Climate change threatens global plant species as habitats shrinkMany familiar plants may disappear by 2100. Climate change is shrinking their habitats, putting species at high risk of extinction. Researc...
23 May, 2026, 03.48 PM IST
Death toll from catastrophic flooding in Texas over July Fourth weekend surpasses 100Catastrophic flooding in Texas over the July Fourth weekend has resulted in over 100 deaths, with search-and-rescue teams continuing their ...
08 Jul, 2025, 01.03 PM IST
AI generates loads of carbon emissions. It’s starting to cut them, tooWhile AI's energy consumption raises climate concerns, it also offers solutions. AI optimizes transportation, reducing fuel use in vehicles...
18 Apr, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Wayanad Landslide: 'We saw people being swept away,' says police officerCivil Police Officer Jiblu Rahman recounted the harrowing landslides in Wayanad, where he and forest officers saved numerous lives. Rahman ...
08 Aug, 2024, 11.46 AM IST
Can Kerala's antibiotic abuse project inspire India's antimicrobial resistance fight?In 2019, nearly 300,000 deaths in India were due to AMR. Over 1 million deaths were linked to drug resistance, making infections more chall...
17 Feb, 2024, 11.08 PM IST
The 4 billion pieces of paper keeping global trade afloatLess than 2% of trade happening globally is done digitally. But it is on the verge of change as world’s top 10 container shipping lines hav...
04 Oct, 2023, 09.46 AM IST
US climate bill keeps hope alive for halting warming at 1.5°CThe 1.5°C warming limit was enshrined into the Paris Agreement in 2015 as a shared goal of world governments. It’s a crucial threshold beyo...
13 Aug, 2022, 11.35 AM IST
The hideous strength of the U.S. DollarBar a handful of outliers, including the Brazilian real and the Peruvian sol, the dollar is omnipotent versus pretty much every currency in...
03 May, 2022, 04.00 PM IST
Uttarakhand glacier burst: ‘We helplessly watched our loved ones washed away’While those in the higher reaches saw their loved ones swept away, those downhill darted in panic. “Bhaago (run),” people were screaming. B...
08 Feb, 2021, 10.40 AM IST
Return part was most difficult: Major who led surgical strikesThe Army Major speaks about the stunning mission in a new book being brought out on the first anniversary of surgical strikes in Pakistan o...
14 Jul, 2018, 02.13 PM IST
High Altitude Warfare School: Where Indian jawans are trained to survive in SiachenWhen in trouble or lost, next to God remember HAWS,” screams a large board as one enters the main building of the High Altitude Warfare Sch...
11 Jul, 2018, 01.47 PM IST
Nainital Made Me Feel Lonely Then This HappenedI won't deny that this observation takes me over whenever I trot globally or locally. And, every trip gets me closer to myself.
19 Jul, 2017, 03.58 PM IST
Manipal: How a barren hillock in Mangalore has transformed into a university townToday, there are no additional expenses apart from what is mentioned in the prospectus and all transactions are done through banks, say uni...
11 Dec, 2016, 10.19 AM IST
What Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew did right!For a nation or a city to ride fast on the development track, it is very important to get a leader who mentors and spearheads the uphill ta...
27 Mar, 2015, 10.58 PM IST
- No saviour for Buxa tiger reserve
For Raju Karki (name changed) of Raimatang, one of the 12 villages dotting the core area of Buxa Tiger Reserve, sneaking into the forest on...
23 Jun, 2013, 07.13 AM IST
- Mid-tier IT firms battle attrition
For smaller software exporters aspiring to join the billion-dollar club, the attrition rates are already in high double digits, as bigger r...
26 Oct, 2010, 05.19 AM IST
Interaction with rare mountain gorillas of RwandaThe arduous treks through verdant forests of Rwanda made for a very different holiday.
09 Sep, 2010, 03.58 AM IST