India

Buge Mena and his wife, Niriya Mena working at home, weaving and cleaning rice, respectively. Credit: Sweta Daga

Balancing Taboos in Arunachal Pradesh

Sweta Daga 26/05/2017

In Arunachal Pradesh, tribal communities have elaborate taboos that...

A herd of ostriches runs on a street after breaking out of their enclosure outside Oudtshoorn

When Ostriches Called India Their Home

Ranjini Raghunath 21/05/2017

Scientists are linking the emergence and extinction of the...

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How Climate-Induced Migration is Displacing Millions Across the World

Tharanga Yakupitiyage 19/05/2017

The changing environment is invariably linked to human rights...

A female of the newly discovered species Credit: Parveen F Absar/Village Square

Young Scientist Discovers New Species of Crabs in Meghalaya

Juhi Chaudhary 17/05/2017

A 29-year-old researcher Parveen Farzana Absar discovered a new...

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Fluoride Contamination Cripples a Thousand Children in Assam

Azera Parveen Rahman 14/05/2017

Fluoride concentration in groundwater is going up as wells...

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Why India and China Are Driving the ‘Global Green Shift’

Beth Walker 10/05/2017

In his new book 'Global Green Shift: When Ceres...

The Pandai river, artificially divided into three streams, as it flows from Nepal to India. Credit: Shawahiq Siddiqui

India-Nepal Border Plagued by Water Troubles

Shawahiq Siddiqui 06/05/2017

Sharing the water of a transboundary river can be...