Science
Down To Earth
JINALI MODY - ENTREPRENEUR
In September 2025, UN Environment Programme announced Mumbai-based Jinali Mody, founder of material-science startup Banofi Leather, as a Young Champion of the Earth.
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January 01, 2026
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IT'S AN ENDLESS BATTLE
A decade spent tackling waste still feels vanishingly small
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January 01, 2026
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'NUMB, AND UNABLE TO ACT
As disasters grow more frequent, I find myself wondering how long I can continue living here, waiting for the next storm
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January 01, 2026
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SAJANA SAJEEVAN - CRICKETER
In April 2024, Sajana Sajeevan got her maiden call up to the national women's cricket team on the back of a 12-year domestic career that began in the paddy fields of Wayanad, Kerala.
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January 01, 2026
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NILA MADHAB PANDA - FILMMAKER
Few storytellers bring dramatic despair of ecological loss to the big screen like Nila Madhab Panda. The national-award winning filmmaker often makes nature his central character, be it in his 2017 film Kadvi Hawa or in the 2023 web series The Jengaburu Curse.
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January 01, 2026
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CHETAN SINGH SOLANKI: SCIENTIST | SOCIAL ENTREPRENEUR
For the past five years, Chetan Singh Solanki has been on a singular journey.
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January 01, 2026
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ʻLIVING SLOWLY, RELUCTANTLY
The pleasures and burdens of attempting a sustainable life in a fast-moving world
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January 01, 2026
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KIRAN RAO
Filmmaker and producer Kiran Rao has mastered the art of mainstreaming social commentary, as seen in her early films like Dhobi Ghat and more recently in Laapataa Ladies and Humans in the Loop.
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January 01, 2026
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I SEE THE RISE OF DEFENDERS
When a species disappears from a land, the loss extends far beyond the species itself.
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January 01, 2026
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MANISH MEHROTRA - CHEF | RESTAURATEUR
Manish Mehrotra is globally recognised for his innovative approach to preserving India's culinary heritage.
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January 01, 2026
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MAMANG DAI - POET, NOVELIST
Often described as the poet-warrior of Arunachal Pradesh, Mamang Dai’s life and work are marked by quiet courage.
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January 01, 2026
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PARENTHOOD PAUSED
It seems unfair to bring an innocent life into a world sliding towards uninhabitable heat, drought and extreme weather.
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January 01, 2026
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TSEWANG CHUSKIT - CAPTAIN, INDIAN WOMEN'S ICE HOCKEY TEAM
Captain of the national women's ice hockey team since 2018, Tsewang Chuskit was only 10 years old when she first tried the sport in her village, Tangtse, in the Changthang region of Ladakh.
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January 01, 2026
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“THE UNEASE DISCONNECT
Waste, infrastructure and eco-anxiety on the edge of an expanding city
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January 01, 2026
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YOUNG, ANGRY, AND BETRAYED
AN OPINION SURVEY OF THE 21ST CENTURY'S FIRST GENERATION REVEALS GRIEF, FRUSTRATION AND RAGE OVER CLIMATE CHANGE
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January 01, 2026
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KALKI KOECHLIN - ACTOR, WRITER
Kalki Koechlin has long stood out for her unconventional choices, whether in films, plays, podcasts or web series.
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January 01, 2026
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JACINTA KERKETTA - JOURNALIST, POET, ACTIVIST
In her journalism and poetry, Jacinta Kerketta blends the dispossession of her community, the Oraon adivasi tribe of Jharkhand, with the destruction of nature.
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January 01, 2026
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THE LONG WAY TO THE PLATE
A close look at farms, food systems and food habits reveals how far we have strayed from the land that feeds us.
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January 01, 2026
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COST OF EVERY BREATH
Pollution has turned ordinary living into an expensive exercise in survival
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January 01, 2026
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KNOWING TOO MUCH HURTS
Pretending everything is fine is no longer an option
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January 01, 2026
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DIA MIRZA: "APPLY YOURSELF TO SOLUTIONS TO FEEL LESS DESPONDENT"
Since being crowned Miss Asia Pacific in 2000, Dia Mirza has established herself as a versatile actor and producer in the Indian film industry as well as a committed climate crusader.
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January 01, 2026
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ECOLOGICAL GUILT IS REAL
Greater awareness of how both humans and non-humans are coping with climate disruptions only deepens the anxiety
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January 01, 2026
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KING OF BIRDS
Revered for centuries, western tragopan now needs protection as its forests shrink, human pressures mount
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December 16, 2025
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WHISKERS ALL AQUIVER
Climate change threatens creatures that have weathered extreme environments for thousands of years
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December 16, 2025
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GOLDEN SPIRIT
Survival of the shy primate is closely tied to the health of Western Ghats
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December 16, 2025
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RINGED EYES IN THE CANOPY
Rapid habitat destruction forces arboreal langur to alter habits
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December 16, 2025
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HANGING BY THE CLIFF
The Himalaya's rarest wild goat is on the brink of local extinction
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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
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December 16, 2025
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UNDER MOONLIT SCRUB
Survival of this hidden guardian tells us whether our scrublands still breathe
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December 16, 2025
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SYMBOL OF SILENT VALLEY
Lion-tailed macaque remains vulnerable despite past victories
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