Down To Earth
India is facing up to its innovation lag
There are signs now that India is acknowledging the superior strides made by China in a frontier technology like Al
4 min |
February 01, 2026
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'Rivers need to run free'
From Tibet to West Bengal, the Brahmaputra is the pulse of communities and ecosystems along its course. But what are the risks the river faces through human interventions, particularly dams, discusses journalist, author and filmmaker SANJOY HAZARIKA in his new book, River Traveller.
4 min |
February 01, 2026
Sasthrakeralam
ഡിസംബർ മാസത്തിൽ ആലക്കോട്ടെ മഴ
കേരള സ്കൂൾ വെതർ സ്റ്റേഷൻ
1 min |
SASTHRAKERALAM 2026 FEBRUARY
Sasthrakeralam
ഫുഡ് ഇറേഡിയേഷൻ
ആരോഗ്യകരമായ ഭക്ഷണവും ആരോഗ്യമുള്ള ജനങ്ങളുമാണ് ലോകത്തിന്റെ സാമ്പ ത്തിക വളർച്ചയ്ക്ക് മുതൽക്കൂട്ടാകുന്നത്
3 min |
SASTHRAKERALAM 2026 FEBRUARY
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BLOOM OR BANE
Surge of vibrant pink water lilies in Kuttanad, Kerala, provides socio-economic benefits, but the plant's ecological impacts must be understood
4 min |
January 16, 2026
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Atomic juncture
A new comprehensive law opens up the nuclear sector to private players, while diluting disaster liability and safety provisions
6 min |
January 16, 2026
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GUARANTEE EXPIRES
India's rural employment guarantee law is replaced with a centrally controlled, budget-capped scheme. Is this an attack on the right to work?
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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Schemed for erasure
Does the VB-G RAMG Act address structural weaknesses long observed in MGNREGA's implementation?
10 min |
January 16, 2026
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Bitter pill
THE WEB SERIES PHARMA EXPOSES HARSH TRUTHS OF THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY, WHERE PROFIT OFTEN BECOMES MORE IMPORTANT THAN HUMAN HEALTH
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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MISMEASURE OF A MOUNTAIN
Earthquakes in the Aravallis provide a cautionary tale
7 min |
January 16, 2026
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School of change
An open school in Panagar, Madhya Pradesh, aims to protect children of tribal settlements from falling into the trap of addiction
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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Barrel diplomacy
What US control of Venezuelan oil means for India and the world
5 min |
January 16, 2026
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VOICE OF REASON
Why Madhav Gadgil could never be ignored in the land of landslides
2 min |
January 16, 2026
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CHAOS IN-DEFINITION
The Aravallis are perhaps India's most litigated hill range. More than 4,000 court cases have failed to arrest their destruction. The latest dispute concerns a narrow legal definition of this geological antiquity, much of which has been obliterated by mining and urban sprawl. While the Supreme Court has stayed its own judgement accepting that definition, it must see the underlying reality and help reconcile development and national security with conservation.
10+ min |
January 16, 2026
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INVISIBLE EMPLOYER
Field and academic evidence shows sharp falls in casual agricultural employment at places where groundwater access declines
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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PULSE OF RESILIENCE
As a climate-ready crop, cowpea shows potential for widespread use in India
3 min |
January 16, 2026
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BITS: INDIA
Indore has recorded 16 deaths and more than 1,600 hospitalisations between December 24 and January 6.
1 min |
January 16, 2026
Sasthrakeralam
ഡൈനാമിക്സിന്റെ വഴികള്
നിരവധി ഉപശാഖകളുണ്ട് ഡൈനാമിക്സിന്
2 min |
SASTHRAKERALAM 2026 JANUARY
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“THE UNEASE DISCONNECT
Waste, infrastructure and eco-anxiety on the edge of an expanding city
2 min |
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
3 min |
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
2 min |
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.
3 min |
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.
4 min |
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.
4 min |
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.
2 min |
January 01, 2026
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COST OF EVERY BREATH
Pollution has turned ordinary living into an expensive exercise in survival
2 min |
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
2 min |
January 01, 2026
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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.
2 min |
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.
6 min |
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.
4 min |