Suvrat Kher
@rapiduplift
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Sedimentary geologist dreaming of a Himalayan home.
Joined December 2008
This news from last week brought back memories of playing and watching cricket at the old PYC Gymkhana. @aparanjape . #Pune #Cricket
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RT @angie_rasmussen: Scientist here. Mitochondria do not present challenges to faces, movements, or social connections. Maybe those kids ju….
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MS Surgery could go something like this.
The Ministry of Ayush, which is the short terminology for waste of space on Indian land and waste of tax payers money is considering starting post graduate courses in Homeopathy in India on specific subjects. Homeopathy was invented by Samuel Hahneman to prevent people from
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RT @theliverdr: Gentle reminder that Chiropractors are NOT DOCTORS. They have no knowledge about anatomy or physiology. They cannot diagnos….
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RT @hridayeshjoshi: Uttarakhand clears diversion of forest for road in sensitive Bhagirathi zone .(In the light of massive landslides and d….
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Cliffs rise directly above the Arabian Sea at many places along the Konkan coast. These two are from Murud and Harnai.
This coastal marvel in Kerala is the only place where majestic cliffs rise directly above the Arabian Sea. Formed from ancient sedimentary rocks of the Warkalli Formation of Mio-Pliocene age , these cliffs hold traces of lush prehistoric vegetation, natural springs, and black
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More noticeable now is the increase in debris. Logs from ravaged forests, moraines, muck from road construction, and pieces of homes and dams blown away from the raging torrent. Himalaya is being literally deskinned.
Situation grim as cloudbursts reported from multiple areas of Doda and Kishtwar districts. Video from Doda
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RT @vinita_gowda: Understanding mass flowering/flowering synchrony on a laterite plateau from the Western Ghats. Wi….
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RT @sidhshuk: This is not road blocked. This is road gone. Manali Leh highway. #HimachalPradesh #himachalrains.#manali .
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RT @sumitakale: This is living in #pune is all about today - Keep quiet and dont tick anyone off for breaking rules! 🙏. @siyer30 @ranjit_d….
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RT @VidyaKrishnan: This is a win. It was possible because of @mrajshekhar's brilliant reporting and the pitch perfect editorial support….
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Everywhere State and Central agencies in charge of protecting the environment have to be dragged kicking and screaming to do what is their job.
1/3 Supreme Court vide its recent order dated 19.08.2025 has directed the State Wetland Authorities to publish the identified wetlands in the respective State Governments' website indicating such of those Wetland which have been identified together with the areas, where
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RT @HarshVatsa7: Endless fresh landslides have been triggered due to haphazard and vertical hill cutting, while the old landslides are anot….
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Came across this nice zone of secondary mineralization in lava. Mostly stilbite with minor apophyllite. Location- Fergusson College Hill. #deccanbasalt #zeolite
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Sedimentologists, get ready.
The Supreme Court on Friday (Aug. 23) observed that in the absence of a replenishment study that assesses the river's annual natural recovery capacity, an Environment Clearance cannot be granted for sand mining projects. Read more: #SupremeCourt
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RT @rapiduplift: New Blog Post- The Easterly Tilt of the Deccan Plateau. What is the reason for the pronounced easterly drainage of Penin….
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Godavari, Krishna, Kaveri. How old are they? Why is there such a pronounce easterly drainage in Peninsular India. It is a story of geologic evolution from Gondwanaland to recent times. More on my substack- .
New Blog Post- The Easterly Tilt of the Deccan Plateau. What is the reason for the pronounced easterly drainage of Peninsular India? How old are these rivers? . Read on my substack- .
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