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...
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
<p>World wind types Ascertaining wind types is important to understand disaster’s. On May 30, 2017, a severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ crossed the Bangladesh coast in the forenoon, with a peak surfa...
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
<p>Have you ever visited the Son Doong Cave in the forests of Vietnam. It is among the largest and most spectacular limestone caverns in the world, measuring 5.5 miles in length, with some of its larg...
ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, EARTH SCIENCE
<p>Illegal mining and its control has always been troublesome for India. Mining activity is illegal if it is done without licenses or outside the permitted leased areas. Even extraction above the perm...
ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, ENVIRONMENT
<p>Acid mine drainage can occur indefinitely for hundreds of years even after the mining activities have ended and thus affects a large horizon – ecologically and economically. The mines continue to p...
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
<p>World wind types Ascertaining wind types is important to understand disaster’s. On May 30, 2017, a severe cyclonic storm ‘Mora’ crossed the Bangladesh coast in the forenoon, with a peak surface wind speed of 130 kmph (IMD, 2017).]</p>
EARTH SCIENCE, ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, SCIENCE
<p>Have you ever visited the Son Doong Cave in the forests of Vietnam. It is among the largest and most spectacular limestone caverns in the world, measuring 5.5 miles in length, with some of its largest caverns high enough to house a 40 storey building.</p>
ENGLISH FREE ARTICLE, EARTH SCIENCE
<p>Illegal mining and its control has always been troublesome for India. Mining activity is illegal if it is done without licenses or outside the permitted leased areas. Even extraction above the permissible limit is illegal. Though hazards from illegal mining are similar to normal mining, it intensifies the hazard condition without any gain.</p>
