Month: October 2016

The programme sets an overall cap on the permitted PM emissions in Surat’s textile industry. Representational image. Source: United Nations Photos/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

India Is Not Doing Enough To Tackle Air Pollution

Titash Sen 09/10/2016

India has the largest number of polluted cities among...

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Twelve Years and Three US Presidents Later, a Science Debate Is Still a Pipe-Dream

Binit Priyaranjan 09/10/2016

Why won't the two candidates vying for the most...

The Taj Mahal. Credit: 8838/Flickr, CC BY 2.0

Openly Burning Garbage Around Agra is Discolouring the Taj Mahal

T.V. Padma 09/10/2016

The findings should shake Agra out of its complacency,...

The topli Karvi inhabits the shallow and soiled mountain tops. When they bloom, the green mountaintops are transformed into Mauve carpets of mauve in the sanctuary. Credit: Jui Pethe

The ‘Purple Carnival’ of the Flower That Blooms Once Every Seven Years

Jui Pethe 08/10/2016

Safeguarding the Karvi and its natural habitats can support...

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Finding “Faults” With Kusala Rajendran

Nandita Jayaraj 08/10/2016

Earth scientist Kusala Rajendran talks about chasing and predicting...

Downed trees and an affected house is seen in an area devastated by Hurricane Matthew in the outskirts of Port Salut, Haiti, October 7, 2016. Credit: Reuters/Andres Martinez Casares

Hurricane Matthew Kills Nearly 900 in Haiti, Hits US

Makini Brice, Joseph Guyler Delva and Scott Malone 08/10/2016

The storm looked certain to rekindle the debate about...

The Churna tigress as cub with mother and a male cub before being orphaned, 2010. Source: Muffi/Sarath C.R. Blog

The Story of How the Orphaned Tigress of Bandhavgarh Was Rehabilitated

Pushp Jain 08/10/2016

The tigress has empowered forest officials to continue with...