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Millions of migrant communities rushed to return to their villages amid the pandemic-associated lockdown in India. Photo by Prerna Prasad.

No escape from environmental distress as migrants return home in pandemic lockdown

Sahana Ghosh 7 Apr 2020

[Commentary] COVID-19 proves that health, biodiversity and climate action are tied goals

Seema Paul 3 Apr 2020

Deforestation and disease: How natural habitat destruction can fuel zoonotic diseases

T. V. Padma 1 Apr 2020

[Interview] “Must not target ethnic groups and create prejudice over COVID-19”

Sahana Ghosh 27 Mar 2020

Pollution watchdog releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste

Mayank Aggarwal 24 Mar 2020

Caught between virus outbreaks, Kerala’s model for public healthcare lauded

K.A. Shaji 20 Mar 2020

[Interview] Taking One Health approach to tackle zoonoses crucial for India

Sahana Ghosh 19 Mar 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s ‘fluoride warriors’ unleash citizen science to empower community

Sahana Ghosh 2 Mar 2020

Nearly 30 times more solar power needed to transition coal jobs, says study

Mayank Aggarwal 5 Feb 2020

Environment ministry releases standard procedure to deal with anthrax deaths in elephants

Mayank Aggarwal 21 Jan 2020

[Editorial] Environmental reality and hope in the time of economic slowdown

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 20 Jan 2020

Is India’s national clean air plan on track?

Mayank Aggarwal 15 Jan 2020

Dust storms could spread microbes, finds study

Sahana Ghosh 30 Dec 2019

Nature’s fury 2019: A year of extremes for India

Sahana Ghosh 27 Dec 2019

Spillover: Bats, bat hunters in Nagaland may be exposed to Ebola-family of viruses

Sahana Ghosh 9 Dec 2019

Delhi’s air pollution paves the exit route for urban families

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Dec 2019

[Commentary] The invisible bond: Wastewater management and water for all

Nutan Zarapkar 21 Nov 2019

Mother Earth’s wrath went easy on human lives in 2016, compared to previous years

Sahana Ghosh, Mayank Aggarwal 21 Nov 2019

Mountain of waste in Aravallis casts a shadow in villages nearby

Hridayesh Joshi 18 Oct 2019

Unmeasured burden: Drug-resistance in farm animals threatens human health in India

Sahana Ghosh 9 Oct 2019