Nature still has a voice; wake up, and smell the dawn soundtrack this World Listening Day | Lucknow News

Lucknow: At 6 am, before traffic and horns take over, Lucknow sounds very different. Cool air moves through tree-lined paths, birds greet the sunrise, and rustling leaves replace vehicle noise. Ahead of World Listening Day on Saturday, TOI visited five green spaces across the city to experience their natural soundscapes. The visits showed that despite…

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IIT-G team uses bacteria to clean toxic lead pollution | Guwahati News

Guwahati: Researchers from IIT Guwahati have found a green way to clean toxic lead by developing a biological process that uses naturally occurring bacteria to extract lead from acidic industrial wastewater. Beyond battery recycling facilities, the developed process can be utilised for treating wastewater from mining, smelting and metallurgical industries, IIT Guwahati said on Wednesday.The…

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Champhai meet discusses project to provide aid to refugees & villagers | Guwahati News

Aizawl: A consultation meeting between district administration officials and civil society representatives was held at the Champhai district deputy commissioner’s office to discuss the PATHRISE Project. The project aimed at providing humanitarian assistance to refugees from Myanmar taking shelter in the district, as well as support to the villagers hosting them.The meeting, chaired by deputy…

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Delhi to maintain heightened security as CJP warns of fresh protests over withdrawal of FIRs | Delhi News

Security remains high in Delhi after the Cockroach Janata Party warned of new protests NEW DELHI: Heightened security will remain in place across New Delhi and Central Delhi districts after the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) warned of fresh protests if FIRs registered against demonstrators are not withdrawn.In a post on X, CJP spokesperson Ashutosh Ranka…

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In 2012, a wildfire scorched 42 sq km of the Rwenzori alpine zone; lake cores showed it was the first large-scale fire there in 12,000 years, with charcoal jumping over 100-fold

Representative Image (AI-generated) A wildfire that swept through the high-altitude alpine zone of Africa’s Rwenzori Mountains in 2012 has been identified as the first large-scale fire to strike the region in at least 12,000 years, according to a study published in Nature. By analysing ancient lake sediment cores (cylindrical samples of layered mud from the…

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