Environment

October 25, 2024 3:52 PM

Santiniketan, India’s cultural gem, enters UNESCO World Heritage List

Santiniketan, often referred to as the “Abode of Peace,” in a momentous occasion has joined the prestigious list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites. On September 17, UNESCO announced the decision on social media platform X. Founded by Nobel Laureate Rabindra Nath Tagore in 1901, Santinketan, is l...

October 25, 2024 4:00 PM

ASI survey resumes in Gyanvapi, heavy security deployed at the site

On Tuesday, the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) began its scientific assessment of the Gyanvapi complex in Uttar Pradesh's Varanasi for the fifth day in a row to ascertain if the 17th-century mosque was built atop a pre-existing Hindu temple construction. As the ASI team continued the insp...

August 4, 2023 1:12 PM

Climate Change creating havoc for sports events 

Do you know, the winter games scheduled to be held in Auli, Italy in February 2023, have been cancelled due to less snowfall in the region? Italy is already facing snow crisis three years before the Milan Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics. On the other hand, it is nothing new in the world of tennis to se...

July 28, 2023 2:38 PM

India to home South Asia’s first-ever Center for Species Survival 

With a vision to create a just world that values and conserves nature, IUCN Species Survival Commission has partnered with Wildlife Trust of India (WTI) to set up the first-ever Center for Species Survival in South Asia.  In this regard, an MoU has been signed between Prof. Jon Paul Rodríguez, ...