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The upcoming marina at Malpe and why the local residents are against it

Rashi Goel 10 May 2021
White-bellied heron spotted in Arunachal Pradesh. Photo by Dekbin Yonggam.

Elusive white-bellied heron spotted in the high Himalayas

Ranju Dodum 6 May 2021

[Interview] Science on a shoestring budget

Anusha Krishnan 4 May 2021
Beetle grubs ready to be roasted. Photo by Ajano Tsanglao.

[Explainer] Eating insects could be the future of food

Femi E. Benny 3 May 2021

[Video] The invisible impact of mining on women

Kartik Chandramouli, Taarini Ravjit 30 Apr 2021
A group of women from a mountain village in Rajasthan carrying firewood on their heads. They walk for an hour each way in sandals to cut the wood. Photo by Karan Singh Rathore/Flickr

30 years of liberalisation: Existing poor energy access may dive down further with Covid-19

Kundan Pandey 27 Apr 2021

Winter drought in Himachal impacts agriculture and drinking water supply

Vivek Gupta 26 Apr 2021

Urban support for government action on environment is high, finds pre-COP26 survey

Sahana Ghosh 21 Apr 2021

Exotic animal trade carries risks of disease outbreak and introduction of invasive species

Nabarun Guha 20 Apr 2021

Indian government makes another attempt to amend the Indian Forest Act 1927

Mayank Aggarwal 16 Apr 2021

Measures beyond recycling needed in tandem with plastic waste rules

Rohin Kumar 15 Apr 2021
An all-women’s team led by Saraswathi Murthy makes chocolates at Mason & Co. in Auroville, Puducherry. Saraswathi who leads the women in the factory, was first spotted by founders Jane Mason and Fabien Bontems and trained by them in 2013. Photo courtesy Mason & Co.

The sweet taste of low-waste, sustainable chocolates

Deepanwita Gita Niyogi 13 Apr 2021

Community restores grasslands in Lamkani, making the village drought-resilient

Vinaya Kurtkoti 8 Apr 2021

A new digital soil map for India could help use soil optimally

Manupriya 5 Apr 2021
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Threatened sangai deer’s habitat likely to shrink due to climate change

Roopak Goswami 2 Apr 2021
Women in a rice field in India (Tamil Nadu). Achievements of global goals on health, water, sanitation and matters of gender equality and their anticipated impacts on forests remain poorly researched. Photo by Deepak Kumar/Unsplash.

Study finds some UN SDGs could damage forests, some others may be beneficial

Sahana Ghosh 31 Mar 2021

Using fossil fuel as a cash cow: A big obstacle in India’s energy transition

Kundan Pandey 31 Mar 2021

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

Supriya Vohra 30 Mar 2021

Stakeholders raise concerns on the new vehicle scrapping policy

Rohin Kumar 29 Mar 2021

[Commentary] India’s transition to green energy is an opportunity to get it right

S. Gopikrishna Warrier 26 Mar 2021