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Geeta Devi mud house remains partially submerged in flood water. She worries how long it would hold. Image by Ashwini Kumar Shukla.

Floods affect millions in Bihar despite rainfall deficit

Ashwini Kumar Shukla 18 Sep 2026
The construction site of the Hebbal short tunnel. Image by Sohel Sarkar.

Bengaluru’s Hebbal tunnel raises concerns about groundwater and flooding

Sohel Sarkar 11 Sep 2026
People stand on remnants of a bridge which spanned across Trishuli river and was washed away in flash floods, in Dhading district. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal’s flood disaster puts its hydropower-first strategy, exports to the test

Rudra Pangeni 10 Sep 2026
A red-naped ibis in Udaipur. Image by Vijay Kumar Koli.

Red-naped ibises carry antibiotic-resistant bacteria, study finds

Sneha Mahale 9 Sep 2026
Survivors walk past a house damaged by flash floods on the banks of Trishuli river in Devighat, Nuwakot district, Nepal on September 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Why is disaster risk increasing in the Himalayas? [Explainer]

Max Martin 8 Sep 2026
A policeman alerts people standing on a bridge to return to higher ground over the swollen Trishuli river in Galchhi, Nepal. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Community-based warning saves lives during Nepal floods

Abhaya Raj Joshi 7 Sep 2026
A farmer sets fire to crop residue on the out skirts of Jalandhar, Punjab. (AP Photo)

Crop-residue burning, a major contributor to black carbon pollution: Study

Nikhil Sreekandan 3 Sep 2026

Reduced exposure to nature is linked to immune system diseases [Commentary]

Irfan Shakeer, Ayisha Farseena 3 Sep 2026
A 24-year-old well in Ambalappuzha left contaminated with plastic waste. Image by Anjana V.

Groundwater study flags localised heavy metal concerns in a coastal district

Anjana V. 31 Aug 2026
People walk past damage in the aftermath of flash floods in Devighat in Nuwakot district, Nepal on August 27. (AP Photo/Niranjan Shrestha)

Nepal disaster reinforces the need for regional preparedness

Joydeep Gupta 28 Aug 2026
A man wades through floodwaters after days of torrential rains in Kampur, Assam in June 2025. (AP Photo)

Going beyond the annual flood response with district level plans [Commentary]

Promit Mookherjee 27 Aug 2026

Free-ranging dogs, changing livelihoods reshape an agro-pastoral landscape

Phalguni Ranjan 13 Aug 2026

Why Western Ghats states can’t agree on Eco-Sensitive Areas

Simrin Sirur 10 Aug 2026
Labourers work at a metro line project in Aarey colony, amid protests against felling of trees in Mumbai, Maharashtra. Representative image. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Supreme court upholds centre’s power to notify post-facto clearance

Kundan Pandey 7 Aug 2026
A woman cools herself off with an ice pack during a heat wave in Banda, Uttar Pradesh. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Heatwaves and lightning notified as national disasters, government says

Simrin Sirur 7 Aug 2026

Mumbai’s informal settlements struggle to power their homes

Rhea Arora 5 Aug 2026

Bihar’s green budget expands, but environmental indicators show little progress

Umesh Kumar Ray 31 Jul 2026
Residential settlements near Howrah railway station in West Bengal. Image by Ravi Dwivedi via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India has a railway noise problem but its health impacts are poorly understood

Rohan Singh 29 Jul 2026
A farmer shields herself and her child from the sun while working on a field. Image by Votso Sothu via Pexels.

Heat plans must account for age and gender, says UN Women paper

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 21 Jul 2026
Conocarpus erectus saplings. Representative image by TreeWorld Wholesale via Flickr (CC BY 2.0).

Why is Conocarpus being banned across states? [Explainer]

Nikhil Sreekandan 20 Jul 2026