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The Golden 100 Days
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The Golden 100 Days

India prepares battle blueprint for the next pandemic

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October 16, 2024
CULINARY MASTERPIECE
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CULINARY MASTERPIECE

The sour culinary melon from southern India remains underutilised despite nutritional benefits and a potential to provide food security

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October 16, 2024
Over to panchayats
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Over to panchayats

Can the government's move to align panchayat targets with UN's Sustainable Development Goals help India meet the global deadline?

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October 16, 2024
Genetic rescue
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Genetic rescue

Odisha to introduce two female tigers to Similipal forests to improve genetic diversity of its melanistic tiger population

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October 16, 2024
Standing up for period rights
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Standing up for period rights

Women of Maharashtra's Madia tribe take steps to root out superstitions about menstruation, end the practice of living in isolation

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October 16, 2024
PUT THE PATIENT FIRST
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PUT THE PATIENT FIRST

Draft guidelines on passive euthanasia exclude the interests of terminally ill patients: A letter to the Union health minister

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October 16, 2024
Dead end
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Dead end

West Bengal moves to discontinue Kolkata’s trams despite calls to revive the city’s oldest and cleanest mode of transport

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October 16, 2024
A river lost
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A river lost

Unchecked discharge of industrial effluents and inadequate sewage treatment facilities have turned the Hindon water toxic. ROHINI KRISHNAMURTHY tracks the river's journey though seven Uttar Pradesh districts, starting from its origin in Saharanpur

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October 16, 2024
RECKLESS DISREGARD
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RECKLESS DISREGARD

India is set to expand seaweed cultivation along its coastline by promoting Kappaphycus alvarezii, a known invasive species that has smothered coral reefs in the Gulf of Mannar over the past two decades. Should the country instead focus on its native species?

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October 16, 2024
Joining The Carbon Club
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Joining The Carbon Club

India's carbon market will soon be a reality, but will it fulfil its aim of reducing emissions? A report by PARTH KUMAR and MANAS AGRAWAL

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September 16, 2024
Trade On Emissions
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Trade On Emissions

EU's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, a tariff on imports, is designed to protect European industries in the guise of climate action.

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September 16, 2024
'The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people'
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'The project will facilitate physical and cultural decimation of indigenous people'

The Great Nicobar Project has all the hallmarks of a disaster-seismic, ecological, human. Why did it get the go-ahead?

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September 16, 2024
TASTE IT RED
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TASTE IT RED

Popularity of Karnataka's red jackfruit shows how biodiversity can be conserved by ensuring that communities benefit from it

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September 16, 2024
MANY MYTHS OF CHIPKO
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MANY MYTHS OF CHIPKO

Misconceptions about the Chipko movement have overshadowed its true objectives.

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September 16, 2024
The politics and economics of mpox
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The politics and economics of mpox

Africa's mpox epidemic stems from delayed responses, neglect of its health risks and the stark vaccine apartheid

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September 16, 2024
Emerging risks
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Emerging risks

Even as the world gets set to eliminate substances threatening the ozone layer, climate change and space advancement pose new challenges.

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September 16, 2024
Turn a new leaf
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Turn a new leaf

Scientists join hands to predict climate future of India's tropical forests

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September 16, 2024
Festering troubles
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Festering troubles

The Democratic Republic of Congo struggles to contain mpox amid vaccine delays, conflict and fragile healthcare.

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September 16, 2024
India sees unusual monsoon patterns
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India sees unusual monsoon patterns

THE 2024 southwest monsoon has, between June 1 and September 1, led to excess rainfall in western and southern states such as Gujarat, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu, while others like Nagaland, Manipur and Punjab recorded a deficit.

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September 16, 2024
Breaking barriers
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Breaking barriers

Women in Uttar Pradesh take on crucial roles at faecal sludge treatment plants SUBRATA CHAKRABORTY AND ALKA KUMARI

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September 16, 2024
Business of dirt
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Business of dirt

The waste management ecosystem is rooted in poverty, politics, colonialism, corporate greed and environmental injustice, with serious consequences to human health

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July 01, 2024
NATURE'S MAPPERS
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NATURE'S MAPPERS

Reptiles show an ability fo understand and remember spaces, which makes them a natural insect pest controller

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July 01, 2024
Pathogen benefit-sharing pact thwarted again
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Pathogen benefit-sharing pact thwarted again

Deep political rifts at WHO leave a critical pandemic treaty hanging in limbo as rich nations baulk at equitable vaccine sharing

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July 01, 2024
LOCAL SOLUTIONS
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LOCAL SOLUTIONS

The solution to Sangam Vihar's water supply, sanitation and stormwater problems could lie in decentralised management, suggests a Centre for Science and Environment survey in the unplanned settlement

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July 01, 2024
CATCHING THE WIND
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CATCHING THE WIND

Wind is the missing piece of the climate change puzzle. But lack of data makes it difficult to model wind systems

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July 01, 2024
THE NEW EXTREME EVENT
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THE NEW EXTREME EVENT

Wind circulations are slowing in a warming world, adding to the frequency and intensity of extreme events

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July 01, 2024
BRACE FOR STILL WINDS
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BRACE FOR STILL WINDS

Wind circulations are slowing down across the globe. It may not be immediately apparent in terms of wind speed, which is a local phenomenon. But scientists say global stilling of wind affects almost every aspect of our lives—from unpredictable rainfall to excess heatwaves to frequent or missing storms. It even affects wind energy production and the aviation sector. Evidence shows a clear connection between global warming and wind stilling. Could this be the missing piece in climate models?

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July 01, 2024
Ground rules
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Ground rules

Space agencies and private players must adhere to exploration norms to ensure integrity of space research

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July 01, 2024
Insured against heat
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Insured against heat

States and private firms are implementing insurance schemes fo protect livestock rearers against milk production losses caused by heat stress

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July 01, 2024
The Next Pandemic
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The Next Pandemic

Buoyed by climate change and global trade, pathogens that cause disease outbreaks in food crops are spreading far and wide. They are also evolving fast to reproduce quickly and infect new hosts

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June 16, 2024

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