Like North India's Jats and Rors, Central Asia's Yaghnobis and Pamiris are among the closest 'living genetic links' to ancient Indo-Iranians

India, March 4 -- The ongoing war between the US and Israel and Iran has sparked much curiosity and interest about the West Asian country in India and abroad. Recent coverage in traditional and social... Read More

World Wildlife Day 2026: Meet the species that demand conservation attention

India, March 3 -- Halting the loss of biodiversity is one of the greatest conservation challenges of the 21st century. Despite decades of effort, the pace of decline shows little sign of slowing. Sinc... Read More

Operation 'Roaring Lion': Here is why the planet's second-largest cat is a recuring motif in Judaism

India, March 1 -- West Asia is currently aflame. On February 28, 2026, Israel and the United States launched an attack on Iran, after talks between the US and Iran broke down. The Israeli Prime Minis... Read More

As over 5 magnitude quake along India-Bangladesh border jolts Kolkata, here is why the metropolis is susceptible to large quakes

India, Feb. 27 -- Residents of Kolkata, eastern India's major metropolis, were jolted around lunch time after an earthquake along the nearby India-Bangladesh border caused tremors in and across the ci... Read More

Assam's Kaziranga is a stronghold of the endangered fishing cat as first scientific assessment finds thriving population

India, Feb. 24 -- Assam's iconic Kaziranga National Park and Tiger Reserve has emerged as a bastion of the endangered fishing cat (Prionailurus viverrinus), with a first-of-its-kind scientific assessm... Read More

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

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