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Malavika Vyawahare

Malavika Vyawahare

Malavika Vyawahare tells science and environment stories using words, photos and multimedia. She studied environmental journalism at Columbia University and is based in Delhi.

Articles by Malavika Vyawahare

Electric vehicles in India: It is time to step on the gas

Union minister Nitin Gadkari sits on the driving seat of an electric vehicle. The transition towards electric mobility requires not just private sector participation but also massive public buy-in

Updated on Sep 14, 2018 07:57 IST

India needs transparent industrial pollution data, regulation reforms

moke is emitted from a chimney in Mumbai.

Updated on Aug 21, 2018 08:51 IST

State apathy continues to choke Singrauli

A group of villagers dig out coal from the hillside of Mahan forest in Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh.

Updated on Aug 20, 2018 10:23 IST

Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe takes off for tryst with the sun

This handout photo released by NASA shows the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket with the Parker Solar Probe onboard during its launch on August 12, 2018, Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.

Updated on Aug 12, 2018 15:16 IST

US jury orders Monsanto to pay $289 million to cancer patient over weedkiller

Plaintiff Dewayne Johnson reacts after hearing the verdict in his case against Monsanto at the Superior Court of California in San Francisco on Friday.

Updated on Aug 12, 2018 01:42 IST

NASA Solar Probe: Possibilities for discoveries are off the charts, says Kolkata scientist at US space agency

This NASA photo obtained August shows the Parker Solar Probe one half of its 62.7-foot tall fairing.

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 08:22 IST

Set for red-hot voyage to Sun: All you need to know about NASA’s Parker Solar Probe

Engineers perform light bar testing on NASA's Parker Solar Probe at the Astrotech processing facility. (AFP File Photo)

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 08:22 IST

Nasa to launch $1.5 billion spacecraft to ‘touch’ the sun

Technicians and engineers perform light bar testing on NASA's Parker Solar Probe at the Astrotech processing facility in Titusville, Florida, near NASA's Kennedy Space Center, on June 5.

Updated on Aug 10, 2018 08:23 IST

El Nino looms over normal monsoon

Pedestrians walk across a road during monsoon rainfall, in Kolkata on Friday, Aug 3, 2018. (

Updated on Aug 4, 2018 01:32 IST

Skymet says monsoon will be below normal

The monsoon is critical to the farm sector as it accounts for more than 70% of India’s annual showers, with about 700 million of the 1.3 billion population depending directly or indirectly on farming.

Updated on Aug 2, 2018 03:21 IST

Scientists discover new shape called scutoid after studying human cells

The name scutoid is a reference to its similarity to the scutellum, the lowest most segment of an insect’s thorax, the midsection.

Updated on Jul 31, 2018 01:34 IST

Studying earthquakes in Himalayas, effects in Gangetic plains should be priority: Top woman seismologist

Kusala Rajendran (pictured) says she feels while promoting and recognising top educational organisations, the government should also give more opportunities and resources to ‘less privileged’ organisations.

Updated on Jul 27, 2018 15:47 IST

Lunar eclipse: Astronomers dispel superstition about eating during the eclipse

A full moon is seen during a lunar eclipse in Beijing, China January 31, 2018.

Updated on Jul 26, 2018 04:00 IST

‘Meghalayan Age’ makes the state a part of geologic history

The middle phase of the Holocene will be referred to as the Northgrippian, and runs from 8,300 years ago up to the start of the Meghalayan.

Updated on Jul 18, 2018 15:30 IST

Delhi pollution: Fine dust killed 15,000 prematurely in 2016, says study

The Bhalswa Landfill in New Delhi. Burning of garbage adds to Delhi air pollution.

Updated on Jul 13, 2018 02:22 IST

West coast, parts of central India put on red alert for heavy rain: IMD

People wade through waterlogged road near Parel bridge in Mumbai, on Tuesday, July 10, 2018.

Updated on Jul 11, 2018 01:34 IST

India’s perfume tree agarwood a step away from extinction

The agarwood tree (Aquilaria malaccensis), whose resin extract is widely used in perfumes and incense, is one step away from being declared extinct in the wild by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).

Updated on Jul 8, 2018 03:08 IST

Wildlife board recommends using Section 144 during animal emergencies

People attack a leopard that had entered a residential area in Mandawar village near Gurgaon in 2016.

Updated on Jul 8, 2018 02:58 IST

As Earth warms up, expect intense, extreme rain leading to more flash floods

The monsoon season is a dangerous and unsettling time in India, with most deaths reported from heavy rains and flooding in the four months from June to September.

Updated on Jul 6, 2018 02:46 IST

India may formulate standards for pharma industry’s antibiotic residue

One of the factors contributing to the emerging of antimicrobial resistance hotspots is the indiscriminate use of antibiotics because of over-prescription or self-prescription because of unchecked over the counter availability of these drugs.

Updated on Jul 5, 2018 17:46 IST

A disaster in the making: How rising temperatures will affect India

India is going to face a range of economic and social problems because of rise in global temperatures.

Updated on Jul 5, 2018 06:47 IST

ISRO conducts first escape test for India’s manned mision to space

ISRO said the five-hour countdown was smooth. The crew escape system along with the simulated crew module with a mass of 12.6 tonne, lifted off at 7 am at the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Updated on Jul 5, 2018 17:16 IST

Cabinet clears DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill 2018

DNA Technology (Use and Application) Regulation Bill 2018, will help in solving crimes and in tracing missing people

Updated on Jul 4, 2018 18:33 IST

Lightning strikes kill more than floods, cyclones; cities under increasing threat

Higher particulate matter pollution and loss of vegetation is making urban areas more susceptible to lightning strikes.

Updated on Jul 4, 2018 02:48 IST

Monsoon deficit may get worse, cautions Met dept

Commuters make their way across a street during heavy rain, in Ahmedabad on July 2.

Updated on Jul 2, 2018 17:17 IST

Despite flak, Centre firm on forest policy

The draft calls for public-private partnerships to undertake afforestation in degraded forest areas, and even in open forests, where the tree canopy density is between 10% and 40%.

Updated on Jun 28, 2018 17:15 IST

Water scarcity, climate change will lower living standards in India: World Bank report

The World Bank findings are the latest in a series of warnings that a warming planet posed a serious risk to India, which could hamper the country’s growth story.

Updated on Jun 28, 2018 01:58 IST

Environment ministry setting up expert group to look at air pollution warning system

The environment ministry is gearing up for a spike in air pollution levels during winters that impacts Delhi-NCR and northern plains.

Updated on Jun 25, 2018 18:03 IST

Government backs campaign against animal sacrifice ahead of Bakrid

Bakrid is one of the biggest Muslim festivals, celebrated traditionally with an animal sacrifice.

Updated on Jun 24, 2018 05:11 IST

India plans to use satellites to monitor air pollution

In this photograph taken on May 31, 2018, smoke rises from chimneys in an industrial area in Kanpur.

Updated on Jun 13, 2018 03:05 IST

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