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Book Excerpt: Valmik Thapar on tiger sex

India, Oct. 18 -- Young tigresses first come into oestrus between twenty-eight to thirty-six months. This is when conception can happen. Male tigers can father a litter from the age of forty to fifty ... Read More


Monoculture monotony

India, Oct. 18 -- Travelling across Lakhisarai district in northeastern Bihar, one is bound to see field after field of paddy, the crop grown here for generations. But as one approaches Durdih village... Read More


Uttarakhand Health Crisis: Almora deaths

India, Oct. 18 -- This is the Dhaludevi block in Uttarakhand's Almora district. Recently, it has been in the news due to a fever outbreak that has, since the past two weeks, claimed 9 lives and render... Read More


Upholding injustice in Hasdeo - a blow to tribal survival, biodiversity, and the greater good

India, Oct. 17 -- The Chhattisgarh High Court's decision to cancel community forest rights in Hasdeo Arand forest undermines tribal survival and biodiversity, favouring corporate interests. This ruli... Read More


Rainforests in Australia's tropical north become first to shift regime from carbon sink to source

India, Oct. 17 -- Driven by climate change, forests in Australia's tropical north have become the first in the world to transform from carbon sink to a source of emission, a study has found. The stud... Read More


Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (October 16, 2025)

India, Oct. 17 -- Illegal stone mining in Palamu The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on October 14, 2025, directed the Superintendent of Police in Palamu to file information on the action taken to curb... Read More


Sustainable fuel use could quadruple by 2035: IEA

India, Oct. 17 -- Global use of sustainable fuels could quadruple by 2035, according to a new IEA report. Biofuels, biogases and low-emissions hydrogen are key to cutting fossil fuel dependence in tr... Read More


14 of 36 Nigerian states score average in climate governance performance: Report

India, Oct. 17 -- Fourteen out of 36 states in Nigeria scored average in Climate Governance Performance, according to the 2025 Subnational Climate Governance Rating and Ranking exercise. The rating w... Read More


African languages for AI: the project that's gathering a huge new dataset

India, Oct. 17 -- A team of African experts is tackling the underrepresentation of African languages in AI by collecting diverse speech data for automatic speech recognition. Supported by the Gates F... Read More


The world wide web was meant to unite us but is tearing us apart instead. Is there another way?

India, Oct. 17 -- The world wide web, initially envisioned as a unifying force, is now contributing to societal division through online echo chambers and polarizing content. Studies suggest that soci... Read More