Nilgiri marten faces habitat fragmentation

Nilgiri marten, a rare species endemic to the Western Ghats, faces intense challenges due to habitat fragmentation and encroachment. A recent study focuses on the situation of this small carnivore.Approximately 62 percent... Read more »

Water: Sustaining Bird Life

Water and its importance to migratory birds – and the increasing threats to both water quality and quantity –  is the focus of this year’s World Migratory Bird Day, on May 13... Read more »

EU’s comprehensive climate action plan

The EU has introduced a comprehensive climate action plan called the Fit for 55 package to minimize greenhouse gas emissions that plays a major role in the global warming and climate change.... Read more »

Intellectual Property

Every year, WIPO declares a new theme for World Intellectual Property Day to inspire women creators, entrepreneurs, and inventors. The theme for the 2023 celebration of World Intellectual Property Day is “Women... Read more »

Asteroid lost 1 million kg after collision with DART

NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft smashed into an asteroid deliberately, on September 2022, altering the rock’s trajectory through space. Scientists have deconstructed the collision. DART, which was the size of... Read more »

ALMA telescope in the Atacama desert

The Atacama Large Millimetre/submillimetre Array (ALMA) is a radio telescope comprising 66 antennas placed in the Atacama Desert of Chile. Recently ALMA is set to get software and hardware upgrades that will... Read more »

The UN Maternal Mortality Estimation

The United Nations Maternal Mortality Estimation Inter–Agency Group (MMEIG) released a report on the maternal mortality rate. The report shows the maternal mortality rates between 2000 and 2020. The MMEIG comprises of... Read more »

Earth’s inner core revealed by large quakes

The reverberations from earthquakes as they bounce back and forth through the centre of Earth have revealed new details about the structure of the planet’s inner core, according to a study published... Read more »

Women’s rights & the history of Feminism

A detailed account of feminism, Gender issues, Women’s right movements Current issues of women Women in today’s world face several types of challenges and issues that make their life difficult. Inequality, injustice,... Read more »

Anniversary of Stolen Generation Apology

Australia recently committed about 30 crore dollars to improve the life outcomes of its Aboriginal people, as the country marked 15 years since a national apology for forcibly removing Indigenous children from... Read more »