Climate change may lead to more precipitation and more intense floods. A new study shows that to understand the details of this relationship, it is important to distinguish between different types of rainfall and flood events — namely, between short-term events that occur on a time scale of hours, and longer-term events that last several.
Deepika Bhan Thirty-five years is a long time in the life of a nation. It is long enough for governments to change, for narratives to be rewritten, and for uncomfortable truths to be buried under layers of convenient silence. But for a community driven out of its homeland solely because it was Hindu, time has.
As Kerala moves closer to the Assembly polls, the ruling CPI(M) is leaving little to chance in its bid to secure a rare third consecutive term for Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. Stung by an unexpected drubbing in the December local body elections, the Left has recalibrated with a conspicuous pivot towards the state’s influential cultural.
The 2026-27 Rabi crop procurement season is about to begin in the country. This season will begin with the purchase of wheat on April 1, 2026. Despite the promotion of crop diversification in the country, farmers still have only two crops in their crop cycle: wheat and paddy. The Rabi procurement season begins with wheat.
A recent study has found out some interesting revelation. More than a third of India’s cattle rearers do not sell milk — the primary objective associated with bovine rearing — but instead prioritise non-market uses such as dung, draught power and income from selling animals. This was what recently disclosed by the Council on Energy,.
A research team created a plant-inspired molecule that can store four charges using sunlight, a key step toward artificial photosynthesis. Unlike past attempts, it works with dimmer light, edging closer to real-world solar fuel production. A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modelled on plant photosynthesis: under the.
Deepika Bhan It was an unexpected exchange between two otherwise composed senior women professionals in their mid-fifties that briefly cut through the din of the bustling newsroom. And the argument seemed to rival the drama of the flash shirtless protest by the Youth Congress workers during the AI Summit. While the newsroom was absorbed in.
Almost everyone has heard of day care centers for children. As economic hardships in ordinary people’s lives after marriage made it necessary for both couples, i.e., the man and the woman, to work, day care centers were established to provide for the proper upbringing of their children. This practice is outdated. Times are changing. The.
The landmark judgement by the Supreme Court is likely to be remembered not only for the public consensus it has generated but for the legal clarity with which it expands the meaning of life and dignity under Article 21 of the Constitution. By recognising access to menstrual health as a fundamental right, the court has.
Sanjeev Chopra India has digitized its food security architecture at an unprecedented scale over the last decade. Every stage of the value chain from procurement and storage to transportation, distribution, and subsidy settlement, is now underpinned by digital systems, generating continuous operational data while serving nearly 80 crore beneficiaries every month. The next governance challenge.
New measurements of radio galaxies reveal that the solar system is racing through the universe at over three times the speed predicted by standard cosmology. Using highly sensitive data from multiple radio telescope arrays, researchers uncovered a surprisingly strong dipole pattern–one that challenges longstanding assumptions about how matter is distributed across cosmic scales. The results.
