3+ day, 19+ hour ago   (311+ words) In Matrigam village, Kashmir, Mumtaza Begum runs a flock of 500 sheep today. But in 2018, she started with just 20, trying sheep rearing as a small experiment. At 33, she had once hoped for a government job. She completed her studies and prepared…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1063+ words) Madhya Pradesh has built much of its wildlife identity around big cats. In recent years, cheetahs have added another global predator to the state’s conservation story. But there is another number worth knowing: 772. That is the estimated number of adult…...

5+ day, 19+ hour ago   (344+ words) At Kisan Veer Mahavidyalaya in Wai, a two-acre mango orchard has become more than campus greenery. Its harvest now helps support students from farming families through college. On the far edge of Wai, the orchard stands beside the boys’ hostel....

6+ day, 2+ hour ago   (1326+ words) Having felt the difference in the air across ten cities, IIT Bombay scholar Rohan Kumar set out to build a purifier ordinary families could afford. His Enviroforge, made from plants, fibres and microbes, starts at Rs 2,000. “I could feel the…...

6+ day, 18+ hour ago   (1684+ words) The carbon market is full of demand and short on trust. Equilibrium is working with over 27,000 farmers to prove that credits can mean something real: surviving trees, restored soil and money that reaches the field. This article has been published…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (926+ words) Once feared extinct, the pygmy hog is edging back from the brink. This June, 15 captive-bred hogs returned to a stretch of Assam's Manas National Park where the species had left no trace for nine years. Nearly 30 years ago, six tiny…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (682+ words) What looks like clear water can still contain harmful arsenic and fluoride. Researchers at IIT Guwahati team have developed a low-cost system that removes both within minutes, bringing the technology closer to affordable groundwater treatment. A glass of water can…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (359+ words) The Gandak Barrage at Valmikinagar, in West Champaran, stands close to the India-Nepal border. Its purpose was ambitious: regulate the river’s flow and channel its water towards agricultural land across Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Nepal. Today, the barrage remains an…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (317+ words) Born in 1927 in Niranam, near Thiruvalla in present day Pathanamthitta district, Kerala, Anna Rajam George studied in Calicut and earned a masters in English literature from Madras University in 1949, then cleared India's civil services exam in 1950. In 1951, a four member…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (441+ words) From paper art and lamps to embroidery and skill training, these five women built businesses from what they knew and, along the way, created livelihoods for many others. After surviving polio at two and being married at 16, Gunavathy taught herself…...