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Ambikapur, a city in Chhattisgarh, created its own decentralised waste management plan that not only minimises waste that reaches a landfill site, but also generates revenue for the local municipal ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Morning walkers, residents of nearby residential complexes, vouch for the beauty and serenity of Jakkur Lake in Bengaluru and completely endorse ...
Different animals make unique sounds. They use sounds to communicate with each other. With the help of bioacoustics, scientists are now beginning to understand how animals share information, work ...
The index uses the latest framework from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) to assess climate risk in the Himalayas. Researchers determined district level risk by analysing three of ...
Migratory raptors, such as harriers, are avoiding areas dominated by wind farms in Tamil Nadu, indicate initial observations, as part of ongoing studies by the researchers of Ashoka Trust for Research ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. Ongoing research over the last 30-50 years has identified many factors that affect the Indian summer monsoon. These range from long-term, ...
As the world celebrates the Year of the Tiger in 2022, humans continue to threaten the cat’s long-term survival in the wild by killing, buying and selling tigers and their prey, and encroaching into ...
Touted as a shining example of India’s ingenuity, KC Valley project transports Bengaluru’s secondary treated wastewater to parched rural neighbourhoods in Kolar district. Scientists and activists are ...
Municipal solid waste from India contributed to 10% of waste leakage to the world’s rivers in 2020, according to a new study. In future scenarios where population growth is high, but urbanisation slow ...
If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) conducted an inferred level exploration in Jammu & Kashmir recently, where a lithium deposit was identified ...
Delhi hosts seven biodiversity parks, which were restored from degraded lands to serve as urban forests, providing ecological benefits. Initiatives such as converting mining pits into orchid and ...