1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (13+ words) The Better India...

4+ day, 4+ hour ago   (1246+ words) From bringing Bappa home to joining the family celebrations, children have plenty of opportunities to be involved during Ganesh Chaturthi. With a little thought, these familiar moments can become meaningful lessons that help shape how they see their relationship with…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (528+ words) Known as “tiger widows”, some women in the Sundarbans have faced blame, abandonment and financial hardship after losing their husbands. In Jharkhali, they are now helping restore the mangroves their communities depend on. In the Sundarbans, going to work can…...

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (885+ words) They may look like tiny wildflowers or drops of dew, but these plants have a surprising way of surviving. Every monsoon, they emerge across Maharashtra’s rocky plateaus and trap insects for nutrients. During the monsoon, Maharashtra’s rocky plateaus change dramatically....

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (1326+ words) Having felt the difference in the air across ten cities, IIT Bombay scholar Rohan Kumar set out to build a purifier ordinary families could afford. His Enviroforge, made from plants, fibres and microbes, starts at Rs 2,000. “I could feel the…...

1+ week, 5+ hour ago   (530+ words) Roads in coal-mining regions take a daily beating from heavy trucks. Researchers at NIT Rourkela, Odisha, are turning coal waste and fly ash into a patented material that could help build roads better suited to that load. If you have…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (560+ words) With its round face, tiny ears, and thick fur, the Pallas’s cat looks almost like a cartoon character — but this elusive wild cat survives in some of India’s coldest, highest-altitude landscapes, from Ladakh and Himachal Pradesh to Sikkim and Arunachal…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (1304+ words) With Assam preparing to launch its first vulture restaurant in Kulsi, conservationists say managed feeding stations offering toxin-free carcasses may be critical to preventing starvation, breeding collapse, and further decline among India’s endangered vultures. At dawn, a carcass is dragged…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (906+ words) Why would anyone choose to build a life in Bengaluru? For many, the answer lies in its pleasant weather, tree-lined neighbourhoods and the joy of watching the city come alive during the monsoon. But while the rains transform Bengaluru into…...

2+ week, 14+ hour ago   (179+ words) They lost their husbands to tiger attacks. Now, these “tiger widows” are helping restore the very forest their families depend on. In the Sundarbans, women who lost their husbands to tiger attacks are planting 1 lakh mangrove saplings across 100 hectares of…...