A tribute is paid to Prof Bikash Sinha describing his pioneering research and his contribution to leading Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre and Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics on to a path of glory and initiating international collaborations with several Institutes, including CERN Geneva and BNL, Upton, New York, USA.
Many primate species show various behavioural and ecological adaptations to provisioning, one of which is the unusual occurrence of twins. Here, we report observations on two pairs of twins in the Puthuthottam population of lion-tailed macaques Macaca silenus in the Anamalai Hills of the Western Ghats and show that some lion-tailed macaque twins can survive under free-ranging conditions if they receive adequate care from their biological mother or another female.
The predictions on the disaster scenarios in the Himalayan states have come true. We are now witnessing the consequences of human interventions that have contributed to the intensity of disasters, impacting the lives and livelihoods of the people.
Climate change represents one of the most significant challenges of our time, demanding concerted efforts from nations across the globe. The changing climate and its impact on security are already considered to transform the ‘geopolitical landscape’ of the Indo-Pacific region.
Thermochemical energy storage is emerging as a promising seasonal thermal energy storage technology. Strontium Bromide has recently become one of the most used salt hydrates for the salt-hydrate and moist airbased open thermochemical energy storage system. This article suggests that radial flow fixed bed reactors offer advantageous configurations owing to their lower pressure drop without compromising thermal performance.
This study experimentally investigates the scarcely studied stratified, oil-based sensible thermal energy storage (STES) tank, to examine the heat retention capability of Hytherm-600 silicone oil during the standalone period and its heat dispatchability during the discharging process. To conduct an experimental study on the thermic oil, a vertical cylindrical tank with a helical discharging coil fitted inside is used.
This study aimed to monitor long-term land use dynamics for understanding the natural forest integrity and intactness of the Rajiv Gandhi (Nagarhole) Tiger Reserve (RTR) pre- and post-declarations as TR. We employed multi-source data from Survey of India Toposheets (1:50 k), Landsat-7, and Sentinel-2A along with Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) vegetation canopy height (10 m) data, a high-spatial resolution CORONA (1970) images and temporal Google Earth Pro images for mapping and validation.
News item on the Climate Change International meeting
Invited News item by Geological Society of India
In this chapter, we reflect on our readings of female / feminist primatologists’ studies of female primates and our understandings of the gendered lives of bonnet macaques, a female-bonded nonhuman primate species, endemic to peninsular India. These two focal points provide us with insights into the complexities of individual identity in nonhuman societies and the situatedness of human and other-than- human gender identities in their lived worlds.