Year: 2018

A worker speaks with the driver after unloading coal from a supply truck at a yard on the outskirts of the western Indian city of Ahmedabad April 15, 2015. Credit: Reuters/Amit Dave

Mines Ministry Misses Supreme Court Deadline Over Formulation of New Minerals Policy

Anuj Srivas 02/01/2018

The delay may have been caused by feedback received...

A humpback whale in the Arabian Sea. Credit: Darryl MacDonald

A Surprise Journey, an Unexpected New Year’s Gift From Across the Arabian Sea

Janaki Lenin 01/01/2018

Of the 14 humpback whales to sport transmitters, she...

Representational image Credit: Reuters

Bill Introduced in Lok Sabha Seeks to Allow Ayurveda, Homeopathy Doctors to Practice Allopathy

The National Medical Commission Bill, 2017, which seeks to...

Spot the ring of fire. Global Volcanism Program, Smithsonian Institution

Six Volcanoes That Will be on Volcano Scientists’ Radar in 2018

Ralf Gertisser, Katie Preece and Sylvain Charbonnier 01/01/2018

Three volcanologists were asked what to look out for...

For the first time, researchers have observed two whirlpools very close to each other as if paired, one spinning clockwise and the other counterclockwise. Credit: Pexels/pixabay

Bizarre Twin Vortices of Water Finally Spotted off Australia’s South

Vishwam Sankaran 01/01/2018

When scientists pored over data from satellites, they found...

The Ganga flows through Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Credit: Jeevan/pixabay

And Quiet Flow the Rivers

Neha Sinha 01/01/2018

In many small but significant ways, 2017 has shown...