The Aravalli mountain range acts as a natural barrier against dust from the Thar desert on the west, but mining and human encroachments are steadily degrading this protection. The lack of a strict ...

The draft bill aims to modernise India’s pesticide law, but experts warn that a booming industry is being favoured over ...

Elderly and middle aged populations with diabetes are at a higher risk of developing cardiovascular diseases due to long-term air pollution exposure, a Chinese study has found. Researchers from a ...

Inhalable microplastics are a subset of airborne microplastics. While airborne microplastics are typically less than 5 mm in size, inhalable microplastics are 500 times smaller, at less than 10 ...

A new study shows that groundwater, not glaciers, is the lifeline of the Ganga river. Groundwater discharge increases the Ganga river’s volume by about 120% in the Gangetic Plains compared to its ...

A fishing cat in the Sundarbans was photographed preying on a monitor lizard, which is not part of its typical diet. Fishing cats are the state animal of West Bengal and are known to live on a diet of ...

On August 5, Dharali, a village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, was hit by a flash flood in the Himalayan stream Kheer Gad, leaving at least 68 people missing and one dead. Rapid construction over the ...

Initiated in the early 1970s, the Mandal dam remains unfinished, displacing hundreds of families without full compensation. Despite fresh clearances and reduced reservoir levels, locals say jobs, land ...

A new study reveals that rising nest temperatures are skewing the sex ratio of gharial hatchlings, tipping the balance more toward females. With fewer males to sustain future breeding, the already ...

Green jobs are evolving beyond technical roles and fieldwork; people with skills or experience in fields such as engineering, finance, architecture, communications, law and others can find positions ...

A recent expedition by researchers and filmmakers into Siang Valley in Arunachal Pradesh yielded startling results, including the identification of several species new to science. The Siang river ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Published in December 2024, the study set out to assess the presence of fishing cats outside protected areas in southern West Bengal. “West Bengal ...