“Science festivals are often called public celebrations of science" - Sarah Hyder Iqbal. A recent study traces them in India, starting with People’s Science Movements in the 1960s. Varun Aggarwal India Science Festival ✒️Aisiri (she/her) india.mongabay.com/2024/11/a-new-…

For years, social media has been used to raise voices against construction projects that harm #urbanbiodiversity. Now, there is an interesting shift, with people turning to social media to talk about the flora and fauna around them, writes Aisiri (she/her) thehindu.com/sci-tech/energ…

Are you tree blind? I enjoyed speaking to Aisiri (she/her) for this excellent piece on the growing trend of using social media for nature education in cities - in The Hindu

Where are the women? - begs question in major platforms on climate action. Women-led initiatives on climate awareness, gender equality & skill-building, are emerging in India. South Asia Young Women in Water (SAYWiW) Talk Dharti To Me Sayesha Dogra UN Women ✒️Aisiri (she/her) india.mongabay.com/2025/01/women-…

Climate fiction is slowly growing as a tool to talk about climate change. A recent study explores if a combination of hope and fear in climate fiction can positively impact climate action intentions. Aisiri (she/her) india.mongabay.com/2025/01/how-ho…

Tabletop games provide a unique learning environment for the public to understand threats to the environment and connect with biodiversity in a participatory manner. BluEncore CSTEP ಶೇಷಾದ್ರಿ ಕೆ ಎಸ್| Seshadri K S ATREE ✒️ Aisiri (she/her) india.mongabay.com/2025/02/gaming…

Bat biologist Kadambari Deshpande and technologist Vedant Barje have developed BatEchoMon, an automated, solar-powered bat detection and classification system. Indian Institute for Human Settlements Wildlife Conservation Trust (India) Aisiri (she/her) reports. india.mongabay.com/2025/04/automa…

No Agenda Space: a movement of silent companionship growing across India. Aisiri (she/her) writes. thehindu.com/society/no-age…

🆘 URGENT BLOOD DONATION NEEDED 🆘 Tragedy has struck a vocational trainer's family in #Poonch; Two of her children lost their lives in intense border shelling yesterday. Her husband is critically injured and urgently needs a B-negative (B–ve) blood donor. Please come forward

We have learned that Maktoob’s X account has been withheld in India in response to a legal demand. We have no knowledge of the reason for the government’s arbitrary action. It is an assault on press freedom. Maktoob pledges to continue its crucial work at a time when truth

India has ordered X to block over 8,000 accounts, with penalties including fines and imprisonment for local staff. This escalates the use of digital censorship as a tool for controlling narratives and stifling dissent. #DigitalAuthoritarianism #CensorshipIndia

It’s infuriating to see how dangerous media has become. Warmongering is not patriotism. It just shows the ridiculous amount of privilege and ignorance you are sitting with. No one wins a war, there are only losses. DE-ESCALATE DE-ESCALATE DE-ESCALATE

"We live in constant fear. We don't know when the next shell will fall…" As India-Pakistan fighting intensifies, at least 16 die, including children, 59 injured, many flee, homes destroyed, others live in the open Abrar Fayaz & Zaid Malik report from J&K border villages

Dear Readers of The Wire In a clear violation of the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of the press, the Government of India has blocked access to thewire.in across India. +

2.) we seem to be left with only one dependable ally - Israel, already overextended. a rather sad and precarious fate...

With increasing focus on tree planting, a new study aids the understanding of a wide range of human well-being outcomes (negative and positive) of trees outside forests. Pooja Choksi National Centre for Biological Sciences Jagdish Krishnaswamy Indian Institute for Human Settlements ✒️ Aisiri (she/her) india.mongabay.com/2025/06/how-tr…

A recent documentary ‘My Otter Diary’ follows the lives and challenges of the vulnerable smooth-coated otters in the river Kaveri, while also spotlighting human-otter conflict. Aisiri (she/her) reports. india.mongabay.com/2025/07/filmin…

Gaza is being starved.

India is the world's largest importer of Israeli weapons and Delhi is also emerging as a major co-producer of Israeli weapons pulse.ly/ptjrf61rlf

⚠️To Whom It May Concern, The occupation is now openly threatening a full-scale invasion of Gaza. For 22 months, the city has been bleeding under relentless bombardment from land, sea, and air. Tens of thousands have been killed, and hundreds of thousands wounded. If this