Month: October 2020

A photograph of a tree lit with the luminescence of a thousand fireflies has won Aishwarya Sridhar, 23, a young wildlife filmmaker and photographer from Panvel, Maharashtra, the prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year award. […]

A magistrate court in Mumbai has ordered a First Information Report (FIR) — an official police complaint — to be registered against Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut, and her sister and manager, Rangoli Chandel. The complaint, by […]

There is an unsavory truth behind all the glamour and glitz of the fashion industry — it is one of the most polluting globally. Eighty-five percent the clothes produced by fast fashion brands end up […]

Indian conservationist Ram Jakati has been honored by Britain’s largest nature conservation charity, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) for his work in saving endangered Indian vultures. He was recently given the […]

After a rare diagnosis, Aubrey Glencamp began the fight of his life — and won. October is dedicated to breast-cancer awareness. Pink symbolizes Breast Cancer Awareness Month. This potentially deadly form of cancer claims more […]

WASHINGTON — America’s national debt is larger than the economy itself. A key pledge Donald Trump made in his 2016 campaign was that he would eliminate the entire national debt in eight years. Not deficit—the […]

“If it were not for the pandemic, the whole town would have been celebrating — singing along and clapping to the beats of the kirtans (hymns) sung in the Ramlila,” said Vijayanand Tewary, a resident of Ramnagar, […]

Every October, since 2016, members of a small tribe in Northeast India’s Nagaland wait for their annual guest—Longleng— an Amur Falcon named after this district on the Indo-Myanmar border. This year they are anxious. The […]

For Indians,  Khadi is not just another textile; it is synonymous with India’s freedom struggle. During India’s fight for independence from the British, Mahatma Gandhi urged his countrymen to boycott foreign goods and use Khadi, […]

A large-scale environmental catastrophe was averted in India’s Lakshadweep islands on Jan.15 this year. Officials received a tip-off from an anonymous source, that unknown to them, marine poachers were trying to smuggle the region’s famed […]