Puneet A

When the Indian Patent Office rejected multinational conglomerate (MNC) AbbVie’s patent application for its cancer drug Venetoclax in late January, there was customary cheerleading that follows such decisions. Drug companies here were happy because their patent opposition, filed over a seven-year period from 2018, had finally been upheld and allowed them to launch generic versions […]

After nearly two decades of negotiations, on January 27 India and the EU signed a robust free trade agreement (FTA), allowing for closer trade ties. The India-EU Trade Deal, expected to benefit 2 billion people, will likely be rolled out in early 2027, after approval from the Indian Cabinet, European Parliament and the Council of

It is January in Srinagar. Outside, temperatures hover below freezing and fields lie fallow. Inside a research facility at Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology (SKUAST), however, rice plants behave as if it were summer—the season when the crop is sown in the Kashmir valley. Instead of waiting the usual 130 to 140 days

Every monsoon, in the hills of Darjeeling, the Himalayan salamander emerges from beneath the forest floor to breed. A delicate mating ritual ensues; for nearly 90 minutes, males and females circle one another in a slow dance before eggs are attached to semi-submerged vegetation. Without these wetlands and the vegetation the next generation will not

Tsering Namgayal walks with a herd of Pashmina goats across the Debring plains of the Changthang plateau in Ladakh. The land stretches wide under the bright sun, as a cold wind sweeps across this trans-Himalayan high ground. Dust rises in small clouds over the herd as the goats, also known as Changthangi goats, tap the

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has refused to interfere with the environmental clearance for the Great Nicobar Island project, concluding that “adequate safeguards have been provided” for gaps in the clearance process. The order follows a lengthy court battle challenging the project’s compliance with coastal regulations, which prohibit the development of large projects in sensitive

Supreme Court says menstrual health is part of the right to dignity and merits constitutional protection. Despite gains in toilets and tap connections, “period poverty” persists due to uneven access and non-functional facilities. Ten states and eight Union Territories failed to report on menstrual hygiene policy implementation after three years. Court signals that equality requires

Read all the news related to climate change in Hindi

Small rodents including rats have shared spaces with human civilisation for a long time as they live in proximity to people using the food, water and habitat shaped by human societies. References to rodents abound in folklore, stories, and often in negative idioms or phrases in multiple languages. While rats and other small rodents are