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How NGOs are bringing India's informal waste collectors into the system
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (537+ words) Shambhu Yadav travelled far from his home in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, to Pune, Maharashtra, in search of work. With no formal training to speak of, he was left with an option that employs millions of the country's population: waste collection....
Coal for cooking during LPG crisis raises questions over health risks
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (1230+ words) As the LPG (Liquefied Petroleum Gas) crisis deepens due to the ongoing conflict in West Asia, the Bihar government has taken an unusual decision: to provide coal for cooking to families holding ration cards. Under guidelines issued by the food…...
The slow exit of foraging in urban blue spaces
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (623+ words) Occasional foragers are better educated, employed, and belong to a higher-income category. They collect and cook foraged items occasionally but rarely sell them. Rare foragers, as the term suggests, barely engage with the edible landscape at all. These are mostly…...
Local land-atmosphere processes influence heatwaves
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (727+ words) Not all heatwaves in the Indo-Gangetic Plain are caused by large-scale weather systems; many are driven by local land and atmospheric conditions, a new study from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, reports. Heat accumulates more because of local…...
Project Cheetah takes new turns as young males explore the wild
3+ day, 16+ hour ago (948+ words) Project Cheetah is entering unchartered territories. And quite literally so. Early this April, a young male cheetah, KP-2, travelled over 150 km from Kuno National Park into Ranthambore Tiger Reserve in neighbouring Rajasthan, leaving a trail of suspense in its wake....
The search for climate resilient coffee in a warming world
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (1156+ words) Blending coffee and music comes naturally to Carnatic musician and coffee roaster Akshay Vaidyanathan. In 2019, he founded Kapikottai, a coffee brand he describes as a fun entrepreneurial experiment. A year later, he launched a new specialty coffee roast using Excelsa…...
Vanishing mango landraces reflect the loss of shared landscapes [Commentary]
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (195+ words) KAU lists Chandrakaran as valued for pickle mango, and local market reporting from Kochi in 2019 noted it selling at around "80 per kg, roughly double the price of some other local varieties in market that season. What we do not yet…...
How map scales impact coastal communities
5+ day, 10+ hour ago (711+ words) However, India's coastal regulation policy falls short in ensuring communities' rights over commons like these drying centres. But there is a catch. The guidelines demand CZM maps to be drawn on a scale of 1: 25, 000. At this scale, one grid covers…...
As temperatures rise, cattle industry feels the strain
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (690+ words) These farmers have played an important role in the growth of India's dairy sector over the last two decades. During this period, milk production increased from around 80 million tonnes in 2000 to 239 million tonnes in 2023. The impact of climate change ranges…...
Expressway underpasses see early wildlife movement
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (898+ words) The Wildlife Institute of India has documented early evidence of wildlife using underpasses built along the Delhi-Dehradun Economic Corridor, a 200-km expressway that has been operational since 2025 and officially inaugurated last month, in April. The team studied a 20-km stretch,…...