Group of 20 leaders preparing to meet in India got a letter from the “President of Bharat,” a politically charged name for the country popular with Hindu nationalists.
Tag: Names, Geographical
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The Sunday Read: ‘The Trillion-Gallon Question’
Extreme weather is threatening California’s dams. What happens if they fail?
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When Did the Anthropocene Start? Scientists Closer to Saying When.
A panel of experts has spent more than a decade deliberating on how, and whether, to mark a momentous new epoch in geologic time: our own.
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Where Exactly Is Times Square?
New York City considers far-flung boundaries for the Crossroads of the World as it decides where to ban guns.
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The government wants Thailand’s capital to be known around the world as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok). Thais don’t object to the name, but they’d prefer their leaders focus on fixing the economy.