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[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

[Interview] Land degradation is affecting two-fifths of humanity

Padmaparna Ghosh 11 Apr 2018

East Kolkata Wetlands lock down over 60 percent carbon from sewage: Study

Sahana Ghosh 6 Apr 2018

Could Mumbai’s leopards reduce the risk of rabies?

Darryl D'Monte 5 Apr 2018

Mumbai sighting of Olive Ridley hatchlings may not be as rare as imagined

Darryl D'Monte 26 Mar 2018

Is the Supreme Court judgment on the Kaveri environmentally sustainable?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 23 Mar 2018

Shortage and decreasing efficacy of ASVs: India faces a snakebite treatment double whammy

Karthikeyan Hemalatha 27 Feb 2018

Should there be road-tunnels under Mumbai’s Sanjay Gandhi National Park?

Darryl D'Monte 19 Feb 2018

Declining vulture population can cause a health crisis

Prerna Singh Bindra 5 Feb 2018

Researchers innovate to make money out of water hyacinth

Sapna Gopal 23 Jan 2018

Rescuing wildlife straying into the wrong jungle

Moushumi Basu 18 Jan 2018

Mumbai gets a flamingo sanctuary as trade-off for trans-harbour sea-link

Darryl D'Monte 16 Jan 2018