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At sunrise, the courtyards of Mohuli village, an artisan hamlet in Dumka district of Jharkhand, resonate with the rhythmic rasping of dry bamboo being sliced. Buddhan Mohuli (65) sits cross-legged on a fraying jute sack, his toes gripping a curved blade. With each steady pull of his hand, a bamboo strip thins into fine, uniform

With expanding cities, rising housing demand, and large-scale infrastructure projects, India is witnessing one of the world’s fastest construction booms. Under the government’s urban housing scheme, over a period of 10 years, 11.8 million houses were sanctioned, 11.4 million grounded for construction, and over 8 million completed as of 2024. Meanwhile, under the rural housing

Most climate models have not been able to adequately capture the picture of ecological imbalance visible across India. Long-term changes in vegetation cover indicate that in regions where green cover has increased, the expansion may also be influenced by invasive alien species. This is particularly evident in the Western Ghats, where such shifts could alter

For human beings, the topic of excreta is considered a subject of disgust and embarrassment. The Big Book of Wild Poop, written by Shweta Taneja, sets out to change the narrative of how humans, children in particular, view poop. In the animal world, excreta is not waste but information, food, camouflage and defence, the book

Former Supreme Court judge Deepak Gupta says courts are no longer as proactive on environmental protection Warns that procedure alone cannot justify projects that result in environmental disaster Questions recent Supreme Court handling of Great Nicobar and Vanatara matters Says sustainable development cannot include damage that cannot be reversed or compensated “The Supreme Court of

Microplastics have been found in three lakes in the Kumaon region of Uttarakhand, with concentrations increasing in more urbanised areas, a new study has found. High altitude lakes are especially vulnerable to the accumulation of microplastics because they react quickly to changes in the watershed. Three high altitude lakes in Kumaon were chosen for the

Forests are widely regarded as the global carbon sinks, capturing almost 50 per cent of fossil-fuel emissions. Currently, forests sequester around 30 per cent of the anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. South Asia continues to be a carbon sink with India being the largest contributor, both as a source and a sink. Despite covering mere

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