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Environmental concerns persist as Amaravati ‘world city’ rises

Mayank Aggarwal 3 Sep 2018

Is Amaravati turning into reality or remaining a utopia?

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Aug 2018

Kerala floods: The ghost of past environment policy returns

Haritha John 15 Aug 2018

Sundarbans mangroves harbour antibiotic resistant bacteria

Sahana Ghosh 14 Aug 2018

Delhi’s Qutb Minar gets competition from a tower of garbage

Mayank Aggarwal 9 Aug 2018

Are environmental issues finally an important part of India’s election discourse?

Mayank Aggarwal 6 Aug 2018

Groundwater stress in Bengaluru like ‘overdrawn credit card’

Sahana Ghosh 20 Jul 2018

Waiting to heal: Five years since the Uttarakhand floods, the scars are still fresh

Mayank Aggarwal, Video by Kartik Chandramouli 4 Jul 2018

Trees or real estate: Delhi citizens battle to save their green cover

Mayank Aggarwal 26 Jun 2018

Five years since Uttarakhand floods: Continued disregard for the environment is an open invitation for more calamities

Mayank Aggarwal 15 Jun 2018

As e-waste continues to pile up, a greater focus on its management is needed

Vrushal Pendharkar 6 Jun 2018

[Photo-feature] World Environment Day: Sea returns trash in Mumbai

Aditi Tandon, Kartik Chandramouli 5 Jun 2018

Tamil Nadu villages mourn as fight against pollution takes a deadly turn

Sibi Arasu 1 Jun 2018

Nipah infection in Kerala: Don’t blame the bats alone; improve public health

Haritha John, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 30 May 2018

Push for “Zero Waste” in India’s mountain states

Sahana Ghosh 21 May 2018

Indian travellers’ carbon footprint is fourth-largest in the world: study

Sahana Ghosh 18 May 2018

Will Maharashtra be able to implement the plastic ban effectively?

Aditi Tandon 9 May 2018

Experts feel that India’s action plan to tackle air pollution could lose wind before take off

Mayank Aggarwal 30 Apr 2018

Keezhattur farmers want the highway to bypass their paddy fields and wetlands

Haritha John 20 Apr 2018
A 2009 image of UB City in Bengaluru. At present, one of the biggest reasons behind Bengaluru’s faltering urban system is that the city has been running without a local government for over four years. Image by Prateek Karandikar via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Innovative aerial survey project maps rooftop solar energy potential for Bengaluru

Sapna Gopal 18 Apr 2018