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Aathira Perinchery
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Worshipping big cats: In Maharashtra, faith meets conservation as humans and leopards share space
Scientists conducted a preliminary exploratory study to understand the relationship between the Warli community and Waghoba.
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Rooftop solar is a better bet for India than large-scale renewable energy projects
India has a target of achieving 40 GW of green energy from the rooftop solar sector by 2022 but it has not been able to achieve even 20% from it so far.
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With forests being at the centre of climate change discourse, are we ignoring role of grasslands?
Such ecosystems play a major role in carbon sequestration, but are often overlooked.
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Trending
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Over 17,400 citizens write to EC seeking action against PM Narendra Modi for hate speech
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Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’
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Dubai: How a high-altitude jet stream, not cloud seeding, created a storm ‘the size of France’
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The Jammu and Kashmir voter who is fighting corruption in job recruitments
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How Guwahati became the second-most polluted city in the world
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In the Gulf of Mannar, abandoned fishing nets are posing a threat to corals and the marine ecosystem
Though marine debris spans an area of only 1,150 square metres, researchers are worried about its impact on one of India’s only four major coral reefs.
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How locals respond to predators in the Himalayas, where human-wildlife conflict is commonplace
People’s perception of the risk posed by wolves and snow leopards played a role in their attitudes toward the carnivores.
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In Kerala, a hydropower project has got both environmentalists and Adivasi communities worried
More than 1,800 rainforest trees will be axed in Thrissur district for the project near Athirapilly dam.
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Video
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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Eco India: How can India deal with its mounting tyre waste?
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Eco India, Episode 258: Is repurposing waste saving the environment from further degradation?
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A frog species discovered in the Eastern Ghats has now been seen 1,000 km away in the Western Ghats
The discovery proves that the Kalinga cricket frog may be distributed across a larger area than earlier, possibly incomplete, surveys showed.
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The newly-discovered Gollum snakehead fish from Kerala may have lived alongside dinosaurs
Scientists have found that the species, which possibly evolved at least 109 million years ago, is genetically distinct from other snakehead fish worldwide.
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India’s leopard population declined by 90% over two centuries, suggests study
Experts have called for further investigation, given limitations of genetic data.
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The Reel
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’
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In Cannes-bound ‘In Retreat’, a Ladakh that has rarely been seen before
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‘Trap’ trailer: M Night Shyamalan’s thriller stars Josh Hartnett as a serial killer
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Watch: Five directors shoot on iPhones for MAMI Mumbai Film Festival initiative
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Indian scientists are using strands of tiger hair to map the wild cat’s population
The hair, usually shed at scratch posts, can provide whole-genome sequences.
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A chance spotting in the Western Ghats led to the discovery of a new wood snake species
The Palghat Gap may be causing diversification of species in the region.
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India is home to over 8,000 species of medicinal plants – and they’re increasingly under threat
For many indigenous communities, they are an integral part of primary healthcare.
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The Field
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IPL 2024: Sandeep Sharma, Yashasvi Jaiswal lead Rajasthan Royals to dominant win over Mumbai Indians
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Squash: Saurav Ghosal announces retirement from professional circuit
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju – inexperienced, expected to fail, but the chosen Candidate
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Chess: Gukesh Dommaraju becomes youngest winner in history of Candidates tournament
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ISL 2024: Vikram Partap Singh bounced back from tragedy to reach great heights in breakthrough year