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India's Mangroves Store More Carbon Than Rainforests, And Coastal Deforestation Is Erasing Them Fast

The numbers that should change how you think about mangrovesA single hectare of mangrove forest stores up to 1,000 tonnes of carbon in its soil, roughly four to five times more than a comparable patch of tropical rainforest. The reason is structural. Mangroves grow at the edge of land and…

Times Life · Sep 1

India's Grassland Birds Are Disappearing Faster Than Any Other Species, And Most Indians Have Never Seen Them

The Birds Nobody PhotographsAsk any Indian wildlife photographer what they shoot most and you will hear tigers, leopards, kingfishers. The grasslands barely register. Yet India's semi-arid and dry grassland belt, stretching across Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and the Deccan plateau, holds a suite of bird species found nowhere else on…

Times Life · Aug 28

Olive Ridley Turtles Return to Odisha's Coast in Millions, and the Arribada Is Fragile

The Night the Beach Disappears Under TurtlesAt Gahirmatha Marine Sanctuary on Odisha's northern coast, rangers have counted over 600,000 Olive Ridley turtles nesting in a single arribada, a Spanish word adopted by biologists for this mass synchronised nesting that has no equivalent in any other reptile species. The females arrive…

Times Life · Jul 21

Could Deleted Votes Have Changed 31 Bengal Seats?

What happens when the number of deleted voters becomes bigger than the winning margin in an election seat? That question is now at the centre of a major political and legal debate in West Bengal after All India Trinamool Congress made explosive claims before the Supreme Court of India. The…

MyLifeXP · May 12

Appellate tribunals or a black hole? Where the Bengal SIR goes to bury a ‘second chance’

The Dr Syama Prasad Mookerjee National Institute of Water and Sanitation, which houses all 19 appellate tribunals set up by the Election Commission in West Bengal, is completely restricted. CAPF and West Bengal Police guard the gates, and no one is allowed in unless the judges have formally summoned them.

Newslaundry · Apr 18

Modi’s 5 Principles for AI That Could Transform How We Work and Live

At the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi laid out a set of guiding principles for artificial intelligence that reflect India’s human-first, inclusive, and ethical approach to the technology. Rather than seeing AI as just a new tech trend, Modi positioned it as a…

Times Life · Feb 19

Are Women Really Not Allowed in Temples During Periods? The Truth Explained

Every month, millions of women across India quietly ask themselves a question they rarely discuss openly: Should I enter the temple today? For some, the answer was taught in childhood — “No, not during periods.” For others, the rule feels confusing, inconsistent, or even unfair. But where did this belief…

Times Life · Feb 17

New Claims on Air India Flight 171 Crash Focus on Pilot, Supreme Court Seeks Progress Report

On a day when the Supreme Court of India sought a progress report on the probe into the June 2025 crash of Air India Flight 171 in Ahmedabad, new claims have emerged from Italian media pointing to pilot involvement in the tragedy. The London-bound Boeing 787 Dreamliner crashed on June…

Whats Hot · Feb 12

Why Do People Say This Door of Padmanabhaswamy Temple Should Not Be Opened?

If you are allowed to enter every room of a place… except one, which room would you think about the most? This is exactly what happened inside Padmanabhaswamy Temple. Officials opened inner rooms. Wealth was counted. Records were made. Cameras rolled. Reports were submitted. The nation watched. And just when…

Times Life · Feb 5

Lawyer hurls shoe at India’s chief justice inside Supreme Court over remarks on Hindu god

Attack on BR Gavai in open court condemned as serious insult and breach of security

The Independent UK · Oct 7, 2025