Wildlife photography brings amazing glimpses of the natural world, making it a timeless way to connect and see the natural world in a different light. The 2022 Big Picture Photography Competition has announced the winning shots of its ninth edition. The contest has been bringing
The importance of water need not be explained. It is the basis of life on the earth. Every corner of the planet has its own water resources fulfilling the needs of the masses. India, like any other country, is blessed with diverse and distinctive water
Be it road transportation, air travel, or ships; all modes of transport are negatively responsible for a significant amount of global carbon emissions. With the maritime industry being accountable for around 940 million tons of carbon annually – which is at least 2.5 percent of
Seventy-one people and five animals have lost their lives in floods that have washed away roads and submerged districts and jungles with the same fury in the Indian state of Assam. Nearly 160 people are dead and over 55 lakh people have been affected by
Even though I don’t like plastic, the convenience this non-biodegradable material has offered since its invention over a century ago cannot be denied. And I get the hypocrisy, as we all – even though people advocating the shedding of plastic – use it inadvertently and
I often wonder about the towering Mount Everest, the planet’s highest mountain, how it came to be, and where it is heading to amid the climate crisis fiasco. Well, it came into existence after an upward thrust by tectonic action as the Indian-Australian Plate collided
During my ritualistic morning scroll through The New York Times, I found a piece of rather good news that made me smile. The news was that a polar bear subpopulation – a group of animals within the same species that are genetically and geographically different
The past week has been one of the most devastating events where a devastating fire ravaged the Jangi Chilgoza forest in Himachal Pradesh’s Kinnaur district. The fire stretched for several kilometres and devoured the chilgoza pine forest, which is an important conifer and a cash
You know what baffles me the most is how humankind creates tonnes of problems for itself and then looks at other living things to help resolves those crises. Take plastic pollution for instance. The non-biodegradable material has infiltrated every inch of the planet, from the
Things that we lose to the sea tides are rarely good for the waters and the aquatic animals. Much of ocean waste contains plastic waste, chemical discharge from industries, textile waste, oil spills, shipwrecks, and so on. Until now, all of these things were considered