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Durga Idol Immersion in the Hooghly: What River Monitoring Has Found

The Scale of Immersion, CountedThe West Bengal Pollution Control Board estimates that Kolkata and its satellite towns immerse more than 28,000 Durga idols in the Hooghly and its connected water bodies during the four days of Durga Puja visarjan. The largest single-day surge falls on Dashami, the tenth day of…

Times Life · Oct 16

India's Terai Grasslands Are Vanishing, And Taking Species Found Nowhere Else With Them

A Strip of Land That Shouldn't ExistThe terai is a geographical accident. Where the Himalayan rivers slow down and drop their sediment load onto the plains, they created a belt of waterlogged grasslands, sal forests, and oxbow lakes stretching from Uttarakhand through Bihar and into the lowlands of Nepal. It…

Times Life · Aug 25

5 Signs Your Body Is Running Low on Iodine Even When You Use Iodised Salt Every Day

Your thyroid is working, but not well enoughThe thyroid gland needs iodine to produce T3 and T4 hormones. When iodine supply drops even slightly below what the gland requires, it compensates by enlarging, a condition called goitre, or by slowing hormone output without enlarging at all. That second pattern, subclinical…

Times Life · Aug 19

"A ray of hope": PM Modi hails 'Namami Gange Abhiyan' initiative for saving trapped Gangetic dolphin in UP

"India's first Ganga dolphin rescue ambulance played a huge role in this. Built under the 'Namami Gange Abhiyan', it reached there as a ray of hope. The dolphin was carefully pulled out, examined, treated, and then safely released into the Rapti River. In a way, a life returned home," Prime…

The Economic Times · May 31

Mining turns India's heat-shield hills to dust

Dizzyingly deep pits from large-scale mining scar India's ancient Aravalli mountains, threatening the future of a forested buffer that New Delhi relies on for protection from furnace-hot desert winds. "If we don't protect the Aravalli, the northern Gangetic plains -- which is a food basket for the rest of the…

The Economic Times · May 31

5 Wild Animals India Lost Forever From Its Jungles

India’s forests once echoed with sounds that no longer exist.bGrasslands once witnessed lightning-fast cheetahs chasing prey. Wetlands carried the footsteps of rare rhinos. Mountain slopes hid mysterious birds that vanished without a trace. But today, many of these creatures exist only in old paintings, forgotten records, and fading memories. What…

Times Pets · May 23

How the Mahabharata War Reshaped the Political Map of Bharat

The Mahabharata war, traditionally placed between 1500 BCE and 900 BCE depending on scholarly interpretation, marks a turning point in early Indian civilization. While historians debate its exact dating and scale, the epic and Puranic traditions preserve a memory of large-scale dynastic destruction, territorial shifts, and ecological change. The political…

Times Life · Feb 19

DNA analysis suggests 160-year-old human skeletons found in Punjab are of Ganga plain martyrs

Findings add significant chapter in history of unsung heroes of India’s first freedom struggle, say researchers

The Hindu · Apr 28, 2022