As the Karnataka assembly elections captured the nation's attention, another equally important democratic process was taking place silently in Uttar Pradesh's 760 municipalities. The state held its municipal council elections…
Ambikapur, located in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district, is a small city that houses about 200,000 people. In the recent years, the city has become synonymous with 'cleanliness', as the decentralised waste…
Delighted to have recorded an unprecedented harvest of 41 quintals (one quintal = 100 kilograms) of pearl millet towards the end of 2022, from an acre (0.4 hectares) of land,…
Rajiv Mahanta reminisces about his childhood memories of fishing in the Sumdiri river, about 200-300 metres from his home in the North Lakhimpur district of Assam. He had not been able…
India's first water body census, which primarily focused on small water bodies like ponds, tanks, lakes, water conservation structures, and reservoirs, highlighted drawbacks related to their maintenance. Approximately 1.1 million…
Ten state pollution control boards across the Indo-Gangetic Plain, which faces severe air pollution, have a surplus of funds each year, finds a recent report by the Centre for Policy…
India's wheat crop this year has been hit because of excessive rainfall in the crucial month of March, when the crop enters the vital grain-filling stage and gets ready for…
Climate change can significantly alter hydropower generation capacity, notes a study published by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Gandhinagar. The study that appeared on February 17, 2023, claimed that…
Following strong tremors that were felt in several states of North India on March 21, many people in Delhi and northern states rushed to the streets. As per the National…
Fifty-two-year-old Subhash Vaishnav lives in Gulabpura town in the Bhilwara district of Rajasthan. He wakes up at 5 a.m. every day, and after finishing his daily chores at home, he…
The Ministry of Power (MoP) on February 27 released a resolution to introduce a new concept of 'Renewable Generation Obligation (RGO)' for power producers. Now, any upcoming coal or lignite-based…
In a bid to give impetus to the electric vehicle sector, the Tamil Nadu government has released its new Electric Vehicles policy in which it discusses initiatives such as battery…
To meet India's Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) targets, the centre and states must play a crucial role. However, renewable energy-rich states are not utilising their full energy potential, claims a…
Mandu, in Dhar district of Madhya Pradesh, is perhaps the only place in India where baobab trees are found in abundance, with an estimated 1,000 trees in the periphery of…
India is targeting production of five Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) of green hydrogen by 2030. However, a discourse on its primary feedstock, water, is almost missing. "While we are deliberating…
An early November evening in Punjab's Sangrur district in 2022 was different compared to the last few years. The sky was clear; there was no chill in the air, and…
It was mid-October and 44-year-old potter Raghuram Kulal was busy on the wheel making a mud pot. Like any traditional potter, his fast-moving fingers were giving new shape to wet…
The eastern state of Odisha has solar energy potential around seven times more than the estimates of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), claims a recent study published…
The recent announcement by India's Geological Survey of India (GSI) on its preliminary exploration of lithium reserves has excited many industries dependent on the scarce alkali metal. According to the…
In November 2022, a 50-year-old cyclist, was crossing the Mahipalpur flyover in Delhi when a car hit him from behind. The cyclist, businessman Subhendu Banerjee, was wearing a helmet when…
