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Centre could take charge when state environmental authorities are non-functional

Simrin Sirur 20 Mar 2026
Women walk in forests in Orchha, Chhattisgarh. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)

Decades of warming and shifting rains are reshaping India’s central forests

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
The Hindu Kush mountains seen from Pakistan. Image by Ninara via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Review sheds light on how global warming is destabilising the Himalayas

Simrin Sirur 13 Mar 2026
Garbage being collected for segregation at the Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi. The Ghazipur landfill in New Delhi, within which a study reveals higher temperature zones are widening. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

India’s new waste management rules face old implementation gaps

Jyotsnika Tiwari 6 Mar 2026
A blood sample is collected from a diabetic patient a health camp in Kolkata, West Bengal. (AP Photo/Bikas Das, File)

Older diabetics at risk of developing cardiovascular disease from air pollution

Simrin Sirur 13 Jan 2026
An Asiatic lion in Gir National Park. Image by Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 3.0),

Majority of Asiatic lions are found outside Gir protected areas

Simrin Sirur 7 Jan 2026

Supreme Court stays order on Aravalli definition

Simrin Sirur 30 Dec 2025
The Red Fort. Image by Amit Rawat via Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0).

Air pollution is the silent enemy of Indian monuments

Shilpa Raina 23 Dec 2025
A woman collects firewood in Rajasthan. Representative image by Engineering for Change via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0).

LPG adoption correlates with higher green cover, finds study

Simrin Sirur 5 Dec 2025

New research makes a case for Chinese glacial flood management system

Simrin Sirur 3 Dec 2025
A man pushing his motorbike in a flood in West Bengal.

Early investments in climate resilience could save India billions in disaster management

Simrin Sirur 16 Oct 2025

Plugging AC leaks is the next step to improving energy and emission efficiency, says report

Simrin Sirur 30 Sep 2025

Centre exempts public consultation for mining critical and atomic minerals

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2025

A city biodiversity evaluation spotlights the need to conserve urban natural resources

Simrin Sirur 9 Sep 2025

Teen from Odisha wins global Eco Hero award for preserving indigenous seeds

Simrin Sirur 15 Aug 2025

South Africa to review cheetah translocation project before further exports

Simrin Sirur 14 Aug 2025

Bundelkhand’s ground water levels are ‘safe,’ says water body

Simrin Sirur 11 Aug 2025

Rescue efforts in progress after flash floods in Uttarakhand

Simrin Sirur 7 Aug 2025

A new analysis in a warming state links land use change to increasing heat

Simrin Sirur 5 Aug 2025
Workers install solar panels in Karim Shahi village, Bhuj district, Gujarat in 2023. India received around $2.4 billion in 2024 for project type interventions in clean energy generation, with solar PVs leading the surge. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Foreign investments are helping drive India’s clean energy boom

Elena Mathew 30 Jul 2025

India’s first hornbill conservation centre announced

Simrin Sirur 24 Jul 2025

China begins mega dam construction upstream of the Brahmaputra

Simrin Sirur 23 Jul 2025

How informal workers made weather warnings more effective this summer

Anuja 22 Jul 2025
Caves in the Morteratsch-Pers glacier complex. Image by Lander Van Tricht (ETH Zurich/Vrije Universiteit Brussel).

Stabilised global warming will still leave 39% of glaciers lost

Simrin Sirur 3 Jul 2025

Surviving a heat stroke, one year later

Simrin Sirur 27 Jun 2025
A road in Mon district, Nagaland, following rain and landslides. Image by Nayantara Siruguri.

First payout under extreme-weather insurance triggers relief and intrigue

Simrin Sirur 20 Jun 2025

Record heat is worsening pollution and public health in the Global South

Simrin Sirur 14 Jan 2025

Government eyes recognising non-protected conservation areas to meet biodiversity goals

Simrin Sirur 6 Jan 2025

Sacred groves deserve recognition as forests, says Supreme Court

Simrin Sirur 26 Dec 2024

Green credit scheme rolls out with oil and coal leading the way

Simrin Sirur 17 Dec 2024

Polluting industries are now exempt from dual approvals before setting up ops

Simrin Sirur 11 Dec 2024

How flood protection structures heighten flood vulnerability

Simrin Sirur 29 Nov 2024

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