Heatwaves are no longer climate anomalies; they are the new normal. As India enters an era of prolonged, intense, and unpredictable thermal extremes, its rural backbone is showing signs of distress. I...
India, a nation perched precariously on one of the most active seismic belts in the world, faces a curious paradox: despite mounting geological evidence and rising urban vulnerability, public understa...
Heatwaves have become one of the most lethal and least acknowledged consequences of climate change in India. What was once an occasional extreme is now a defining feature of India’s seasonal climate,...
<p>The economic development of a society depends to a large extent on the judicious management of its natural resources, renewable as well as non-renewable. Among renewable resources, forest cover occ...
<p>Devotees on pilgrimage in the Vaishno Devi Yatra in Jammu & Kashmir were stranded after 25,000 pilgrims had registered for a trek at 3:30 pm on May 23rd, 2018 due to a forest fire in Trikuta Hi...
<p>Indigenous knowledge has great scientific value as it can be instrumental in efforts towards scientific raw data and also conservation. Such is the case of indigenous knowledge of Himalayan medicin...
<p>In February 2002, the Supreme Court of India passed an order prohibiting state governments and also tribals and other traditional forest dwellers from removing dead, dying trees and grasses and tre...
<p>The economic development of a society depends to a large extent on the judicious management of its natural resources, renewable as well as non-renewable. Among renewable resources, forest cover occupies a unique position owing to its role in maintaining ecological balance, environmental stability and sustainable economic development.</p>
<p>Devotees on pilgrimage in the Vaishno Devi Yatra in Jammu & Kashmir were stranded after 25,000 pilgrims had registered for a trek at 3:30 pm on May 23rd, 2018 due to a forest fire in Trikuta Hills.</p>
<p>Indigenous knowledge has great scientific value as it can be instrumental in efforts towards scientific raw data and also conservation. Such is the case of indigenous knowledge of Himalayan medicinal plants, which can be rooted in a culture’s heritage.</p>
