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Eco-anxiety soars as planet health plummets

Arathi Menon 2 May 2024

Pathogens find new pathways as agriculture, deforestation intensify

Arathi Menon 25 Apr 2024

Kyasanur Forest Disease: A ticking health bomb in the Western Ghats

Arathi Menon 12 Apr 2024

India will go to vote amid sweltering heat; experts call for public awareness to mitigate impacts

Simrin Sirur 5 Apr 2024

Gujarat bans exotic Conocarpus tree amid health and environment hazard

Ronak Gajjar 16 Jan 2024

Malaria-carrying mosquitoes shift homes from forests to rice fields

Vandana K. 3 Jan 2024

[Commentary] Neglecting household biomedical waste management can lead to adverse environmental effects

Irfan Shakeer, Deepak Joseph 27 Nov 2023

No magic bullets to deal with snakebites

Arathi Menon 22 Nov 2023

Study busts myths around king cobra venom

Arathi Menon 9 Nov 2023

Six years on, cyclone Ockhi survivors battle lingering mental health impacts

Gowthami Subramaniam 30 Oct 2023

[Explainer] Living with microplastics, is not fantastic

Mahima Jain 16 Aug 2023

Residents near one of India’s largest uranium mines suspect contamination affecting their fields and health

Meena Menon 10 Aug 2023
Harijan colony of Khatoli in Nangal Chaudhary of Mahendergarh district, is the worst affected due to pollution raised by stone crushers.

Residents in Haryana point to stone crushing units for their respiratory troubles and drop in crop yield

Sat Singh 2 Aug 2023
A hummingbird moth.

Decline in pollinators linked to half a million premature human deaths every year, shows study

Jeremy Hance 4 Apr 2023
Medicines

Humans are contaminating Earth’s waterways with medicines, pharmaceutical ingredients

Malavika Vyawahare 5 Oct 2022
A thermal power plant in Haryana. Photo by Vikramdeep Sidhu/Wikimedia Commons.

Climate action, pollution control needed to keep sulphur dioxide in check

Manish Chandra Mishra, Sahana Ghosh 14 Sep 2022

Wheat production stagnant in MP’s fertile Narmadapuram, fertiliser overuse raises concern

Rakesh Kumar Malviya 7 Jul 2022

[Photos] Maharashtra’s female farm workforce struggles in the shadows of floods

Sanket Jain 23 Jun 2022
Under encroachment, Chahalwala pond of Kharawar village has turned into a garbage dumping site. Photo by Sat Singh/Mongabay.

Once the lifeline of villages, ponds in Haryana turn into garbage sites

Sat Singh 26 May 2022
Image shows woody stem of Rubus ellipticus with fruiting

Himalayan medicinal plants under threat due to climate change

T. V. Padma 19 Apr 2022