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Urban support for government action on environment is high, finds pre-COP26 survey

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2021

Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species

Nabarun Guha 20 Apr 2021
Embankment work is going on Bagmati river near Belwa. Photo- WRD Bihar/Facebook

Farmers, near Bagmati river in Bihar, pick fertility of land over safety from floods

Pushyamitra 20 Apr 2021

Predatory European ships push Indian Ocean tuna to the brink

Malavika Vyawahare 19 Apr 2021
Cow shelter

Chhattisgarh’s Godhan Nyay Yojana gets centre’s accolade but lukewarm response on ground

Alok Prakash Putul 19 Apr 2021

Indian government makes another attempt to amend the Indian Forest Act 1927

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Apr 2021
Deorali sacred forest associated with Deorali Chorten Monastery. Photo by Bijayalaxmi et.al.

Sikkim’s urban sacred groves mitigate double the carbon compared to a natural rural forest

Sahana Ghosh 16 Apr 2021

Measures beyond recycling needed in tandem with plastic waste rules

Rohin Kumar 15 Apr 2021

What genetic information about dholes tells us about its understudied population

Purnima Sah 15 Apr 2021
Bulaceros newcannorum Dixit, 2021. Photo from the Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology (CMLRE).

New marine flatworm from rare group discovered from the coral atolls of Lakshadweep

Neha Jain 14 Apr 2021
Mosundori xaak. Photo by Azera Rahman.

Bihu is here, but where are the 101 varieties of herbs and greens?

Azera Parveen Rahman 13 Apr 2021
An all-women’s team led by Saraswathi Murthy makes chocolates at Mason & Co. in Auroville, Puducherry. Saraswathi who leads the women in the factory, was first spotted by founders Jane Mason and Fabien Bontems and trained by them in 2013. Photo courtesy Mason & Co.

The sweet taste of low-waste, sustainable chocolates

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Apr 2021

Citizens file RTI applications on Niti Aayog plans for the Andaman & Nicobar islands

Pankaj Sekhsaria 12 Apr 2021

Leatherback turtles under threat as government considers ‘development’ in Little Andaman

Rosamma Thomas 12 Apr 2021

[Commentary] Landslides in the concrete jungle of Darjeeling

Shreyasi Choudhury 9 Apr 2021

Controversial uranium mining project shelved in Telangana

M. Somasekhar 8 Apr 2021

Community restores grasslands in Lamkani, making the village drought-resilient

Vinaya Kurtkoti 8 Apr 2021

As depolluting Sutlej river delayed, impact on health continues

Vivek Gupta 7 Apr 2021
Rani Varghese, a Kochi native, works out the mangroves carbon sequestration potential. Photo by Hari Praved.

Kochi’s disappearing mangroves lock away significant carbon

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2021

[Photos] New book presents the rich biodiversity of Thar desert and threats to the landscape

Madhav Sharma 6 Apr 2021