Srinagar: "It was a moment of panic for the tourists," says Fayaz Ahmad, the head clerk of Shalimar Garden, recalling the incident when a 300-year-old Chinar tree toppled over in September 2024.

Ahmedabad: India is currently benefiting from a large working-age population. However, by 2050, the elderly will make up more than 20% of the total population. The UN Population Fund's India Ageing ...

Suchak Patel is an independent writer.

As bureaucrats and legislators receive hefty pensions, India’s working class face dwindling support in a broken system ...

Bengaluru: India has reported at least seven cases of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV), according to media reports. Reports of surging cases of HMPV in China stoked concerns of a contagion like the ...

Much of the reporting on concerns around HMPV virus happens only because the combination of the words ‘China’ and ‘virus’ attracts inordinate ...

Ajay Kumar Chandel, the head of Bhagetu, told IndiaSpend that frequent fires had thinned the forest cover on the slope opposite his village in the last few decades. “In the eighties, when the forest ...

More than a quarter of India’s forest cover is fire-prone, and climate change is increasing the likelihood of fires in some regions ...

More than a quarter of India’s forest cover is fire-prone, and climate change is increasing the likelihood of fires in some regions ...