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[Photos] In the dark world of white clay

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 24 Sep 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

India’s expert forest panel calls for sustainable mining

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Jun 2021

India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Will the COVID-19 second wave buck the trend for the Indian middle class?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 May 2021

How did a once water-rich village in Goa become entirely dependent on tankers?

Supriya Vohra 30 Mar 2021

[Explainer] Understanding the science behind avian influenza

Femi E. Benny 25 Feb 2021

Lack of alternatives force women back to work in stone mines, which are health hazards

Mayank Aggarwal 1 Feb 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021
A vendor carrying LPG cylinders

Government survey paints a different picture of Ujjwala scheme claims

Kundan Pandey 22 Jan 2021

Ignored and invisible: The burden of mining on women

Mayank Aggarwal 20 Jan 2021

Coal industry gets a single-window clearance system but the affected people are ignored

Mayank Aggarwal 18 Jan 2021

Where is the DMF money meant for people living in mining areas going?

Mayank Aggarwal 14 Jan 2021
Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa, India. Photo by Frederick Noronha/Wikimedia Commons.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study

Mayank Aggarwal and Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2020

There is a path to prosperity for India’s coal-dependent towns, but it’s tough

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Nov 2020
Containers with microbial spray solution at an IARI facility. Photo by special arrangement.

[Commentary] A microbial spray could be the game changer against crop residue burning

Usha Rai 19 Nov 2020
Festive gift pack comprising exotic organic seeds, plants and organic tea - Picture Courtesy - Shweta Thakur Nanda

Green is the new gold this festive season

Shweta Thakur Nanda 11 Nov 2020

Rajasthan’s phosphate mines deprive villagers of land, livelihood, health

Kapil Kajal 28 Oct 2020

After early success, Kerala stumbles in containing the COVID-19 pandemic

K.A. Shaji 23 Oct 2020

Fly ash in India: A free movement of toxicity to Bangladesh

Namrata Acharya 23 Oct 2020