1+ week, 2+ day ago  (981+ words) Out of 349 migratory freshwater fish that may qualify for protection under the CMS, only 24 are currently listed " leaving 325 still without legal protection, of which about 205 concentrated in Asia. Zeb Hogan, a fish biologist and the lead author of the report,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (926+ words) In a report submitted by the Parliamentary Standing Committee in the Rajya Sabha in December 2024, the Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Shripad Naik stated that the freight village would facilitate the shift of cargo from rail and road to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago  (716+ words) Central to dietary practices and known for its nutritional value and cultural significance, milk has a ubiquitous presence in Indian households. A robust network of corporations and informal milk traders ensure an abundant stream of supply to homes. However, those…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (1082+ words) However, 2025 brought Ali, and Ladakh's entire tourism sector, to the brink of a crisis. Later in August, after record-breaking rainfall, roads were closed and the region was cut off for a few weeks, discouraging tourists from travelling to Ladakh. In…...

4+ week, 16+ hour ago  (749+ words) Farmers are now converting several hectares of land to cultivate the tung tree, primarily Vernicia fordii and Vernicia montana, two closely related species whose seeds yield tung oil, a non-edible but highly valuable drying oil. However, experts caution the risks…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago  (426+ words) A recent study by botanists at Sikkim's SRM University documents 70 medicinal plant species used by Lepcha, Bhutia, Nepali, Limbu and Tibetan communities to treat 35 ailments. Conducted between July 2022 and June 2024, the study recorded the ethnomedicinal practices of Indigenous communities and…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (793+ words) We start around 4 am," he says, eyes fixed on the strip. By afternoon, the fingers stop listening." A full day's work earns him "100200. This kind of work can only be understood with the feet," Arjun Mohuli, a senior artisan from…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (594+ words) Buckwheat is one of the pseudo-cereals (not belonging to the true grass family) that contains protein of high nutritional value, dietary fibre, resistant starch, vitamins and minerals. As climate change begins to disrupt traditional cropping calendars across the Himalayas, buckwheat…...

2+ mon, 6+ day ago  (466+ words) The smallest inhabited island of the archipelago with its ecologically-sensitive marine landscape, Bitra is now under spotlight. The Lakshadweep administration is planning to take over the island, because of its strategic location, its national security relevance, and the inherent logistical…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (1103+ words) When 38-year-old Pradeep Kumar Bishwokarma was growing up in Ramgadhawa, a neighbourhood in southern Nepal's industrial town of Birgunj, he would jump into the Sirsiya river to beat the summer heat as his mother washed clothes and residents drew drinking…...