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India’s monsoons are important to its agriculture and economy. Farms during India's monsoon season in Madhya Pradesh. Photo by Rajarshi Mitra/Wikimedia Commons.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide and warming shaped past Indian monsoons: study

Sahana Ghosh 14 Jul 2021

With poor regulation of floodplains, India is more vulnerable to flood damage

Manish Kumar 13 Jul 2021
A month after cyclone Yaas hit Bhadrak in Odisha, people are struggling to cope with its aftermath. Photo by Naresh Rout, Pragati Jubak Sangha.

The cyclone has passed but the storm of destruction continues

Azera Parveen Rahman 8 Jul 2021

Reviving the critically endangered gharials in Odisha

Tazeen Qureshy 22 Jun 2021

India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jun 2021
Embankments demolished in the Mousuni island in the Sundarbans. Photo by West Bengal Radio Club.

Cyclone Yaas imperils communities in low-lying coastal areas of Bay of Bengal

Gurvinder Singh 1 Jun 2021

A “do or die” agitation against coal pollution in Odisha

Meena Menon 14 May 2021

Odisha diverts DMF funds to urban areas as mining-affected communities suffer

Manish Kumar 5 May 2021

Odisha lays out its ‘red carpet’ for tourists, keeping conservation in mind

Sneha Mahale 27 Apr 2021

India to explore if there can be co-development of mining and ecology

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Apr 2021

Odisha plans to satellite-tag pangolins to study them better

Manish Kumar 6 Apr 2021
The forest near Jashipur in the buffer area of STR on fire. Photo by Pragati Prava.

Communities or forest department? Similipal fires rake up debate on ownership of National Park

Pragati Prava 15 Mar 2021
A home that flooded in Kerala in 2018. Photo by Dilshad Roshan/Wikimedia Commons.

Floods, cyclones caused maximum deaths by extreme weather events in past 50 years

Sahana Ghosh 9 Mar 2021

A community-created mangrove forest protects a village from eroding away

Manish Kumar 2 Mar 2021

Industries violating coastal zone law can now get away with paying compensation

Mayank Aggarwal 2 Mar 2021

Odisha forest officer gets UN Award for environment enforcement, gender leadership

Sahana Ghosh 18 Feb 2021

Chilika lake records rise in migratory bird numbers, sees new species too

Manish Kumar 8 Feb 2021
A blackbuck takes a jump on the open land of Bhetnoi in Ganjam. Photo by Rakesh Roul.

A cluster of villages conserve shy blackbucks in Odisha’s Ganjam

Manish Kumar 26 Jan 2021
Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa, India. Photo by Frederick Noronha/Wikimedia Commons.

People living near mining activities at increased risk of diseases, says study

Mayank Aggarwal, Sahana Ghosh 14 Dec 2020
A damaged house at the Podampetta village in Odisha. Credit-Pramit Karmakar

Eastern Indian coast erodes faster with rise in human activity

Manish Kumar 7 Dec 2020