How I Want To Make Our Planet Liveable

Nothing is more promising than countries putting aside hubris and ideological differences to invest in our shared future, observes Durga Sreenivasan, a delegate at COP28. IMAGE: The United Nations......

Test Your Big Cat IQ

The homecoming of the cheetah to India leads one to wonder what exactly are the differences between it and leopards that, often visibly, prowl India's jungles and countryside? Do you know the......

Why Kenya is burning 100 tonnes of ivory

The move is being taken in an attempt to deter poachers, say conservationists.  IMAGE: A traditional Maasai tribesman holds an elephant tusk, part of an estimated 105 tonnes of......

REWIND: Best images in the past 24 hours

Here's a collection of some of the best photos from around the world shot in the last 24 hours. Burundian refugees gather on the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Kagunga village in Kigoma region in......

Land Acquisition Act: Right step, wrong route

The changes in the ordinance have been made after taking inputs from states suggesting changes to the Act which would make it more industry-friendly Image: Farmers plough a field before sowing......

10 nations where people survive on less than $1.25 a day

A young girl with her mother attend a religious mass. Photograph: Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images About one-third of the world’s 'extremely poor' people live in India, according to......

A Hungarian invention that helped the British in WWII

Tracing the early life of the humble ballpoint pen to its present. IMAGE: Modern folks would not even think of the ballpoint pen as an innovation. It seems to be an inexpensive writing instrument,......

Paralympics: Simran through to women's 200m T12 final

IMAGE: Simran Sharma, with guide Abhay Singh, during the women's 200 metres T12 semi-finals at the Paris Paralympics on Friday. Photographs: Thomas Mukoya/Reuters India's Simran Sharma, the......

Paris Paralympics: THRILLING PIX!

It was a memorable day for India at the Paris Paralympics on Wednesday.In a first, India achieved its first double podium finish in athletics at the Paralympics. Ajeet Singh claimed the silver......

Paris Paralympics: BREATHTAKING Pix!

The BEST images from Day 2 of the Paralympic Games in Paris on Friday. IMAGE: Jincheng Guo of China in action during heat 1 of the men's 200m Individual Medley - SM6 Heats swimming event at the......

Paralympics: Harvinder wins India's first-ever archery GOLD!

IMAGE: Harvinder Singh is the first Indian archer to win a gold medal at the Paralympics. Photograph: ANI Tokyo Games bronze-medallist Harvinder Singh created history as he became the first Indian......

Paris Paralympics: How India fared on September 3, 2024

IMAGE: India's Deepthi Jeevanji shows off her bronze medal on the podium after the medal ceremony for the Paralympics women's 400m T20 run at the Stade de France, Saint-Denis, Paris, on Tuesday.......