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A sacred grove in Sikkim. Image by Amitabha Gupta via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0).

Sacred groves anchor traditional healing: study

Shradha Triveni 3 Mar 2026
Rekha, in her 40s, and Ratnabai, 50, are sisters who live in a low-lying migrant neighbourhood in Bengaluru. They are domestic workers. High-rises have hemmed in their neighbourhood, and the nearby lake floods when it rains heavily. Image by Mahima Jain.

Urban climate risks push migrant workers to sweat without safety

Mahima Jain 10 Feb 2026
A farmer gathers freshly harvested Mushk Budji, a rice variety that nearly disappeared due to blast disease before recent revival efforts by SKUAST-Kashmir. Image by Hirra Azmat.

Saving a traditional grain through modern plant breeding

Hirra Azmat 19 Dec 2025

New study highlights emerging disease risk from mosquitoes

Bharti Dharapuram 2 Dec 2025
An Aedes albopictus female mosquito obtaining a blood meal from a human host. Warmer temperatures play a key role in this by creating optimal conditions for the mosquito vectors which thrive between 25°C and 30°C. Image by James Gathany/CDC via Wikimedia Commons (Public Domain).

Warming temperature and humidity expand dengue’s reach

Nabeela Khan 3 Nov 2025
Blood glucose testing being conducted in a clinic in Kolkata. Representative image by Biswarup Ganguly via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0).

Overlooking climate change impacts may affect diabetes treatment in India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 10 Jul 2025
Meliodosis infections in Odisha tend to be highest during heavy rainfall, high humidity, high cloud cover, and low sunlight conditions. In Odisha, these conditions prevail for half the year. Image by Chinmayee Mishra via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Climate-based mapping of a rare but emerging disease in Odisha

Anusha Krishnan 13 Mar 2025
Campylobacter jejuni food-borne pathogens

Food-borne bugs and their links with climate change come into focus

T. V. Padma 24 Feb 2025

Pune’s Zika and GBS outbreaks call for better use of surveillance, data

Disha Shetty 13 Feb 2025
mosquito Aedes aegypti dengue mortality

Dengue mortality projected to rise in a warming world

Simrin Sirur 28 Jan 2025

Battling infectious, zoonotic diseases despite leading health indicators

Saritha S. Balan 8 Nov 2024

[Commentary] Unusual sheep flock in Goa raises concerns over climate-driven disease spread

Aaron Savio Lobo 13 Jun 2024

Human disturbance alters parasite communities, increases infectious disease: study

Divya Khatter 19 Oct 2021

Deforestation and disease: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

[Interview] Taking One Health approach to tackle zoonoses crucial for India

Sahana Ghosh 19 Mar 2020

Higher average temperatures linked to chikungunya risk in India

Sahana Ghosh 27 Sep 2018