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- In the early Holocene, West Siberian peatlands started storing carbon. Today, 11,700 years later, the lowland holds 70 billion tonnes, but thawing puts the store at risk
- Bengal UCC panel set to start public hearings: Consultations to be held in five segmentsWest Bengal's Uniform Civil Code commission will start public hearings soon. Retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai leads this i...08 Sep, 2026, 12.08 AM IST
- Amit Shah calls western states 'WEST' engine of India's economyUnion Home Minister Amit Shah highlighted the western region as India's economic growth engine. He defined 'WEST' as wealth, exports, start...07 Sep, 2026, 11.59 PM IST
- Nandigram, Rejinagar to vote on October 6 in West Bengal bypollsThe Election Commission announced bye-polls for Nandigram and Rejinagar seats on October sixth. These elections are necessitated by the res...07 Sep, 2026, 09.04 PM IST
- West Bengal CM says no Durga Puja carnival this year, promises hassle-free celebrationWest Bengal's first Durga Puja under the BJP government will feature large cultural programs and drone shows. The annual carnival, introduc...07 Sep, 2026, 07.15 PM IST
- West Bengal cabinet approves remuneration hike of over one lakh staffWest Bengal government will enhance employee remuneration benefiting over one lakh people. Forest officials and volunteers will see increas...07 Sep, 2026, 06.03 PM IST
- Glass, PET keep spirits high amid can shortageIndian beverage firms are increasingly using glass and PET bottles for packaging. This shift occurs as the West Asia conflict disrupts alum...07 Sep, 2026, 08.47 AM IST
- England’s hidden 7,500-acre wilderness could become the ‘Yellowstone of Britain’ — a £8.5 million rewilding project aims to bring back rare wildlife over the next 20 yearsEmblehope Moor in Northumberland is undergoing a significant nature restoration over twenty years. This ambitious project aims to rewet pea...06 Sep, 2026, 09.23 PM IST
- Tibetans adapted to live at high altitudes where oxygen is scarce; study suggests ancient interbreeding with an extinct human population may have given their ancestors a genetic advantage to survive in one of planet’s harshest environmentsTibetan highlander populations have distinct genetic variants in proximity to the EPAS1 gene, facilitating their adaptation to high altitud...06 Sep, 2026, 07.55 AM IST
- The Himalayas look unchanged from below, but something is happening high in the mountains — Nepal’s disaster offers a frightening clueA recent disaster in Nepal highlights growing instability in the warming Himalayas. Massive rock and ice collapses unleash destructive floo...05 Sep, 2026, 07.59 PM IST
- Weather today September 5: Will it rain today in Haryana, Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand, Punjab, West Bengal, and other states? Check IMD forecastWeather today September 5: IMD has forecast heavy to very heavy rain on September 5 across East Rajasthan, West Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Pu...05 Sep, 2026, 07.59 AM IST
- Why West Delhi produces so many entrepreneurs: CARS24 co-founder points to its Partition historyCARS24 co-founder Gajendra Jangid has questioned whether West Delhi has an unusual concentration of entrepreneurs and accomplished professi...02 Sep, 2026, 07.12 PM IST
- Northern Canada’s beavers used branches and mud to slow floodwaters; their 850-meter dam that can be seen from space transformed the forest into a pond holding 70 million liters of water over timeDeep inside Northern Alberta’s Wood Buffalo National Park, generations of beavers have constructed the largest known dam on Earth. Spanning...01 Sep, 2026, 09.10 PM IST
- In 2016, the Living Bog Project began restoring 750 hectares of Ireland’s raised bogs. 10 years later, over 6,300 peat dams have helped bring pioneer bog vegetation backThe Living Bog Project began Ireland's largest raised bog restoration in 2016. This initiative aimed to recreate over 750 hectares of activ...31 Aug, 2026, 09.55 PM IST
- He jumped 20 feet into a gorilla enclosure at Jersey Zoo in 1986 to save a 5-year-old boy who had fallen unconscious, then paramedic Brian Fox treated the injured child with a massive silverback only feet away, as stunned visitors watched from aboveThirty years ago, paramedic Brian Fox entered a gorilla enclosure to save a critically injured boy. He bravely climbed in after the five-ye...30 Aug, 2026, 02.38 PM IST
- In 2017, USGS and MIT researchers dated a magma pulse to 251.9 million years ago. 9 years later, it links to Earth's worst extinctionEarth faced its worst extinction event around 252 million years ago. Volcanic activity in the Siberian Traps is the leading explanation for...25 Aug, 2026, 12.05 AM IST
- In 2003, a businessman bought a 23,000-acre estate to restore it; now it's home to a million trees and red squirrelsBusinessman Paul Lister transformed Scotland's 23,000-acre Alladale estate into a wilderness reserve, planting one million native trees and...24 Aug, 2026, 06.43 PM IST
- In 2015, Indonesia's devastating El Niño fires burned 2.6 million hectares and sent toxic haze across Southeast Asia. 11 years later, restoration efforts had helped cut burned peatland area by 70% in 2023 compared with 2019, showing the value of rewettingIndonesia is facing renewed wildfire concerns as a strong El Niño brings the prospect of reduced rainfall in 2026. The country’s devastatin...15 Aug, 2026, 12.02 AM IST
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