Priyanka Shankar

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.

India reported its first case of COVID-19 in January 2020. The patient was a 20-year-old female admitted to a government hospital in Kerala's Thrissur district. She had contracted the disease following her return from Wuhan city in China, the pandemic's epicentre.

As India, the second largest coal consumer in the world, moves away from coal, policymakers have been mulling over what shape a just transition policy should take. But what do coal union leaders – the central stakeholders in the energy transition – feel about it?

In October this year, a group of climate scientists wrote an open letter to the Nordic Council of Ministers, expressing their concerns about the serious risk of a major ocean circulation change in the Atlantic ocean. This letter published online and signed by eminent climate scientists, argues that the danger of a weakening ocean circulation […]

India’s government organization dedicated to developing technologies for exploring and harnessing ocean resources has been exploring parts of the Indian Ocean for the last few years. In October, the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) conducted a successful exploratory mining trial in the Andaman Sea, between India’s Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Myanmar, for obtaining […]