Breathe Easy This Winter: Simple Solutions to Keep Indoor Air Fresh and Healthy Amid Hidden Pollution Sources
How a little one's illness exposed the battle between superbugs and antibiotics, and what all we can do to win.
Dive into River Tales, Festivals, and a DIY Splash—just bring water, petals, and mud!
The simplest possible explanation of what the COP—the prime annual international event on climate politics—is all about, can be made by reimagining the entire world as a classroom of noisy and notorious countries ******************************** Many of you have heard about COP summits. These are very big meetings that take place around the world where people gather to discuss climate change and how to manage it. COP stands for Conference of Parties. Basically, it is a group of countries...
An interview with Deepak Bhati and Gauri Arora, Programme Officers in the Sustainable Food Systems team of the Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi, simplifying the complicatedness of antimicrobial resistance for our young readers. ******************************************** Hi Deepak and Gauri! We’ve been hearing about this complex and scary thing, ‘Antimicrobial Resistance’ (AMR). Can you please unpack it for our kids?...
Birds migrate thousands of kilometres every year. Why do they undertake such perilous journeys?
Reflecting on climate change, and its far-reaching and worrying consequences.
An Introduction to Bacteria, Antibiotics and ‘Anti-Microbial Resistance.’ Contest included!
Bijal Vachharajani explores ‘cute aggression’ through a child’s wild imagination in a heartwarming tale of trust, family, and hilarious misunderstandings.
An alert issued regarding unhealthy packaged foods, and how food nutrition labels can and cannot help us to become aware. ************************************************************************************** I know you all kids must be excited about Dusshera and Diwali. The whole month you’ll be exchanging sweets and offering scrumptious feasts. Our friends and families will enjoy beautifully wrapped gifts of savouries— chocolates, candies, chips, soft drinks, and what not! Their advertisements will flood our television screens and social media, and even masquerade as a renewed form of celebration with the …
Delhi’s air pollution arrives with a paradox—as the smog reduces visibility, what becomes clear is the gap between the rich and the poor. Being a student living in Delhi, we have three breaks during our school session—the summer break, the winter break, and the holidays due to the rising pollution level that we Delhiites call our pollution break. As students, we see these holidays as something fun, as a timepass. Even after so many years of these breaks, we fail to realise the gravity of the situation. The main cause for this is our privilege and the rising political ignorance.With air filters installed …
