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What Japan’s evolving hydrogen strategy teaches us

Unlike common approaches that primarily reserve hydrogen for hard-to-abate sectors, like steel, shipping and aviation, Japan continues to promote hydrogen use in power generation, gas blending and passenger vehicles.

Who wins in a fight between 100 men and 1 gorilla? Evolution says it’s humans

In terms of raw power, the gorilla wins every time. But humans fight dirty. Judging by our evolutionary success, humans would likely lose many battles but ultimately win the fight.

Everyone in north and central India must adapt to extreme heatwaves. Spring has vanished

Experts point to how pockets within city are experiencing higher temperatures because of extreme urbanisation, and suggest that everyone must learn to adapt to heatwaves.

Critically endangered Red-Crowned Roofed Turtle reintroduced in Ganga

As part of government’s flagship programme of cleaning river Ganga & enhancing its biodiversity, 20 such turtles were released in UP's Haiderpur Wetland, UNESCO Ramsar site.

What Delhi govt’s 2025 Heat Action Plan promises & what it misses

Delhi has already started recording high temperatures, with the maximum readings breaching the 40-degree Celsius mark. Forecasts predict a heatwave between 25-26 April.

MP’s new plan to check man-animal conflict—Rs 145 cr fund for buffer zones, skilling youth

State has approved scheme titled ‘Development of Buffer Zones in Tiger Reserves’ with separate allocation, plans to develop model villages with innovative conservation efforts.

Ganga basin hits 23-year low as Himalayan region spirals into 3rd year of shrinking snowfall

Indus sees steepest 5-year drop, Mekong & Salween lose over 50% snow. ICIMOD urges urgent basin-level action, adaptive infrastructure & regional cooperation to avert drought crisis.

ThePrint Quiz, 20 April, 2025: Prevention of cruelty to animals

Each year, April is observed as the month for prevention of cruelty to animals. Take this quiz to test your knowledge of laws and significant dates associated with the movement.

Instead of ‘de-extincting’ dire wolf, we should restore ecology using existing species

While the science of doing this may not be as exciting as the genetic engineering of Colossal Biosciences, it will be easier to deliver and more ecologically useful.

Quake or fake? Science frowns as India’s earthquake prophets cause stir with cat & cardboard theories

As amateur quake predictors gain online clout, govt officials scramble to debunk their wild theories, say none of them are scientifically verified.

On Camera

Russian-style socialism dominated Nehru’s imagination. It was disastrous

It is necessary to break the spell of socialist dogma on the imagination of those attracted by its Utopia as the only scientific way of progress, wrote MA Venkatarao in 1963.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.