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A recent scientific analysis of lion-tailed macaques (Macaca silenus) across fragmented landscapes of the Western Ghats has produced an unexpected finding. Instead of declining uniformly, several populations of this endangered primate are holding steady and, in some locations, even increasing within plantation-dominated terrains and isolated forest fragments. Long-term demographic comparisons from the Anamalai landscape of

Coffee wilt disease has cost more than $1 billion since the 1990s and devastated African harvests New genetic research shows the fungus evolved by acquiring genes from other plant pathogens Horizontal gene transfer may explain why outbreaks shifted between arabica and robusta Findings highlight risks of monoculture farming and the need for smarter disease management

India and the United Kingdom (UK) on February 18 launched the India-UK Offshore Wind Taskforce, with Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy Pralhad Joshi describing it as a “Trustforce”. The Taskforce is aimed at accelerating strategic clean energy cooperation through time-bound, execution-focused collaboration. Addressing the launch alongside UK Deputy Prime Minister David Lammy and

On a humid morning at Kolavipalam beach in Kozhikode, at one of Kerala’s earliest community-led turtle conservation sites, volunteer Abdul Rahman walks slowly along the fenced hatchery enclosure, scanning the sand for any sign of disturbance. Two decades ago, he recalls, this stretch of the coast regularly recorded dozens of olive ridley nests each season,

The proximity of a protected area home to the largest reserve of Red Sanders (Pterocarpus santalinus) to the pilgrim town of Tirupati in Andhra Pradesh makes its smuggling easy, official sources have told Down To Earth (DTE). The valuable tree species is endemic to three districts (Chittoor, Nellore and YSR Kadapa) of southern Andhra Pradesh.

The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government has been heavily invested in the goal to make India a developed economy by 2047. It is Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s developmental and political slogan that he seems to be intensely engaged with. The government’s vision has put women as the axis on whose development and participation the

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