Down To Earth
Moderna's brazen patent rab on a COVID jab
The US administration is finally putting its foot down on the appropriation of public research by drug firms
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December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Bitter sweet
Petha production in Agra leaves behind waste and pollution. The city must develop strategies to reduce their impact
6 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
India's successes at COP26
Collaborative, not competitive, approach can save our planet
5 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
THE SIGNS
The Sumi Naga tribe has developed a whole portfolio of ecological indicators to help predict weather. The lack of documentation and loss of biodiversity puts this traditional knowledge at risk of extinction
4 min |
December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Deadlock in Palk Bay
India-Sri Lanka fishing conflicts show no signs of abatement as efforts to phase out destructive trawling practices show little progress
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December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Tantalising wait
As Himalayan farmers grow the country’s first asafoetida plants, changing weather threatens to play spoilsport
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December 01, 2021
Scientific India
Mushroom Consumption May Lower Risk Of Depression
Mushrooms have been making headlines due to their many health advantages. Not only do they lower one's risk of cancer and premature death, but new research led by Penn State College of Medicine also reveals that these superfoods may benefit a person's mental health.
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November - December 2021
Down To Earth
Take heart
A STATIN-FREE LIFE IS A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO HEART HEALTH FROM A CARDIOLOGIST WHO HAS LONG ARGUED THAT THE CHOLESTEROL-FOCUSSED APPROACH TO PREVENTING AND TREATING HEART DISEASE IS FLAWED
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December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Yes, says Prime Minister
After a year of farmers’ protests, the government will repeal the three farm laws
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December 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Long-distance lessons
An educational non-profit virtually connects rural children with teachers who can instruct in their native language ANIL ASHWANI SHARMA
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November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
A reluctant survivor
MORE THAN 28 FARMERS AND AGRICULTURAL WORKERS DIE BY SUICIDE EVERY DAY IN THE COUNTRY. ONE DAY IN 2014, RAMRAO PANCHLENIWAR FROM MAHARASHTRA'S VIDARBHA REGION WAS SET TO BE ONE SUCH CASE; BUT HE MIRACULOUSLY SURVIVED. IN RAMRAO: THE STORY OF INDIA'S FARM CRISIS, JOURNALIST JAIDEEP HARDIKAR TRACES THE LIFE OF THIS COTTON GROWER AND THROUGH IT, THE TRIBULATIONS OF INDIA'S AGRARIAN COMMUNITY. EXCERPTS FROM THE BOOK:
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November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
The new bare minimum
The newly agreed global minimum corporate tax to prevent ultinational firms from avoiding the legal cess regime is riddled ith clauses to ensure that profits stay with the rich nations
9 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
The bizarre demand for a Banarasi paan GI
Geographical Indication tag continues to be handed out without examining the scientific basis or the integrity of such claims
4 min |
November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
VALUE IN THE WEED
BATHUA IS IN DEMAND FOR ITS NUTRITION AND TASTE. IMPROVED VARIETIES OF THE WEED CAN MAKE IT POPULAR AMONG FARMERS
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November 16, 2021
Down To Earth
Global Crackdown On Greenwashing
AS COUNTRIES begin to step up their climate commitments to reduce the burden of global warming, industries are facing heat for years of greenwashing practices, or the act of passing off products or services as environmentally friendly without proof.
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November 16, 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
A JOURNEY'S LESSONS
What does a walk across the world teach about navigating our troubled century? TREAD LIGHTLY upon the Earth. SHARE what you can. But most of all, REMEMBER.
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November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
A War on Itself
ETHIOPIA'S CIVIL WAR HAS BECOME A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS, WITH MILLIONS DISPLACED, THOUSANDS DEAD, AND THE NATION'S EXISTENCE IN JEOPARDY.
10+ min |
November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
An Icy World In Meltdown
Marine life off the Antarctic Peninsula needs protection as sea ice declines and fishing boats move in to take more krill.
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November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
THE BACKSTORY
A PHOTOGRAPHER'S TAKE ON THE LITTLE PRINCE POSES BIG QUESTIONS ABOUT CULTURE AND IDENTITY.
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November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
Dr. Fauci: His Life and Work
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC INTERVIEWED ANTHONY FAUCI ABOUT HIS PERSONAL HISTORY, HIS CAREER, AND HIS ROLE IN HEALTH CRISES FROM HIV/AIDS TO COVID-19. THE RESULTS: A BOOK (EXCERPTED HERE), WITH PROCEEDS TO BENEFIT CONSERVATION, AND A DOCUMENTARY.
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November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
FORENSICS ON THE WING
FOR MORE THAN 20 YEARS Carla dove has run the feather identification lab at the Smithsonian's national Museum of natural history in Washington, d.c. her team of forensic ornithologists receives more than 10,000 avian remains a year from aircraft collisions—bird strikes—and matches them to specimens in the museum’s collections, using morphology and DNA analysis. an example: after the “Miracle on the Hudson” emergency landing in 2009, dove’s lab ID’d the birds involved as Canada geese. by knowing what species are struck most, airfield staff can deter birds and reduce the number of damaging strikes.
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November 2021
National Geographic Magazine India
100 Wonders Of Archaeology
Our understanding of Human History has increased dramatically during the past two centuries, as EXCAVATIONS on six continentsaided by breakthroughs in technology, have unlocked the STORIES of OUR ANCESTORS.
10+ min |
November 2021
Down To Earth
INHERITANCE OF LOSS
The young are restless to conserve the world they know they will inherit
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November 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Borrowed time
The world is set to produce over twice the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than would be consistent with limiting warming to 1.5°C
3 min |
November 01, 2021
Down To Earth
Agenda For COP26
THE 26TH session of the Conference of the Parties (COP26) to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change is being held at a time when the impacts of global warming are more palpable than ever—both for the poor and the rich.
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November 01, 2021
Scientific India
Amazon forest Fires may have affected up to 85 percent of threatened species
In the last two decades, deforestation and forest fires have encroached on the ranges of thousands of plant and animal species in the Amazon rainforest, including up to 85 percent of threatened species in the region, researchers report in Nature. Since 2001, an area up to the size of Washington State has burned.
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September - October 2021
Scientific India
Effects of climate change on fish stocks
Climate change is the statistical change in the course of Crime over a period of decades from decades to millions of years. It can be a change in the average season or a change in the events around an average season.
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September - October 2021
Scientific India
Milk is more than a food for the neonate in animal production system Swine
Lactocrine term is used to describe the milk Lborne bioactive factors (MbFs) that transfer from mother to offspring/s via lactation. The MbFs play a significant role in providing immunity, survival, growth, and development of new-born.
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September - October 2021
Scientific India
Lizards without legs but don't call them snakes
Legless lizards are normal lizards that lost their legs. Legless lizards didn't just Lkick off their legs and slither away one day. Over millions of years, the animals developed smaller and smaller limbs until, eventually, their legs and arms disappeared. This kind of change, which is called evolution, often happens over long periods of time.
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September - October 2021
Scientific India
Nano Plastics from Disposable Face Masks – Need for Awareness
The COVID-19 pandemic has made the entire World to impose a lockdown. Due to the lockdown measures and shutdown of industries, the planet had a good opportunity to reduce its pollution in terms of air quality.
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