Science
Down To Earth
CONSERVED BY COMMUNITY
How a desire to make snow leopard tourism sustainable helped a small Ladakhi settlement became the region's first Community Conserved Area
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May 16, 2026
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An 'open' and 'shut' case of Al's risky trajectory
Elon Musk's lawsuit against Sam Altman, OpenAl, Microsoft is crucially about open-source versus closed technology for corporate profit
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May 16, 2026
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Burden of transition
Clean energy transition is once again shifting environmental, human costs to the Global South, finds a UN university investigation
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May 16, 2026
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One step closer
India attains criticality in fast breeder reactor technology, reaching the second stage of the country's three- stage nuclear programme towards energy security
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May 16, 2026
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ZESTY SEEDS
Coriander seeds are a traditional antidote to summer heat
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May 16, 2026
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Sahyadri gets a bird village
Residents of Maharashtra's Pisavare village have embarked on a mission to protect birds in their vicinity through simple practices such as documenting species and building nests
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May 16, 2026
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CONFLICT IN THE BACKYARD
Across India, farmers are abandoning their fields as conflict with wild and stray animals intensifies. Conservation policy must move beyond protection alone to restore a workable coexistence between people and animals.
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May 16, 2026
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Capital punishment
Adequate compensation and proper rehabilitation remain a mirage for many displaced by the construction of Chhattisgarh's new capital, Nava Raipur, even two decades after the project began
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May 16, 2026
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Migrant workers are assets
MIGRATION HAS turned into a potent tool of political warfare across the world. For over a decade, domestic electoral politics across regions, from Europe and North America to Asia and Africa, have fuelled anti-immigration sentiments. This is also increasingly fuelling anti-immigrant vigilantism, as seen widely across Europe in 2015-16, coinciding with the refugee crisis.
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May 16, 2026
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Petri dish to plate
Synthetic meat production has seen a rise globally, even as environmental benefits of growing foods in laboratory remain debatable
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May 16, 2026
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PULSE POWER
Legumes offer India a way to cut fertiliser use and import dependence. This requires incentivising farmers through carbon credits and payments for the ecosystem services the crops provide
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May 16, 2026
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TOWARDS POST-FOSSIL ERA
Does UAE offer a survival template for oil-producing countries in a world shunning the fossils?
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May 16, 2026
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GEN Z ENTERS THE BOOTH
Five verdicts reveal a generation voting beyond inherited loyalties
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May 16, 2026
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Between coal, chaos and green power
IT IS a time of great energy disruption.
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May 16, 2026
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Growing malaise
India's disease burden has doubled in three decades, with heart diseases and lifestyle disorders now afflicting people at much younger ages
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May 16, 2026
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A taste of the terrain
A COOKBOOK OF KARGILI DISHES, A COFFEE-TABLE BOOK OF INTIMATE PORTRAITS, OR A BOOK OF ANECDOTES FROM ACROSS THE REGION—STORIES FROM A KARGILI KITCHEN OFFERS SOMETHING TO EVERY KIND OF READER
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May 01, 2026
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A fixation on the past that's stunting Indian science
Forcing premier technology institutes to do research on ancient wisdom is fostering fraudulent science and retarding development
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May 01, 2026
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WEAK MONSOON AHEAD?
India may see below normal rainfall in the upcoming southwest monsoon, with immediate impacts for farmers
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May 01, 2026
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POVERTY'S OWN REPUBLIC
India's geography of poverty does not change. To be born here means to be poor forever
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May 01, 2026
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Return of the industrial strike
The labour unrest in north India's industrial belt points to deeper shifts: weaker job creation, stagnant pay and a more unequal growth path
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May 01, 2026
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Stamp of resurrection
A couple in Madhya Pradesh has launched an enterprise to revive their family's traditional block printing art
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May 01, 2026
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El Niño meets warming
Forecast of a “super” El Niño, the strongest in a century, in the latter half of 2026 raises concerns of adverse climatological impacts in a world already reeling from accelerated warming
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May 01, 2026
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Perpetual alert
Extreme weather events during pre- and post-monsoon months are the new threat to hit farmers across India
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May 01, 2026
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A taste of the terrain
A COOKBOOK OF KARGILI DISHES, A COFFEE-TABLE BOOK OF INTIMATE PORTRAITS, OR A BOOK OF ANECDOTES FROM ACROSS THE REGION—STORIES FROM A KARGILI KITCHEN OFFERS SOMETHING TO EVERY KIND OF READER
3 min |
May 01, 2026
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A STEADY VOICE IN THE AGE OF NOISE
EVERY YEAR when the anniversary comes round and we realise that we are another year young, I reminisce and chronicle the time gone by.
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May 01, 2026
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A gene hurdle
International Olympic Committee's new genetic-testing mandate for athletes in the female category fails the test of fairness
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May 01, 2026
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Lessons from Indore on circular economy
Waste treatment is still a collection and containment task in most cities.
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May 01, 2026
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India's first energy exodus
INDIA'S URBANISATION is one of history’s largest rural-to-urban migration stories.
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May 01, 2026
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ALTERED CARBON
Rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide levels is altering blood chemistry; this not just impacts human physiology, but also has potential for future genetic priming
3 min |
May 01, 2026
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MILES TO GO
As impacts of climate change accelerate, climate finance remains trapped in incrementalism
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