Month: July 2018

In conversation with farmers at Govindpur village, Banda district. Credit: Shridhar Sudhir/Veditum-SANDRP

Walk Along the Ken to Find a World You Didn’t Know Was There

Bhim Singh Rawat and Siddharth Agarwal 29/07/2018

Two environmentalists take a walk along a river and...

Parsa-villagers

In Chhattisgarh, Adani’s Coal Mine Leaves a Village Parched This Monsoon

Lalan Singh and Kranti Kumar Rawat 29/07/2018

Villagers say mining operations have depleted the ground water...

File photo agitation against mercury exposure and pollution caused by Unilever's factory. Credit: PTI

‘Kodaikanal Still Won’t’ and the Role of the Privileged in Activism

T.M. Krishna 28/07/2018

We the privileged have created a social order that...

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Blood Moon Dazzles Star Gazers in Longest Lunar Eclipse of 21st Century

Baz Ratner and Cecilie Kallestrup 28/07/2018

The fullest eclipse was visible from Europe, Russia, Africa,...

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Flood Warning Issued in Delhi as Yamuna Water Rises Due to Rain

The Irrigation and Flood Control Department of the city...

A man wades through a water-logged road during rains in Mumbai

Heavy Rains Lash Uttar Pradesh, Thirty Dead

The MET office said that southwest monsoons were "active"...

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Preprints Don’t Promote Confusion – so Taking Them Away Won’t Fix Anything

Vasudevan Mukunth 27/07/2018

The journal Nature recently published an article by Tom...