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A denuded river basin, built-up lake beds and wetlands, tarmacked and tiled pavements, and parking lots on green spaces — all these contributed to making a cool “lake city” into…

Human-wildlife interactions in India are often associated with large mammals coming out of the forest and interacting with humans on the fringes of the protected areas. Due to various push…

Trees outside recorded forest areas, present remarkable environmental benefits and economic opportunities in India. According to the Forest Survey of India’s India State of Forests Report (ISFR) 2021, these Trees…

Stanzin Chamba, a 35-year-old resident of Leh, has been exploring Nubra Valley in Ladakh for the last five years to connect with nature. Situated about 160 kilometres from the city…

India’s urban governance is ill-prepared to deal with the impacts of unprecedented expansion that is taking place in cities, highlights a recent survey. The survey, that evaluates the quality of…

When the novel Vavval Desam (The World of Bats) by Cho Dharman was released in 2022, it drew much interest in Tamil literary circles for its eerie portrayal of bats.…

Rohit Vishwas, 28, started working as a delivery person for a grocery delivery app in 2021 after he lost his marketing executive job during the Covid-19 pandemic. He spent eight…

The draft Green Credit Programme Rules notified by the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change (MoEFCC) is part of efforts towards the ‘Lifestyle For Environment’ concept introduced in COP26…

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…

Every few weeks, 53-year-old agricultural entomologist Rajendra Hegde addresses a large gathering in Bengaluru, where he puts forth a proposition: imagine walking up to your rooftops or balconies and foraging…

Indore’s Municipal Corporation (IMC) received an overwhelming response from institutional and corporate investors when it issued a green bond last week. This development set a positive tone for similar resource-scarce…

Union Minister of Finance Nirmala Sitharaman reiterated 'green' 23 times and 'sustainable' nine times in her budget speech on February 1. She pegged 'green growth' as one among four opportunities…

Kush Sethi does not remember the day, but he remembers the exact moment when he started paying attention to urban weeds. While following a Bengaluru-based volunteer group on Facebook that…

As soon as reports of cracks developing in houses started pouring in from Uttarakhand’s Joshimath town, in early January, the state and central governments swung into action and quickly set…

Rishi Devi, 37, has presently taken shelter in a government school in Joshimath along with her family. As the temperature dips to minus 3.5 degrees Celsius on the cold winter…

Former councilor of the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP), Patricia Pinto (66), is on a mission again. An environmentalist and waste management crusader, Pinto has been holding awareness meetings…

Environmental activists in Mizoram have slammed the National Highways and Infrastructure Development Corporation (NHIDCL) for not following environmental laws and regulations, while undertaking highway projects in the state. These projects…

As Indian cities expand, concerns about their rising food demand and the accompanying pressure on the agriculture sector cannot be ignored. Indian agriculture is already under scrutiny for being one…

A clutch of recent modeling efforts suggests pathways that India could take to move to a fully renewable energy-driven electricity system by 2050, but concerns about cost and storage remain.…

Heatwaves, floods, flash droughts and cyclones are increasingly becoming regular events in India. The cities facing such climate events have been experiencing high economic losses and loss of lives due…