BUSINESS ECONOMICS
Taking Science To Millions
A group of children with curious eyes stared as the impact of air pressure was demonstrated to them.
3 min |
October 16-31, 2019
Akhand Gyan - English
Marie Curie: An Exemplary Confluence Of Science & Humanity
Marie Curie (1867-1934), a name that Minstantly rings the word 'Radium' in our brains!
6 min |
October 2019
Geography and You
India Cooling Action Plan 2019
Penetration of air-conditioning in the growing economy of India is low whereas the rising cooling requirements are both a challenge and an opportunity.
4 min |
June 1-15, 2019
Geography and You
The Uncharted Waters Beneath The Ice
Antarctica, a vast expanse of ice and land, harbours one of the most intriguing features under its ice— the subglacial lakes. These isolated lakes form a part of the basal hydrological system and conceal unique biological ecosystems and climate records,thus prompting more scientific missions along with numerous challenges.
7 min |
June 1-15, 2019
Geography and You
Tropospheric Ozone And Food Productivity
Ozone is life threatening if found to be increasing near the earth’s surface as it is toxic to life when inhaled. Ozone not only damages airways, but also reduces crop yields as well if it increases beyond the threshold levels. Worries are mounting as India marks a rate of increase of around 1 percent each year. Anthropogenic sources of emissions are responsible for increase in surface ozone, which needs urgent control in the near future.
7 min |
June 1-15, 2019
Down To Earth
The Peasant Rebels
THE BOOK IS A FICTIONAL RETELL OF THE SATNAMI REVOLT AGAINST AURANGZEB, AND UNDERLINES THE IMPORTANCE OF REBELLION IN TIMES OF OPPRESSION
2 min |
October 1, 2019
Scientific India
More Than Two Glasses of Soft Drinks Per Day Cause-Specific Mortality
A new study coordinated by researchers from the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) examined the association between total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drink consumption and subsequent total and cause-specific mortality.
1 min |
September - October 2019
Scientific India
Healthy Food, Happy Mind
Ayurveda, our ancient system of medicine, is a science for life.
3 min |
September - October 2019
Scientific India
Edible Water Pods
With the changing life styles of present civilization, wastage/litter in its various forms has become one of the serious problems for the well being of mother planet earth.
5 min |
September - October 2019
THE WEEK
How Scientists Communicate With Satellites In Space
How does an earth station talk to and steer a satellite?
2 min |
September 22, 2019
Down To Earth
How To Create Floods
Dams were built to control floods. They are now the triggers
5 min |
September 16, 2019
Down To Earth
Transition In Nilgiris
A laggard hill district’s journey to become open defecation free also led to it embracing organic farming
4 min |
September 16, 2019
Down To Earth
Tracking Smoke
Effective implementation of an efficient pollution monitoring system is caught in delays
4 min |
September 16, 2019
Down To Earth
Full Measure
THE ROLE OF THE NATIONAL AQUIFER MAPPING AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAMME IS CRITICAL TO REVERSE THE TREND OF DEPLETING GROUNDWATER LEVELS ACROSS INDIA
4 min |
September 16, 2019
Down To Earth
Burning Dark
From the Arctic to the Amazon, fires are raging at an unprecedented scale, stoking an unfathomable fear: is the planet staring at an irreversible meltdown?
10+ min |
September 16, 2019
THE WEEK
How It Would Be For Us To Live On The Moon
What it would take for man to settle on the moon and beyond
8 min |
September 22, 2019
Down To Earth
Value Of Soil
The benefits of action against land degradation through sustainable management are seven times higher than its cost in 15 years
5 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
Think How To Sink
The best way to remove carbon is by sequestering it in its natural sinks
4 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
How To Create An Oasis
Neither a short-term solution nor a one-size-fits-all approach will help fight desertification. Governments tend to commit this mistake, but communities across the world are building on their traditional experiences to achieve land degradation neutrality
6 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
The Dictum On Desertification
LAND IS AT THE CORE OF FIGHTING CLIMATE CHANGE
5 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
Taming The Thar
What it takes to reclaim the world’s most populated desert
6 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
Silent Spread
More than 100 countries are at the risk of desertification. Left unchecked, this could fuel conflicts and displace 700 million people worldwide by 2050
8 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
Picture Imperfect
It’s difficult to ignore how desertification is expanding in areas that are on the front line of climate change
5 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
Quash The Dogma
Most policies to tackle desertification are bound to fail. The problem will get solved as soon as they become holistic
7 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
It Is Everybody's Business
Private sector is vital to restore land and sustain life
3 min |
September 01, 2019
Down To Earth
A Quarter Under Desertification
What does this mean for India where more than 60 per cent of the population depends on agriculture?
10+ min |
September 01, 2019
Sanctuary Asia
Why Children Are Needed To Help Save The World
On my very first day in India, I encountered many marvelous new customs not practiced in the United States, my home country. But the most curious by far involved trees. Here and there, alongside the roaring streets of Mumbai were rings of marigold wreathed around twisting banyan trunks like dried rays of afternoon sunlight…
2 min |
September 2019
Sanctuary Asia
Who's Who?
Fact: all toads are frogs, but not all frogs are toads! Let’s unpack this...
1 min |
September 2019
Sanctuary Asia
The Sea Raptor
The White-bellied Sea Eagle Haliaeetus leucogaster is one of the most common raptors along the Indian coastline. Nevertheless, the sight of this soaring, broad-winged, white and black bird of prey is nothing less than majestic
2 min |
September 2019
Sanctuary Asia
Bringing Up Bob Hoots.
While we were visiting a friend’s farm in the village of Yelachetty, near Bandipur Tiger Reserve, we found Spotted Owlets nesting on the tiled roof… and one of the chicks on the kitchen floor!
2 min |