By Mandakini D. Surie/thethirdpole.net
As the Indian government announced its lockdown to be extended until May 3, 2020, the number of those infected by the…
By Soumya Sarkar/thethirdpole.net
Farmers in South Asia are staring at ruin. Just as it was ripening, the winter crop was seriously damaged by untimely rainfall…
Rishika Pardikar/thethirdpole.net
In the north-eastern corner of India, the Himalayan state of Arunachal Pradesh was all set to resume its hydropower project building spree when…
By Athar Parvaiz/thethirdpole.net
The government has ordered cutting and lopping of hundreds of thousands of female poplar trees in Kashmir to “contain” the spread…
By Mubina Akhtar/thethirdpole.net
Work on one of India’s most contentious hydroelectricity projects restarted in October 2019 after a gap of nearly eight years, till the…
By Rishika Pardikar/thethirdpole.net
At least four hydropower projects have failed to comply with new government requirements to maintain a minimum flow of water in the…
By Varsha Torgalkar/thethirdpole.net
“Where have our leaders gone? Running a global con. Poison our planet with your fossil fuel marathon,” Rain Jong, the lead vocalist…
On Sunday night, a consignment of Alexandrine parakeets was found in illegal custody of wildlife traffickers on-board the Rajdhani Express at New Delhi Railway station.…
Organic vegetables are being grown on the land belonging to Amritsar’s Gurudwara Satlani Sahib and these vegetables are being used in the ‘langar’ (free communal kitchen)…
By Athar Parvaiz/thethirdpole
The Indian government is in the process of auctioning out approximately 200 blocks in Jhelum river and its tributaries for mining of…
In a research paper in Marine Mammal Science, scientists propose that whales that forage in polar waters migrate to low latitudes to maintain healthy skin