Priyanka Shankar

Western Ghats are among the earth's oldest tropical hills. The 1,600km-long hill range is 50-100 million years older than the Himalayas. Renowned geologist B. P. Radhakrishna writes in a 1993 study , that a domal uplift and faulting created the hill range.

India is celebrating two decades of its journey for products with a ‘Geographical Indication' (GI) tag — a certification that identifies a product as originating from a specific location, giving it unique qualities or reputation linked to that region. In July this year, India's Ministry of Commerce and Industry launched a

After the 2004 tsunami, mangroves in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are still changing. A mass mortality of mangroves was followed by a slower die-off over the decades.

Four years after the Chilika Development Authority assigned ambassadorship to fishing cats, the species appears to be thriving in Asia's largest brackish water lagoon. The latest population density estimate indicates that the northern and southern parts of Chilika hold a robust number of fishing cats — the highest density reported outside protected areas, according to the researchers.

Constant military patrols near the Indo-China border in Ladakh have shrunk pastures and are extinguishing an ancient way of life.

Mohsin Khan, a paddy farmer from Shamli, a district in western Uttar Pradesh famous for its rice production, knows he is facing a difficult year. As of September 1, the district had received only 20.2% of its average rainfall. “Without sufficient rain, growing paddy is impossible. My crops have shown stunted growth, and the quality […]

Cyclicity, or the rhythmic repetition of events drives the engine of life on our planet. Cyclicity happens everywhere; some are natural and some are historically driven. Earth's evolutionary history was also dotted by natural cycles. In the modern era however, humans dominating the environmental system can alter these natural cycles, especially the climate.

The allure of the cold deserts in Changthang, Ladakh, is unparalleled. They offer vast sweeping valleys, rocky towering mountains, and the sense of solitude without mobile networks. Accompanied by Mohd. Kazim and Dawa Tsering, our mission was to assess ungulate populations from Tsokar to Hanley in Changthang Wildlife Sanctuary. These surveys are part of the […]

In the dark undergrowth of mangrove forests, an anthology of color stirs. Flickers of turquoise rise like exhales from the brackish marshlands, and flashes of sunset orange spark alive in the shadows. The Sundarbans mangrove forest in Bangladesh and India is largely known as one of the last remaining habitats for the Bengal tiger (Panthera […]

From snubbing a senator in a California hotel to surviving a scandal over an illegitimate child – how candidates have weathered ultra-close elections through history.