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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

[Explainer] Where the plastic things are: unexpected plastic products in our lives

Anusha Krishnan 22 Feb 2022

Goa’s pilot seaweed farm explores viability of this climate-smart algae

Cordelia B. Francis 28 Oct 2021

Human disturbance alters parasite communities, increases infectious disease: study

Divya Khatter 19 Oct 2021

[Photos] In the dark world of white clay

Snigdhendu Bhattacharya, Subhrajit Sen 24 Sep 2021
Girls at Science Park in Kolkata. Photo by Biswarup Ganguly/Wikimedia Commons.

Soils from city parks are important hotspots of microbial diversity: study

Sahana Ghosh 17 Aug 2021

India’s expert forest panel calls for sustainable mining

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Jun 2021

India’s dietary guidelines have a relatively lower carbon footprint: study

Sahana Ghosh 16 Jun 2021

[Commentary] Will the COVID-19 second wave buck the trend for the Indian middle class?

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 12 May 2021

How did a once water-rich village in Goa become entirely dependent on tankers?

Supriya Vohra 30 Mar 2021

[Explainer] Understanding the science behind avian influenza

Femi E. Benny 25 Feb 2021

Lack of alternatives force women back to work in stone mines, which are health hazards

Mayank Aggarwal 1 Feb 2021

India’s mining reforms ignore mining-affected communities

Mayank Aggarwal 27 Jan 2021