Student distress is an increasingly recognised concern, poignantly reflected in the rising instances of student suicides across institutions of higher learning in India. Despite institutional mechanis...
ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS, BIODIVERSITY
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has announced plans to reduce the Kaziranga Eco-Sensitive Zone (ESZ) to one km as opposed to the current 10 km. The state government’s intention has raised con...
Glaw Lake was recently designated as Arunachal Pradesh’s First and India’s 101st Ramsar Site. It is located within the Kamlang Tiger Reserve and Wildlife Sanctuary. It hosts diverse flora and fauna sp...
Greenhouse gases and its increase in the atmosphere with its consequent warming trend is well documented. Debate concerning global warming is not related to the initial warming, which is inevitable, b...
The resistance of a healthy mangrove wall is known to even stand the fury of cyclones and tsunamis.
In a tropical regime such as ours, insect boom would be more persistent leading to an unprecedented rise in the use chemical pesticides. To prevent such a fallout, bio alternatives need to be sought.
Biosphere Reserves are rich in biological and cultural diversity and encompass unique features of exceptionally pristine nature. The goal of the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) is to facili...
Greenhouse gases and its increase in the atmosphere with its consequent warming trend is well documented. Debate concerning global warming is not related to the initial warming, which is inevitable, but the later response in terms of added moisture, sequestration by oceans, response from changes in cloud cover - all unknown with an increasing order of uncertainty.
The resistance of a healthy mangrove wall is known to even stand the fury of cyclones and tsunamis.
In a tropical regime such as ours, insect boom would be more persistent leading to an unprecedented rise in the use chemical pesticides. To prevent such a fallout, bio alternatives need to be sought.
