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Lamps being lit during Diwali on the banks of the Ganga in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh in 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

Human activity is causing the Ganga to dry at levels never seen before

Simrin Sirur 21 Oct 2025
Climate experts warn that the heatwave could affect the country’s agricultural production. Photo by Zoya Hussain/Mongabay

India among hardest hit as extreme heat worsens since 2015

Manish Chandra Mishra 21 Oct 2025

What is non-economic loss and damage? [Explainer]

Priyanka Shankar 20 Oct 2025
A cool bus stop in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (AP Photo/Ajit Solanki)

Reimagining cooler cities that reduce inequalities [Commentary]

Rushalee Goswami 20 Oct 2025
A saw-scaled viper (Echis carinatus). Image by Rohit via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

India’s snakes changing range, thanks to climate change

T. V. Padma 17 Oct 2025
A man pushing his motorbike in a flood in West Bengal.

Early investments in climate resilience could save India billions in disaster management

Simrin Sirur 16 Oct 2025
A municipal solid waste collector at work in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu. Image by P. Jeganathan via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Waste work calls for better intervention, not just formalisation [Commentary]

Sushant Figueiredo, Rushalee Goswami 10 Oct 2025
An aerial view of the Ganga river. Image by La Fessée via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0).

Groundwater more crucial for Ganga’s summer flow, than glaciers

Aisiri Amin 9 Oct 2025
Tiger crossing Ramganaga River in Corbett Tiger Reserve, Uttarakhand. Image by Mayank Jaiswal.

How tiger conservation safeguards India’s water future [Commentary]

Pramod K. Yadav 8 Oct 2025
Trees thriving around flyovers in Hyderabad. Insufficient policy protection, incentives, and funding often undermine conservation efforts and sustainable management of trees outside forests. Image by Mohan Chandra Pargaien.

The expansion and conservation of trees outside forests has multi-fold benefits [Commentary]

Mohan Chandra Pargaien 6 Oct 2025

Plugging AC leaks is the next step to improving energy and emission efficiency, says report

Simrin Sirur 30 Sep 2025
Fuel pump in New Delhi. India’s early E20 rollout has raised consumer concerns over reduced mileage and engine wear. Image by Kundan Pandey.

From policy to pushback, India’s ‘greenlash’ over ethanol-blended petrol

Kundan Pandey 26 Sep 2025

Centre exempts public consultation for mining critical and atomic minerals

Simrin Sirur 25 Sep 2025
A capped langur at Bordubi. Image by Neeharika Gogoi.

Fragmented forests and food scarcity threaten capped langurs

Kasturi Das 25 Sep 2025
Plastic waste collected behind an industrial area near Mumbai. Plastic production contributes about 3.7% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Image by Ravleen Kaur.

Communities near petrochemical plants pay the price for plastic convenience

Ravleen Kaur 19 Sep 2025

Elusive Eurasian otter spotted in Goa for the first time

Simrin Sirur 18 Sep 2025
Workers install metal mesh sheets on the banks of Bellundur Lake to prevent industrial pollution from spilling on to the road in Bangalore. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

External auditors to ‘supplement’ monitoring efforts of pollution authorities

Simrin Sirur 17 Sep 2025

India’s urban-rural air quality divide

Bharti Dharapuram 15 Sep 2025

Rethinking conservation finance with basic income for nature [Commentary]

Munib Khanyari 10 Sep 2025

Lives, homes and crops lost as Punjab faces the worst flood in decades

Manu Moudgil 9 Sep 2025