The adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) is witnessing a swift expansion around the globe, driven by the growing emphasis of governments and demand from consumers for low-emission transportation options. India,…
Earlier this year, on February 15, West Bengal forest department officials apprehended a middle-aged man as he was cycling from Patan beel, a wetland sprawling over more than 100 hectares,…
The Global Biofuels Alliance (GBA), formally launched at the G20 Summit in Delhi in September, has intensified the discussion on biofuels in the country. The alliance aims to increase the…
Fifty years ago, with the launch of Project Tiger, the iconic Corbett National Park became Corbett Tiger Reserve. Today, it’s celebrated as India’s success story, hosting one of the highest…
This story discusses the mental health of disaster survivors. It might be disturbing to some audiences. November 30, 2017. The deep-sea fishermen of Kanniyakumari, a coastal district in India’s southern…
India is likely to see the highest growth in energy demand over the next three decades compared to every other country and region in the world, the latest World Energy…
India’s urban governance is ill-prepared to deal with the impacts of unprecedented expansion that is taking place in cities, highlights a recent survey. The survey, that evaluates the quality of…
While India races ahead with dreams of how it will emerge as a leader in the world, little attention is being paid to the massive degradation of soil. It is…
A small wildcat species, the leopard cat is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) Red List, which means it is not of immediate…
On October 3, the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change awarded the Ken-Betwa river interlinking project final forest clearance, six years after it was given ‘in principle’ approval. For…
India’s ambitious clean energy goals, focusing on increasing renewables and reducing coal use, may heighten disparities between two regions of the country – one covering western and southern states and…
On the last day of August 2023, the Indian Meteorological Department announced that it was the driest and hottest August since 1901. The country received 36% less rainfall than normal,…
The year 2023 has been marked by disasters that have dented state budgets. In Sikkim, which was hit by a glacial lake outburst flood last week, damages are estimated to…
In recent years, the fashion industry has come under heavy scrutiny for overconsumption of natural resources and pollution of waterways with toxic effluents from the synthetic dyeing process. Textile dyeing…
The breach of the South Lhonak lake in Sikkim that caused the deaths of at least 35 people and the complete destruction of the state’s largest hydropower plant has put…
Last week I was in a group travelling in the Himalayas. Starting from the plains of Punjab, we travelled by road to an altitude of above 11,000 feet, to Chitkul,…
Meteorologist Abhay Singh's day starts at 5.30 a.m. His primary mandate is to keep a close eye on the weather. He studies the direction and speed of the wind, and…
“My mother used to collect seaweed from the sea. As a child, I naturally followed her to sea and ever since then, seaweed farming is what I do,” says R.…
India is home to 12.40% of the global bird diversity; 1,353 bird species out of 10,906 documented globally are from India. The country has 78 endemic bird species. Of the…
As the union government gears up to constitute the 16th Finance Commission (FC) – the constitutional body for centre-state financial relations – experts recommend including variables related to climate change,…