Coronavirus cases continue to rise sharply in the US, India and Brazil
No sign of things slowing down in the most affected countries.
Tag: India
Climate change is creating a marriage crisis for farmers across India
Women prefer to marry government employees who have a more stable income.
How Hinduism, the world’s oldest religion, came to be
One Hindu proverb says that there are many paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place. Only fools ...
Air pollution shortens global life expectancy by three years, study shows
The coronavirus isn't the only pandemic running amok.
The world’s most polluted cities: most are in India and China
Are we breathing clean air? If you are in India or China probably not.
Indian ministry recommends homeopathy against coronavirus
This is irresponsible.
Scientists in India find new type of viper — and it looks stunning
A beautiful snake of which we know very little.
Why India and Pakistan keep fighting over Kashmir — the history of the Kashmir conflict
It's one of the world's largest running conflicts. But why is it happening?
Indian state set to launch world’s biggest basic income experiment
This would be the world's largest experiment of this type.
China and India on track for world’s largest economies by 2030. US could lose first place as soon as next year
The United States will likely never be able to catch up with China.
India just launched the largest health insurance scheme on the planet
The new insurance scheme -- dubbed "Modicare" -- will offer free medical services to 500 million citizens.
India’s aquifers show “widespread” uranium contamination
India's groundwater problems are getting worse and worse.
Three confirmed, six suspected deaths from emerging Nipah virus in India
The WHO has previously placed this virus on its watchlist of pathogens with high "epidemic potential" and no known treatment.
“Nothing” changed: ancient Indian text pushes the history of zero back 500 years
As far as modern tech and know-how is concerned, zero is the hero.
Adorable pig-nosed frog completely new to science found in India
There's more to it than meets the eye.
Only half a degree of warming has more than doubled India’s risk of fatal heat waves
The poor are disproportionately affected.
Learning to read changes your brain from stem to cortex, study finds
The more you do it, the better it gets.
India cancels plans for huge coal power station — because solar energy is getting so cheap
Coal is losing more and more ground.
India and China are cutting down on coal, and this will save the atmosphere from 2-3 billion tonnes of CO2 by 2030
China and India are fast becoming climate champions. Who would have thought?
Why India might become the biggest market in the world for solar energy
India wants 100GW of solar and wind to come online by 2022.
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