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Rare Diamond Within a Diamond Is Unearthed in India and Dubbed ‘The Beating Heart’
In India, a diamond company has its hands on a jewel that is rarer than rare—a large, hollow diamond, inside of which rests another,...
Total Rejuvenation of ‘Dead’ River by a Rural Indian Community Hailed as National Example
A once-biologically dead river in southern India has been revived to the fullest extent thanks to local dedication and government involvement.
A tributary of the...
‘Nest Man’ of India Has Built 250,000 Homes for Sparrows–And Trains Students to Build More (LOOK)
In the second-largest greater metropolitan area on Earth, one man's dedication and love of the common sparrow have the potential to transform a generation...
Indian Startup Uses Rice Crop Waste to Make Biodegradable Foam Packaging–Instead of Burning it
A Delhi-based engineer has designed a replacement for polystyrene packaging out of "rice stubble" the dead stalks left over after the rice season in...
Lions in India Get New Sanctuary as Numbers of Asiatic Lions Soar in Their Last Stronghold
The Indian state of Gujarat is the only place outside of Africa where one can hear the roar of a lion in its natural...
92-Year-old Helped His Indian Neighbors Save 200,000 Liters of Water And Cut Their Electricity Bills in Half
A 92-year-old Mumbai man took action to transform his housing society with renewable energy and rainwater catches, saving the residents thousands.
In the year 2000,...
Indian Man Grows Precious Saffron In a Shipping Container–Wants to Share His Hydroponic Technique With Others
Feeling like the 9-5 office life of a software developer was too empty, an Indian man flipped his own script and became an entrepreneur,...
In ‘Mega Milestone’ India Connects 80 Million Rural Households to Water Supply in Just 4 Years
India's Jal Jeevan Mission of tap water access continues to be one of the great, unsung stories of human development.
Almost 79 million households have...
An Army of 10,000 Women Saved India’s Rarest Stork – While Giving Each Other a New identity
Changing attitudes towards conservation in the Indian state of Assam have these women wearing paper-mache hats to support one of the world's most endangered...
World’s Known Lithium Reserves Up 40% After Colossal Discovery in India Turns Up 5.9 Million Tons
In a stunning development for the future of technology, India, one of the world's fastest-growing economies, just uncovered vast reserves of lithium in the...
For the First Time Since 1977, Zero Rhinos Were Poached In India’s Parks
In May 2021, a new Chief Minister of the Indian state of Assam set out to thoroughly put an end to poaching in the...
Paleontologists in India Have Hit on an Epic Find: Hundreds of Bowling Ball-Sized Titanosaur Eggs
Indian paleontologists recently uncovered a find of titanic proportions—a series of sauropod nests or "clutches" that contained 256 dinosaur eggs in total.
The eggs yielded...
Singing Bus Driver Becomes a Star After Making Music Video to Show Family in India What He Did for Work (WATCH)
A singing bus driver has become an unlikely Youtube sensation after a feel-good music video he made about his job racked up tens of...
India Deploys Super-Sniffer Dogs to Protect Newly-Introduced Cheetahs from Poachers
It's been more than 70 years since Cheetahs sprinted across the hot plains of India, and now that they're back, the Indian government is...
Religious Practices Have Preserved 125,000 Sacred Groves in India, Growing a Conservation Success
Belief in Hinduism and other folklore has an incredible capacity to protect biodiversity in India, where devotees possibly protect 125,000 sacred forest groves containing...
Simple Bacteria Spray Can Solve India’s Air Pollution and Also Enrich Local Farmers
A spray of common bacteria and fungi has been developed to rapidly biodegrade agricultural waste in the fields of India, enriching degraded soils and...
India’s Mass Tree Planting Success: Forest Cover Grows by Half-Million Acres in Two Years
A recent report from the Forest Survey of India (FSI) found that recent spurious tree planting activities have taken root in terms of the...
Architecture Built 1,000 Years Ago to Catch Rain is Being Revived to Save India’s Parched Villages
They brought access to fresh water for millennia, and existed as long-honored pieces of cultural heritage, and then they were abandoned. Now a new...
How India’s Air Pollution is Being Turned into Stylish Floor Tiles
In an effort to spare his generation from the choking air pollution in cities like Delhi, Angad Daryani has invented a filterless outdoor air...
Indiana Boys Hop Off Their Bikes to Stand at Attention For Military Funeral Happening on Their Route
Two Indiana boys riding their bikes past a funeral ceremony for a military veteran last week and immediately pulled over.
Jacqi Hornbach was in the...