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Ranjona Banerji | Inside The Mind Of An Internet Troll

But you know what upsets these trolls even more than being female, Bengali, witches, Islamo whatever? It’s being all...

16 May 2026 10:15 PM IST

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AA Edit | Goodall Explained Nature To World

A pioneering ethologist, conservationist and humanitarian, she transformed both science and society with her quiet...

4 Oct 2025 12:12 AM IST

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Water Found At Origin Points Of Only 7 Of 32 Rivers, Visited By MP...

The minister has started visiting the origin points of the major and small rivers in Madhya Pradesh before chalking out...

11 Sept 2025 2:35 AM IST

A water vendor and residents of an area take drinking water from a roadside water source in Kolkata. (Photo: AP)

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AA Edit | Meet summer needs sustainably

The government is anticipating a record peak power demand of 270 gigawatts (GW) this summer, as against previous...

2 March 2025 11:07 PM IST

The findings may have implications for understanding the fate of bamboo-feeding giant pandas, too. (Photo: Pixabay)

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Climate change may slowly starve bamboo lemurs: study

The study analysed the anatomic, behavioural and paleontological data of lemurs along with climate data.

31 Oct 2017 3:40 PM IST

It is not temperatures but scarcity of water limiting the growth of forests as global warming increases. (Photo: File)

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Global forest growth limited by scarcity of water as climate warms up

Study analysis ring width measurements from trees across all continents, except Antarctica.

21 Jan 2019 4:24 PM IST

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Fading green cover

Shouldn't the governments refrain from allotting green zones for industrial purposes?

25 Feb 2019 4:47 AM IST

Artworks by Meghna Agarwal, titled Animal too Deserve this Planet

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Pretty things, or maybe not?

Meghna Agarwal, a young artist, has decided to showcase her artwork which dwells on the effect of deforestation.

28 April 2019 7:35 AM IST

After two weeks of deliberations, a criminal court in Puyo, Ecuador, accepted a Waorani tribe bid for court protection in Pastaza province to stop an oil bidding process. (Photo: AFP)

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Amazon tribe's first victory against oil companies

Waorani indigenous people from Ecuador succeed in preventing their land from being exploited for oil exploration by the...

27 April 2019 11:48 AM IST

According to authorities, the plantations will not only help in protecting the environment but will also help marginal farmers increase their income. (Photo: ANI)

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Local authorities conducting tree plantation drive

In Leh, tree plantation drive to stem spike in pollution.

19 May 2019 10:39 AM IST

$The Bolsonaro administration has consistently decalred climate change to be a \secondary\ issue, reaffirming its lack of interest in participating in international efforts to fight global warming. (Photo: Representational/Pixabay)$ Life

Amazon forest's systematic destruction under Bolsonaro

Here's how the rainforests of Amazon in Brazil have suffered under the leadership of their current president, Jair...

15 May 2019 2:49 PM IST

Kayapo ethnic group leader Raoni Metuktire attended a meeting with deputies to discuss the rights of indigenous people at the National Congress in Brasilia. (Photo: AFP)

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In defence of Amazon

Indigenous chief Raoni from Brazil to travel across Europe to highlight the threats to the Amazon ecosystem.

14 May 2019 8:49 PM IST