Hariyali

A resident distributes free saplings to bring back fruit trees to the nearly barren villages of Nalanda, Bihar

Engage

Rising heat puts lives, economy at risk

Dirt cheap backup

Sand batteries can ensure round-the-year availability of clean energy

A monumental waste

Thousands of crores of rupees spent on millions of water-related works have not readied Jharkhand for droughts

CORAL BREACH

The government plans a seaweed park in Tamil Nadu, ignoring the threat that Kappaphycus, a widely grown invasive seaweed, poses to corals in the Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park running along the state's coastline

NO ELIXIR FOR RURAL INDIA

With substantial allocation cuts in most subsidies, Union Budget 2023-24 has very little to offer the rural population BHAGIRATH, HIMANSHU N AND SHAGUN NEW DELHI

Gagging scientists is a lousy idea

Science needs to be open; the silencing of experts by the Modi regime on critical issues is against the public interest

safety from numbers

Over-exploitation of some Himalayan towns due to huge influx of people and vehicles can be dealt with by developing more tourist spots and through targeted afforestation and solid waste management measures

Beyond protected areas

AT THE FEET OF LIVING THINGS JOURNALS EXPERIENCES OF ECOLOGISTS WHO PRACTISE A COLLABORATIVE AND SOCIO-ECOLOGICALLY SENSITIVE APPROACH TO CONSERVATION

A NEW ORDER OF TRADE

The global superpowers are abandoning free trade to fight climate change. Armed with massive subsidies and tariffs, the US and EU are leading this charge towards protectionism. This may change the global trade system as we know it. But will developing countries and the climate gain from it? An analysis

A REGIME UPENDED

The US and EU have finally come on board on green industrial policy, but they are kicking away that ladder for other countries

Target reset

Near certainty of missing its goal to set up 5,000 bio-CNG plants by 2023-24 has not stopped the government from announcing 200 more units in the budget

A REGIME UPENDED

The US and EU have finally come on board on green industrial policy, but they are kicking away that ladder for other countries

The Seven Levels to Lubrication Excellence

"Once begun, you're halfway done."

Extinction crisis puts 1 million species on the brink

This did not happen in the last one crore years, which is happening now. More than one million species of animals are on the verge of extinction in the whole world.

Padma Awards-2023 in Science & Engineering

The Padma Awards in three categories- Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are among the highest civilian awards of India and are announced every year on the occasion of India's Republic Day to the people who have made exceptional and distinguished contributions in their respective fields and are conferred every year by the President of India at ceremonial functions held at Rashtrapati Bhawan between March and April.

Global warming reaches central Greenland

A temperature reconstruction from ice cores of the past 1,000 years reveals that today's warming in central-north Greenland is surprisingly pronounced.

Boosting anti-cancer antibodies by reducing their grip

Antibodies detect and tag viruses and bacteria so the body's immune system can destroy them.

The 10 biggest science stories of 2022

The James Webb Space Telescope sends back mind-bending images

Arctic blast sweeps US

An arctic blast has brought extreme cold, heavy snow and intense wind across much of the U.S. just in time for the holidays.

Zombie virus

The words \"zombie virus discovered in Russian ice\" sounds like something straight out of a horror film although after the pandemic, it's pretty difficult to shock any of us.

Migratory birds in North America are shrinking as their wings get bigger

North American migratory birds are becoming smaller as the planet warms due to climate change, a new study finds.

A soybean protein blocks LDL cholesterol production, reducing risks of metabolic diseases

Consuming soy flour rich in the protein B-conglycinin has the potential to reduce LDL Ci cholesterol levels and lower the risk of metabolic diseases such as atherosclerosis and fatty liver disease, said Elvira de Mejia, a professor of food science and human nutrition at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the corresponding author of the study.

Gympie Gympie: suicide plant which causes thoughts of suicide

The stinging bush, a member of the nettle family (Urticaceae), gets its name after the Australian town of Gympie, a gold mining hub settled in the 1860s.

Genome and Genome Sequencing Technologies

Genome is the vital genetic information of all living beings and being able to decode this genome had been an enduring wish for biologists and geneticists alike.

LUBE-TIPS

The \"Lube-Tips\" section of Machinery Lubrication magazine features innovative ideas submitted by our readers.