Over 12 million young fish released in Pune reservoir to help restore ecological balance lost due to invasive species

India, Feb. 20 -- The Fisheries Department of Maharashtra, along with personnel from the Bombay Natural History Society (BNHS), released 12.2 million fish fingerlings into one of Maharashtra's most im... Read More

South Asia's Indus Valley or Harappan Civilisation could be over 8,000 years old, more ancient than Mesopotamia, Egypt or China: Paper

India, Feb. 17 -- The Indus Valley or Harappan Civilisation of the Indian subcontinent could be over 8,000 years old, something which would make it more ancient than peers like Mesopotamia (modern-day... Read More

Ahmedabad, India's seventh-largest city, has 181 bird species or nearly one-third of Gujarat's avifauna

India, Feb. 14 -- A new atlas released by Ahmedabad University recorded 181 bird species in Ahmedabad, nearly a third of Gujarat's avifauna, in a single winter season. The recently published Ahmedaba... Read More

Wuthering Heights: Was Heathcliff of the West Yorkshire Moors actually from the hoars of Sylhet?

India, Feb. 13 -- Controversy has erupted over the latest cinematic adaptation of Emily Bronte's 1847 novel Wuthering Heights. The movie, which releases today in the United States, stars Australian ac... Read More

De-notified, nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes must have their own separate entry in forthcoming Census: Ganesh Devy

India, Feb. 8 -- Veteran linguist, author and activist Ganesh Narayan Devy has urged the Centre to grant the Denotified and Nomadic Tribes (DNTs) their own separate entry in the forthcoming Census of ... Read More

From Vanuatu to the Seychelles: How the Saltwater crocodile once lorded over the Indo-Pacific

India, Feb. 6 -- The range of the saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) once extended from the Seychelles archipelago in the Indian Ocean near the African mainland to Vanuatu in the South Pacific O... Read More

There are now 9,000 described species of amphibians officially

India, Feb. 5 -- Amphibians, one of the most imperiled groups of life forms on the planet, have now officially reached 9,000 described species, according to a new research paper. Amphibians reach 9,0... Read More

Meet Ibu Baron or The Baroness, the longest measured snake in the world. She measures almost 24 feet

India, Feb. 5 -- A giant female reticulated python (Malayopython reticulatus) discovered deep in the forests of the Indonesian island of Sulawesi late last year is now believed to be the longest measu... Read More

Republic Day 2026: How the Bactrian camel, featured in this year's parade, once helped connect China and India

India, Jan. 25 -- This year, crowds in the national capital will be treated to a visual treat as two majestic Bactrian camels (Camelus bactrianus) named 'Galwan' and 'Nubra', will walk down Kartavya P... Read More

Shir-o-Khurshid: How an ancient motif from Mesopotamia connects current protests in Iran with South Asia's Mughal Empire

India, Jan. 10 -- The social networking website X (formerly Twitter) replaced Iran's official flag emoji with the pre-revolution Lion-and-Sun emblem (Shir-o-Khurshid) on January 9, 2026, even as anti-... Read More

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