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Decarbonising the steel industry — one of the largest coal consuming industries in India — focuses primarily on reducing carbon dioxide emissions to prevent the greenhouse gas effect. However, industrial processes in steel-making also cause air pollution, releasing sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and particulate matter, all of which adversely impact public health. A new analysis

A new study analysing two decades of organised crop-guarding efforts to deter elephants from entering farms has found a counterintuitive outcome: villages with active monitoring recorded two to three times more elephant deaths. The elephant monitoring squads were set up in 2004 in Assam’s Sonitpur district where human-elephant conflict had led to high fatalities on

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This sugar-free, dry fruit laddu holds a special place in my home. I remember watching my mother make it during winters and festivals as a healthy alternative to sugary sweets. We prepare it in winter, during festivals, or when someone needs extra nutrition, like during exams or recovery. Made with dates instead of sugar, it

Roselle chutney (Meseka Tenga Phul jelly) is an Assamese preparation. It is delicious jam that is made especially during the winter season. My mother used to make this jelly, and I used to carry it in my school tiffin to eat with puris. This jam was healthy and also tasted far better than the jam

Being raised in a typical Bengali home, winter always meant a variety of seasonal delicacies from my mother’s kitchen. And while the end of winters was the time for Saraswati Puja, it was also the time when we used to have Sojna Fuler chocchorri as it tasted different and also had medicinal properties. Today, as

My first taste of dry neem phool bhurji was at my in-laws’ place post-marriage. I wondered whether it was edible. But upon trying, I loved it. Later, I grabbed neem flowers from my mom’s house tree. In summer, we spread a cloth under the tree, collect the dry fallen flowers, clean, and sun-dry them for

On hazy winter mornings in Delhi, the air people breathe at street level may not tell the full story. A new peer-reviewed study published in Nature npj Clean Air reports that PM2.5 concentrations were up to 60% higher at around 100 metres above ground compared to surface levels during severe haze episodes. The findings suggest