Fossil vertebrae unearthed in a mine in western India are the remains of one of the largest snakes that ever lived, a monster estimated at…
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‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalist
When she was a teenage girl, Saalumarada Thimmakka planted her first banyan tree just outside the remote Indian village of Hulikal, in the southwestern state…
View More ‘She moved me’: the UK dancers inspired by India’s 112-year-old environmentalistAditya-L1: India’s solar mission reaches sun’s orbit
India’s solar observation mission has entered the sun’s orbit after a four-month journey, the latest success for the space exploration ambitions of the world’s most…
View More Aditya-L1: India’s solar mission reaches sun’s orbit‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industries
The immediate aftermath of a blast is obvious, says Wilson Perera: the ocean turns murky with blood and is strewn with fish that are missing…
View More ‘Everything is destroyed’: dynamite use sends shockwaves through fishing industriesIndia lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic first
India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon, in a historic moment that drew cheers…
View More India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in historic firstWeather tracker: Cyclone Mocha batters Bangladesh and Myanmar
Cyclone Mocha brought strong winds and torrential rain to parts of Bangladesh and Myanmar on Sunday, with refugee camps bearing the brunt of the category-5…
View More Weather tracker: Cyclone Mocha batters Bangladesh and MyanmarGreat pretender: the bird with an Elvis-like quiff that can’t stop mimicking
In the dense forests of south India’s Western Ghats, you may be lucky enough to spot a greater racket-tailed drongo crooning to birds of other…
View More Great pretender: the bird with an Elvis-like quiff that can’t stop mimickingIndia heatwave: temperatures hit 40C
The heatwave that has been plaguing the states of West Bengal, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh in India is forecast to continue through the coming week.…
View More India heatwave: temperatures hit 40C‘There is nothing for us’: Pakistan’s flood homeless start to despair
This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center After several attempts, Zameer Ali, his son and his brother were finally heaved on to the deck…
View More ‘There is nothing for us’: Pakistan’s flood homeless start to despair‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis in Bangladesh
Ever since she was a little girl, Amina Ahmed has been afraid of the water. Growing up in Sylhet, north-east of Bangladesh, the heavy rainfall…
View More ‘Every year it gets worse’: on the frontline of the climate crisis in Bangladesh