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Padmaja Naidu Himalayan Zoological Park in the town of Darjeeling, is the largest high-altitude zoo in India. The new Bill exempts 100 kilometres of forest along the international border from any legal protection. Photo by Syed Sajidul Islam

Legal protection of certain forest land to be removed as government pushes security projects

Kundan Pandey 6 Apr 2023

Varying levels of microplastics detected in sea salt produced across India

Sharmila Vaidyanathan 5 Apr 2023
A paddy field in Kerala. Photo by Anne Roberts/Flickr.

With increasing climate-related threats, farmers gear up for adaptation

Kundan Pandey 4 Apr 2023
Image shows a yellow and black striped snake

Evolutionary lineages of the banded krait discovered through molecular methods

Ashvita Anand 3 Apr 2023

How past warm and cold spells in the Arctic influenced India’s monsoon

Sahana Ghosh 31 Mar 2023
From the Global South countries, only South Africa has developed a comprehensive just transition framework so far. Photo by Kgara Kevin Rack

[Interview] Global South needs to come together for a better just transition deal, says Louise Naudé

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2023

Artisanal fishers of Rameswaram resist the polluting shrimp farms on the island

Priyanka Shankar 30 Mar 2023
Bhuten Saikia in his vegetable garden in Rahmaria. Photo by Bondita Baruah.

Abrupt floods and drought-like situations in Assam disrupt farming practices

Bondita Baruah 30 Mar 2023

Hydropower projects vulnerable to warming climate and increased precipitation

Manish Kumar 29 Mar 2023

[Commentary] Unleashing the potential of Rhododendrons

Rakesh G. Nair, Vinay Sharma 28 Mar 2023
An egg seller in Delhi. Photo by Pallav.journo/Wikimedia Commons.

[Commentary] As India faces an egg shortage, can insects be a potential solution for protein and nutrition?

Femi E. Benny, Priyadarsanan Dharma Rajan 27 Mar 2023

[Interview] Conservationist MK Ranjitsinh Jhala on the need for a grassland policy in India

Sahana Ghosh, Kartik Chandramouli 24 Mar 2023
Open panchayat near Narsingarh in Madhya Pradesh. With the 73rd and 74th amendments, India took the first definite step on the path to ensure effective local governance in the 1990s. Photo by Suyash Dwivedi/Creative Commons.

State Finance Commissions in ‘poor’ shape, affecting decentralisation process

Kundan Pandey 23 Mar 2023
Aditi Mukherji interacting with farmers during her visit in northern Bangladesh. Photo by IWMI.

[Interview] IPCC author Aditi Mukherji on energy transition in agriculture and water security

Sahana Ghosh 22 Mar 2023

Frequent earthquakes a reminder of the vulnerabilities of the Himalayan region

Mudassir Kuloo 22 Mar 2023
Image shows a woman sitting in the driver's seat of a jeep

Women take the wheel for safer tourism in Satpura Tiger Reserve

Prashant Kumar Dubey 21 Mar 2023
Chennai cityscape. Photo by VtTN/ Wikimedia Commons.

A centralised power market will help in savings, support green energy producers, hints study

Manish Kumar 16 Mar 2023

New thermal power plants mandated to use renewable sources to generate part of their energy

Manish Kumar 15 Mar 2023
A snow leopard.

Climate change and catfight in the Himalayas: tigers, leopards venture into snow leopard land

Abhaya Raj Joshi 13 Mar 2023

[Explainer] Why is 2023 the International Year of Millets? What do we achieve by celebrating such years?

Mahima Jain 10 Mar 2023