India now stands at a crossroads, where it can either continue to dismiss obesity as a lifestyle issue or it can recognise it as a medical condition which needs to be addressed with clinical attention, policy action, and cultural change.

There are reports on correlating the gut microbes with neurological disorders and changes in behaviour, leading to violent action.

As the current space occupation cold war escalates, it is no longer necessary to say that the Extraterrestrial Forensic Science Laboratory will be built soon. I am sure there will be more answers to these questions.

Gerhard Hansen discovered the cause of leprosy, but Dr BR Chatterjee showed the world how to defeat it in the field. India’s present mission to effectively interrupt the disease transmission by 2027 is a logical extension of the Purulia Model.

3D food printing is taking us to a new era of food preparation where technology is enhancing creativity, food aesthetics, nutrition, and sustainability in the kitchen.

Asparagus has ecological significance as it helps stabilise soil owing to its deep root system, supporting regional biodiversity, and contributing to the sustainable production of herbal medicine.

Their mere presence is an indicator of a healthy, robust, and living river ecosystem, which has rightly earned them the sobriquet ‘Tigers of the Rivers’. Saving them is akin to saving our rivers, which are our lifeline, too.

We are generating too much of it. It is ubiquitous. It chokes the rivers; contaminates the vast oceans; defaces the pristine mountain slopes; poisons the air; degrades the land; kills millions of life forms; and affects the health of millions of humans. Yes, it is WASTE! 

May confluences such as IRIS influence positive change, supported in the future by financial support from industry and government/s. All roads, together, can happily lead to Viksit Bharat

Integrated, holistic conservation initiatives and actions provide an opportunity for gaurs still roam the fertile woodlands of the Palani Hills, which will be highly useful in enhancing the natural heritage of the region to date.