Environment minister Bhupendra Yadav released the 2021 ‘State of Forest’ report, compiled by the Forest Survey, on January...
Jan 13, 2022
India Proceeds With Plan To Bring Cheetahs Back, but Experts Brace for Bad News
A plan to introduce African cheetahs to India has been on the cards for almost two decades now....
Jan 08, 2022
DCGI Approved 2 COVID-19 Vaccines and a Drug. So Why Isn’t India Using Them?
New Delhi: At 4 pm on January 5, top members of India’s COVID-19 response programme and vaccination drive organised...
Jan 06, 2022
Missing: Bank Credit Engine in India’s Economic Growth
The Indian economy has been in a downward credit spiral for the last decade. While bank credit figures...
Jan 05, 2022
Himalayan Glaciers Losing Ice 10x Faster Today Than They Did Until 1975
In a new study, researchers analysed ice loss from 14,798 Himalayan glaciers since the Little Ice Age, 400-700...
Jan 04, 2022
COVID (Mostly) and Beyond: India’s 10 Biggest Health Stories From 2021
As 2021 draws to a close, here are 10 major developments in India’s healthcare sector that defined the...
Dec 31, 2021
Inside the Winter of Discontent for India’s Gig Workers
There is a storm of discontent brewing within India’s app-based worker community, which the Union government has been...
Dec 29, 2021
How Much More Polluted Did the Ganga Get Because of Bodies in the River?
As the COVID-19 outbreak in India swelled earlier this year, there were reports of people dumping the bodies...
Dec 29, 2021
GDP Numbers: What’s Wrong With How India Measures Manufacturing Output Data
With the release of the GDP figures for the quarter ending September, the government machinery has been in...
Dec 15, 2021
The COVID-19 Pandemic Dealt a Body Blow to World’s Anti-Malaria Efforts in 2020
Disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in the highest increases in malaria cases and deaths worldwide in...
Jun 12, 2021
