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Gamma rays may warn you
26 Jun 2019 5:05 PM GMTRadiation sensors can predict lightning within 10 minutes and around 2 kilometres of where they happen
The message from youth
19 Jun 2019 4:31 PM GMTAt the ongoing UNFCCC conference in Bonn, UN Climate Change Executive Secretary emphasised the need to take part in this ‘fight of our lives’
Russia's hybrid mission
16 May 2019 2:51 PM GMTWith 30 gene-edited plants and animals, the country aims to create 10 new varieties of such crops and animals by 2020, and another 20 by 2027
Charting a way forward
8 May 2019 3:40 PM GMTThe world needs transformative changes, else humanity will miss Sustainable Development Goals, as warns IPBES report
PepsiCo vs potato farmers
2 May 2019 4:37 PM GMTGujarat will fail farmers if it succumbs to corporate lobbying. Activists oppose the government’s attempt to settle the matter with the company
Half chance for normal monsoon
15 April 2019 3:30 PM GMTIn contrast to IMD, weather agencies in other countries had declared weak El Nino conditions at the beginning of 2019
Star-spotting apes and others
10 April 2019 4:28 PM GMTA new collaboration between astrophysicists, conservationists, and ecologists is aiming to save rare and endangered animals
Why is Mount Kenya burning?
6 March 2019 4:41 PM GMTThe Kenyan biosphere reserve is a UNESCO World Heritage Site
Fall Armyworm infests India
27 Feb 2019 4:45 PM GMTIn nine months, the deadliest pest epidemic has spread to 10 Indian states causing widespread crop damage
Remnants of a tragedy
8 Dec 2018 1:54 PM GMTIn their recently released book, Bhopal Gas Tragedy, After 30 Years, Sunita Narain and Chandra Bhushan reach the depths of India’s first tryst with an...
No 'lucky' owls for black magic
5 Nov 2018 4:17 PM GMTThe nocturnal bird is poached in thousands as occult practitioners tout use of their body parts as significant to cure illnesses and fight effects of...
Clean air is a human right
4 Nov 2018 6:09 PM GMTWorld needs to reduce the number of deaths from air pollution by two-thirds by 2030, said director-general, WHO in his closing address at a global...