India falls to 23rd in the Climate Change Performance Index
India dropped 13 places in the 2026 Climate Change Performance Index, from 10th to 23rd, as its emissions rose and it set no date to phase out coal.
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Advaita Vedanta holds that your self and reality are one
The Indian school holds that the self, atman, is brahman. Maya makes the one reality look like many, and grasping this ends the cycle of rebirth.
Madhava's circle value missed by two, and no one knows why
A paper tests the series credited to Madhava of Sangamagrama and cannot explain his circle value. Almost nothing about his life is certain.
One of India's 89 top civil servants was a Dalit in 2019
Caste still sorts India's job market and its marriages: a surname reveals caste to employers, and inter-caste marriage stays rare.
India's electric car sales cross the 5% mark
Electric cars now take more than 5% of India's car sales, pushed by rising fuel prices and a tougher emissions rule due in April 2027.
Adam's Bridge: a sunken shoal chain between India and Sri Lanka
Adam's Bridge is a 29 km chain of shoals between India and Sri Lanka, almost all underwater, that NASA says people could cross on foot until the 15th century.
Banyan roots grow from branches, then thicken into trunks
A banyan drops roots from its branches. Once they reach the soil they thicken into pillars, which is how one tree in India came to cover five acres.