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Lok Sabha polls 2024: Too hot to vote during Phase 2?

DTE looks at if heat is playing any role in voter turnout this election or ECI’s heat-related concerns are unfounded
May 16, 2024
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Why are Bangladesh’s Sundarbans catching fire? Reduced water inflow, increasing dry areas may be the cause
A fire broke out in East Sundarbans on May 5, 2024 a short distance from Amorbunia village in Morelganj upazila (sub-district) of Bagerhat district, Bangladesh. Photo: Rafiqul Islam Montu
The mangroves have caught fire 25 times in last 22 years; Inquiry panel recommendations …
May 16, 2024
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Governance

New Caledonia riot result of ‘stunted decolonisation’, lack of sovereignity for Pacific’s indigenous peoples: Shubhamitra Das
New Caledonia riot result of ‘stunted decolonisation’, lack of sovereignity for Pacific’s indigenous peoples: Shubhamitra Das
As New Caledonia in the Pacific burns, DTE speaks with Jawaharlal Nehru University academic …
May 16, 2024
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Leopard DNA study in South Africa traces ancestry to ice age — and will guide conservation
New genetic research has found South Africa’s Mpumalanga-based leopards originated from an ice age almost 1 million years ago. Photo for representation: iStock
New research has found South African leopards originated from two unique clades in …
May 16, 2024
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Africa

Minimum wage for South African farm workers: 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor
Minimum wage for South African farm workers: Study shows 2013 hike helped reduce poverty even though compliance was poor
Low minimum wage compliance was observed among the lowest paid workers — employers …
May 16, 2024
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Climate Change

Climate shift may have sparked warm-blooded evolution in dinosaurs 180 million years ago
The unique trait of warm bloodedness developed in theropods like Velociraptor, who are the ancestors of modern day birds. Photo: iStock
Warming climate could have prompted ecological changes, leading some species to develop a …
May 16, 2024
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Kanwar lake, Bihar’s only Ramsar site, faces challenge of survival but not a poll issue
Kanwar lake, Bihar’s only Ramsar site, faces challenge of survival but not a poll issue
Encroachment and drying of the lake has badly affected birds who have lost their habitat
May 15, 2024
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Governance

Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s feminist utopian novel recognised as ‘Memory of the World’
Sultana’s Dream: Rokeya Hossain’s novel of world without men recognised as ‘Memory of the World’
Ramacharitmanas by Tulsidas, Panchatantra and Sahrdayaloka Lochana by Anandavardhana also …
May 15, 2024
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Urbanisation

Why have Bikaner and Barmer in Rajasthan reported land sinking in the last month?
In Sahjarasar village of Lunkaransar tehsil of Bikaner district, one and a half bigha of land caved in at 3.30 am on April 16, 2024. Photo: Google Earth
Land subsidence occurred at two different places in Rajasthan, but the administration is …
May 15, 2024
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How did Venezuela’s Humboldt glacier shrink to an ice field?

The Humboldt glacier has shrunk to an area of less than 2 hectares, leading to the downgrade in classification 

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Lok Sabha 2024: Is it too hot to vote?
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Lok Sabha 2024: Is it too hot to vote?

DTE analyses if there is a direct correlation between rising temperatures and a decrease in voter turnout

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