Down To Earth
THE APE IN OUR STORIES
India's only non-human ape species is a cultural icon threatened by forest fragmentation
2 min |
December 16, 2025
Down To Earth
DROWNING IN ITS HOME
The dancing deer stares at near-extinction as its marshy habitat thins and fragments
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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THE NIGHT WATCHER
Reverse mythical beliefs to save the nocturnal hunter of Western Ghats
2 min |
December 16, 2025
Down To Earth
SENTINEL OF THE HIGH COLD DESERT
The bird's evocative call may not continue to roll across the cold desert valley for long
3 min |
December 16, 2025
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TURNING TURTLE
Once a jewel of the Ganga, the large riverine turtle clings to life in a shrinking sanctuary
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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KING OF BIRDS
Revered for centuries, western tragopan now needs protection as its forests shrink, human pressures mount
3 min |
December 16, 2025
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THE LAST DANCE
Fewer than 1,000 Bengal floricans survive in Asia's shrinking floodplains
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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ASSAM'S PRIDE
A rare primate is losing its only home
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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THE MOUNTAIN MONARCH
Western Ghats' grassland guardian has emerged from the shadows, but may not stay for long
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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THE OVERLOOKED WILD
Meet the species that demand conservation attention
4 min |
December 16, 2025
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HANGING BY THE CLIFF
The Himalaya's rarest wild goat is on the brink of local extinction
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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A LITTLE PIG GOES A LONG WAY
India's pygmy hog is vanishing from its grasslands, just as it is needed the most
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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ANGEL OF THE BEAS
Conservation reserves, citizen science, and habitat protection give the Indus River dolphin a fighting chance in India
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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UNDER MOONLIT SCRUB
Survival of this hidden guardian tells us whether our scrublands still breathe
2 min |
December 16, 2025
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MORE THAN A DAZZLE
This living tapestry is an indicator species for some of Asia's most biodiverse and least-explored mountain ecosystems
3 min |
December 16, 2025
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Flattened frontiers
Efforts to reclaim degraded land from Chambal ravines expose both people and biodiversity to ecological risks from erosion and flooding
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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Rights in transit
A recent dispute over transport and trade of kendu leaves in Odisha highlights differing interpretations of forest rights laws in the state
6 min |
December 01, 2025
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India headed for extreme climate events
INDIA IS on course for cataclysmic climate events, says a new study in PLOS Climate.
1 min |
December 01, 2025
Down To Earth
INDIA'S DRY RUN
India is poised to be a global hub of data centres—back-end facilities that house servers and hardware needed to run online activities.
10+ min |
December 01, 2025
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HIDDEN RESOURCE
Punjab's 1.4 million abandoned borewells offer a chance to mitigate flood damage and replenish depleting groundwater
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Bangla generic drugs to the rescue
A buyer's club for generic cystic fibrosis drugs sourced from Bangladesh highlights the country's laudable pharma development
4 min |
December 01, 2025
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Direct approach
A new direct cash transfer scheme as well as decades of women-centric programmes yield an electoral windfall for the ruling alliance in Bihar
5 min |
December 01, 2025
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COP OF TALK
The UN's 30th climate summit, COP30 in Belém, was billed as the COP of truth and implementation.It was an opportunity for the world to move beyond diagnosis to delivery. Instead it revealed a system struggling to prove its relevance.
10+ min |
December 01, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
IOCL & INFINEUM FORGE STRATEGIC LUBRICANT PARTNERSHIP
Infineum India and Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) have signed a strategic Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at deepening their collaboration to unlock long-term business value and drive innovation in India's mobility sector. The agreement was formalized at IOCL's Mumbai office, with Bakim Patra, Executive Director (Lubes) at IOCL, and Harshad Jambaulikar, General Manager of Infineum India, as the principal signatories.
1 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
PREDICT OIL USEFUL LIFE WITH REAL-TIME DATA
Oil is the life of any hydraulic or lubrication system.
8 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
BEYOND THE LABEL: UNDERSTANDING LUBRICANT TECHNICAL AND SAFETY DATA SHEETS
Over the years in lubrication, I have noticed that many professionals either overlook or misinterpret lubricant datasheets, especially Product Datasheets (PDS), which are key to selecting the proper lubricant. While Safety Datasheets (SDS) are widely known due to compliance requirements, the PDS holds the technical insights needed for informed decision-making. Yet, it is often misunderstood or ignored.
3 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
CONTAMINATION REALIZATION: A CASE EXAMPLE AT A STEEL MILL
Condition monitoring, contamination control, lubrication excellence, and machine reliability are keywords that are often overused and misunderstood.
6 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
BREAKING DOWN THE BASICS: A LESSON IN ASSET RELIABILITY
Before you go marching down to your reliability engineers and ask questions like, “What are the top 10 worst performing assets in our production line?”, it’s important to know the actual difference between an asset and reliability.
7 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
EFFECTIVE USE OF THE PATCH TEST FOR SIMPLE ON-SITE ANALYSIS
The very best oil analysis programs incorporate some degree of onsite analysis. For most plants, mills, and mines, particle monitoring is the most productive onsite oil analysis activity available.
4 min |
November – December, 2025
MACHINERY LUBRICATION INDIA
HOW HEAT AFFECTS LUBRICANTS: UNDERSTANDING THE ARRHENIUS RATE RULE
Is it true that a lubricant's life is cut in half for every 10 degrees C (18 degrees F) increase in operating temperature?
2 min |