In a world devasted by the Covid-19 pandemic, all fingers point to China’s wildlife markets from where the infection first spread. These illegal markets have for long been criticised by conservationists for trading in rare and endangered wildlife. But now that the real human threat because of these markets are visible, China is facing more […]
Clean Air during Lockdown and Beyond: Why it Matters
Most people living in the city of Jalandhar, Punjab had not seen the Himalayan ranges from here in the last 30 years. But last March, amidst an all India lockdown with no car or industrial fumes to cover the skies, the Dhauladhar mountain range, part of the Himalayan range in Himachal Pradesh, emerged and became […]
The Rise of Zoonotic Diseases
The Covid-19 pandemic has introduced into our vocabulary a word that is increasingly being understood by the general public: zoonosis. It is a phenomenon where infections caused by bacteria, viruses or other parasites, are passed on from animals to humans. Most often, the animals are not affected by the pathogen and are merely acting as […]