When we talk about Jaisalmer, the first image that pops up in the mind, which most of us will agree with, is its vast expanse ...

Kenji Kai, a meteorologist who specializes in yellow dust, reckons he was lucky when his vehicle was engulfed in a sandstorm near the Gobi Desert in Mongolia two years ago. He managed to record a ...

He is talking about part of the Thar desert located in Rajasthan in the northwest of India. Temperatures there can top 50C and frequent sandstorms add to the inhospitable conditions. But what ...